AE17.MU.CT.AC.5

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

AE17.MU.CT.AC.5

Share music through the use of notation, solo or group performance, or technology, and demonstrate and describe how the elements of music and compositional techniques have been employed to realize expressive intent.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Musicians' presentation of creative work is the culmination of a process of creation and communication.
EQ: When is creative work ready to share?

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.
ALSDE LOGO