AE17.MU.CT.AD.17

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

AE17.MU.CT.AD.17

Develop, justify, and defend interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composers’ intent by citing the use of elements of music (including form), compositional techniques, and the style/genre and context of each work.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Through their use of elements and structures of music, creators and performers provide clues to their expressive intent.
EQ: How do we discern musical creators' and performers' expressive intent?

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 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

AE17.MU.CT.AD.17 Develop, justify, and defend interpretations of varied works, demonstrating an understanding of the composers’ intent by citing the use of elements of music (including form), compositional techniques, and the style/genre and context of each work.