AE17.MU.CT.AC.16

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

AE17.MU.CT.AC.16

Analyze aurally and/or by reading the scores of musical works the elements of music (including form), compositional techniques, and procedures, relating them to style, mood, and context; and explain how the analysis provides models for personal growth as composer, performer, and/or listener.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Response to music is informed by analyzing context (social, cultural, and historical) and how creators and performers manipulate the elements of music.
EQ: How does understanding the structure and context of music inform a response?

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 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.