AE17.MU.CT.AD.16

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

AE17.MU.CT.AD.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 aesthetic effectiveness, style, mood, and context; and explain how the analysis provides models for personal growth as a 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

Performing

Select a piece of music that is of appropriate difficulty, and perform it differently to reflect composer styles and/or to portray musical characteristics indicative of different musical genres.

Reading/ Writing

Use roman numerals and figured bass symbols to analyze a teacher selected passage of music in two or more ways. Which analysis makes the most sense in the context of the entire piece? Which analysis makes the most sense when considering composer style and the time period from which the piece was selected?

Responding/ Evaluating

Describe different compositional devices and techniques found in a variety of selected musical works, and, make educated conjectures about why composers used such specific techniques.
Listen to several renditions of the same musical selection, and describe which performance is most accurate/appropriate given the musical genre and knowledge of the composer's individual preferences.

Vocabulary

Harmony

Harmonic Rhythm
Modulation
Chromaticism/ Borrowed Chords/ Secondary Dominants and Leading Tone Chords

Form

Motive
Sonata Form
Rondo Form
Fugue
Cadence
Period, Double Period, Parallel Period, etc.

Other

Advanced Sight Reading
Advanced Aural Skills
Transposition
Harmonic Dictation

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.