AE17.MU.CT.AC.15

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

AE17.MU.CT.AC.15
Apply teacher-provided or personally-developed criteria to select music that expresses personal experiences and interests, moods, visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines in simple or moderately complex forms, and describe and defend the choices as models for composition.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Individuals' selection of musical works is influenced by their interests, experiences, understandings, and purposes.
EQ: How do individuals choose music to experience?

Skills Examples

Creating

Work with their teacher to select pieces of appropriate difficulty to fit a specific theme or idea behind a concert or performance.

Reading/ Writing

Write a text to be read at a concert or performance to give the audience appropriate background information about a musical selection before it is performed.

Responding/ Evaluating

Listen to their individual performing ensemble rehearse a designated passage of music. Using musical terminology, describe ways in which the ensemble can improve both technically and expressively.

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Mixed Meter

Harmony

Heterophonic

Expression

Articulations
Stylistic markings

Other

Simple Aural Skills (ear training)
Simple Sight Reading
Melodic Dictation
Improvisation

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.