AE17.MU.CT.P.7

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

AE17.MU.CT.P.7
Identify and select specific excerpts, passages, or sections in musical works that express a personal experience, mood, visual image, or storyline in simple forms (such as one-part, cyclical, binary).

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Performers' interest in and knowledge of musical works, understanding of their own technical skill, and the context for a performance influence the selection of repertoire.
EQ: How do performers select repertoire?

Skills Examples

Performing

Select specific passages, sections, or movements in musical works that express personal experiences, moods, or visual images.
Develop interpretations of musical works based on an understanding of the elements of music, style, mood, function, and context.

Creating

Write a simple melody following basic chord structures.
Describe and demonstrate how sounds or musical ideas can be used to represent and express visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines through composing and arranging.

Reading/ Writing

Write a simple melody following basic chord structures using 4-part harmony utilizing major and minor key centers

Responding/ Evaluating

Analyze the elements of music from written and aural examples relating them to style, mood, and context.
Describe how the analysis provides models for personal growth as composer, performer, and/or listener.

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 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.