AE17.MU.T.P.13

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

AE17.MU.T.P.13
Explain and support an interpretation of the expressive intent of musical selections based on treatment of the elements of music, digital and electronic features, and purpose.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Through their use of elements and structures of music, creators and performers provide clues to their expressive intent.
EQ: How do we discern musical creators' and performers' expressive intent?

Skills Examples

Performing

Choose an existing musical work to transcribe electronically using digital tools.
Listen to a recorded, sequenced or live performance and describe the interpretation or methodology used.
Demonstrate rhythmic accuracy through beat construction.
Demonstrate knowledge of melodic writing through accurate pitch notation.
Accurately interpret pitches, rhythms and any other traditional and non-traditional notation.

Creating

Demonstrate knowledge of expressive markings in musical scores.
Identify and describe elements of music heard in various types of music, traditional and digital.
Create arrangements of familiar melodies using traditional notation, sequencing or digital recording software.

Reading/ Writing

Identify the elements of music in a given work using developmentally appropriate vocabulary.
Identify the properties of sound in a given work using developmentally appropriate vocabulary.
Identify and describe various plugins and tools available within a DAW.

Responding/ Evaluating

Evaluate a composition or arrangement by comparing it, through use of a rubric, to similar or exemplar models.
Trace the development of electronic music and digital tools from the 1940's to the 1980's.
Form and express opinions about music heard in formal and informal live and recorded performances.

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Bar line
Beat/ Pulse/ BPM
Click Track
Drum Machine
Duration
Meter
Metronome
Note Values
Quantize
Steady Beat
Tempo
Ties
Time Signature
Traditional and Iconic Notation

Melody

Audio Track
Bass Clef
Clef
Electronic Instrument
Pitch
Pitch Contour
Key Signature (Major)
Traditional and Iconic Notation
Treble Clef

Harmony

Chord
Instrumentation
Layer
Texture
Tonal

Form

"ABA"
"AB"
Blues Form (12-bar)
Bridge
Cut/ Paste
Ending
Improvise
Introduction
Verse-Refrain
Repeat Ending

Expression

Dynamics
Instrumentation
Fading (in/ out)
Mix/ Mixing
Tempo
Volume Levels

Other

Analog
Auxiliary (AUX)
Bandwidth
Channel
Compress/ Compression
Controller
Copyright/ Intellectual Property Rights
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
Digital, Digital Tools
Digital Citizenship
Effect(s)
File Types (wav, mp3, etc.)
Loop
Master Tracks (Tempo, Audio)
MIDI Controller
Music Technology History
Normalization
Notate, Notation Software
Panning
Piano Roll
Rehearse
Sequence/ Sequencer
Timbre
Track

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.