AE17.MU.T.AD.3

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

AE17.MU.T.AD.3
Develop and implement varied strategies and apply appropriate criteria to improve and refine the technical and expressive aspects of draft compositions and improvisations.

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Essential Questions

EU: Musicians evaluate, and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.
EQ: How do musicians improve the quality of their creative work?

Skills Examples

Performing

Compose original music based on stimuli from dance, theater, visual art and other media arts.
Record and edit multitrack digital audio and master to portable media.
Demonstrate proficiency while using equalization and mastering techniques.

Creating

Improvise, compose and arrange music using various digital tools.
Create or arrange a large multi-track music compositions utilizing sequencing software.
Reproduce/ Create medium to large scale music scores utilizing standard music notation software.

Reading/ Writing

Explain the concept of sound design.
Explain the concept of a computer based studio.
Produce a journal or portfolio that records the creative process.

Responding/ Evaluating

Identify various applications of music in multimedia, and complete projects involving multimedia such as, film/video, the internet, and graphic presentations.
Compare and contrast various DAW software programs.
Demonstrate critical listening skills in order to improve the quality of a mix.

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Asymmetrical
Measure
Mixed Meter
Quantize
Polyrhythm
Symmetrical
Syncopation
Velocity

Melody

Audio Interface
Effects
Envelope
Gain/ Gain Staging
Sound Wave
Inversion/ Retrograde
Key Signature (Major, Minor, Modal)
Monophonic
Motif
Theme
Tonality
Transpose

Harmony

Harmonic Progression
Harmonics (Overtones)
Homophony
Modulation
Part Writing
Polyphony
Suspension

Form

Binary (AB)
Cadenza
Dubbing/ Overdub
Head (Jazz Reference)
Improvised Solo
Mapping
Rondo
Strophic
Style
Ternary (ABA)

Expression

Crossfade
Decibel (dB)
Portamento
Slurring
Velocity

Other

Clipping
College and Career Opportunities as a Music Technologist
Copyright/ Intellectual Property Rights
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
Digital Citizenship
Directional
Effect(s)
Master Tracks (Tempo, Audio)
Omnidirectional
Roll of Music Technology in 20^th and 21^st Century Music Styles (Classical genres, popular genres, etc.)
Room (wet, dry, live, etc.)
Transcribe/ Transcription
Virtual Instruments
Waveform manipulation

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.