AE17.MU.CT.P.2

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

AE17.MU.CT.P.2

Assemble and organize sounds or short musical ideas to create initial expressions of selected experiences, moods, images, or storylines.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

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

Skills Examples

Creating
  • Enhance a given melodic line with tempo markings, dynamics, articulations, and phrasing to better portray the intended meaning and mood of the piece.
  • Select music that expresses a specific mood, visual image, or storyline.
Reading/ Writing
  • Complete simple rhythmic dictation.
Responding/ Evaluating
  • Listen to a teacher selected musical composition and describe how the performer's performance decisions about technical and expressive elements directly impact the way the audience interprets the meaning behind the selection.

Vocabulary

Rhythm
  • Simple meter
  • Compound meter
Melody
  • Contour
  • Conjunct/ disjunct
Harmony
  • Major/ minor
  • Monophonic
  • Polyphonic
Form
  • Call and response
  • Round
  • Canon
  • Binary form (AB)
  • Ternary form (ABA)
Expression
  • Dynamics
  • Tempo markings
  • Phrase
Other
  • Key signatures
  • Treble or bass clef (dependent on student voicing/ instrument)
  • Rhythmic dictation

Anchor Standards

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