AE17.MU.CT.P.14

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

AE17.MU.CT.P.14
Identify how compositions are appropriate for an audience or context, and how this will shape future compositions.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Musicians judge performance based on criteria that vary across time, place, and cultures. The context and how a work is presented influence the audience response.
EQ: When is a performance judged ready to present? How do context and the manner in which musical work is presented influence audience response?

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 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.