AE17.MU.HI.AD.2

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 06-12 - Music

AE17.MU.HI.AD.2

Select, develop, and use standard notation and audio/video recording to document melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for drafts of compositions (representing a variety of forms and styles), improvisations in several different styles, and stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies.

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Essential Questions

EU: Musicians' creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.
EQ: How do musicians make creative decisions?

Skills Examples

Performing
  • Guitar: Perform two contrasting solo pieces equivalent to repertoire found in Levels Six through Eight of the Guitar Studies and Repertoire Album (Royal Conservatory-Frederick Harris Publications).
  • Perform two octave major and minor scales in all keys.
  • Piano: Perform two to three pieces in contrasting styles (level comparable to Magrath Masterwork Classics Levels 6-10, American Popular Piano Repertoire Books 6-8, etc.).
  • Piano: appropriate level scales and arpeggiated chords (comparable to AMTA requirements to Level II or III, by age level, on p. 12 and 13.
  • http://www.almta.org/AMTA_Member_Handbook.pdf
Creating
  • Compose a sixteen-measure piece in the style of a designated period or composer.
Reading/ Writing
  • Guitar: Identify all notes on the fingerboard by note name and its corresponding note placement on the staff. Recite vertically on fingerboard going string to string one fret at a time. Ex. Fret One: String 1-F-5th line of staff, String 2-C-3rd space, String 3, G#, Ab- 3rd line, 2nd space, String 4, D-first space below, String 5, A-2nd ledger line below, String 6, E-4th space below. Repeat for all twelve frets up to the octave.

Vocabulary

Rhythm
  • Meter (non-metered)
  • Notes and Rests (irregular divisions, i.e., 5 or 7 notes per beat)
  • Other (3 against 4)
Melody
  • Scales (symmetrical, exotic)
  • Melodic Figures (nonharmonic tones)
Harmony
  • Triads (diatonic triad qualities in minor keys: i iio III+ iv V VI viio)
  • Seventh Chords (diatonic 7th chord qualities in major keys: IM7 iim7 iiim7 IVM7 V7 vim7 viim7-5)
  • Function (modulation, pivot chords, borrowed chords)
  • Non-Tertian harmony
  • Figured bass
Form
  • Forms (fugue, concerto, scherzo, divertimento, etude, prelude)
  • Texture (hetereophonic, mixed textures)
Expression
  • Performance practice conventions in various periods/styles (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, Pop/ Jazz/ World)
Other
  • Playing techniques/ practice techniques
  • Scales and Arpeggios
  • I-IV-V7-I/i-iv-V7-i cadences
  • Cadences/ chord progressions/ improvisation in Popular/ Rock/ Jazz style(s)
  • Improvisation with non-tertian harmony
  • Sight-Reading
  • Ensemble Playing
  • Repertoire, representative of Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, and Popular/ Rock/ Jazz/ World periods/ styles, memorized and performed

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
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