AE17.MU.CT.AC.4

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

AE17.MU.CT.AC.4
Identify, describe, and apply selected teacher-provided or personally-developed criteria to assess and refine the technical and expressive aspects of evolving drafts leading to final versions.

Unpacked Content

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

Creating

Provide suggestions, using musical terminology, that help improve a musical performance.
Select a passage from literature and create a simple composition to illustrate the meaning of the text.
Select several pieces of music, varied in genre, to illustrate a storyline for classmates to interpret.

Reading/ Writing

Complete melodic and rhythmic dictation of increased difficulty.

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Mixed meter

Melody

Contour
Conjunct/ disjunct

Harmony

Major/ minor
Homophonic
Heterophonic
Polyphonic

Form

Call and response
Round
Canon
Binary (AB)
Ternary (ABA)

Expression

Articulations
Stylistic markings

Other

Key signatures
Treble or bass clef (dependent on student voicing/ instrument)
Simple aural skills (ear training)
Simple sight reading
Melodic dictation
Improvisation

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.