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   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MUS (0) 13 :

13) Perform appropriately for the audience.

[ARTS] MUS (1) 14 :

14) Perform appropriately for the audience and specific occasion.

[ARTS] MUS (2) 14 :

14) Perform appropriately for the audience, purpose, and specific occasion.

[ARTS] MUS (3) 14 :

14) Perform music with expression and technical accuracy.

[ARTS] MUS (4) 14 :

14) Perform music, alone or with others, with expression and technical accuracy.

[ARTS] MUS (5) 14 :

14) Perform music, alone or with others, with expression, technical accuracy, and appropriate interpretation.

This article explores the use of transitions in music lessons.  A transition creates a lesson that is streamlined and flows from one activity to the next.  It explains four types of transitions - thematic verbal transitions, directive verbal transitions, non-verbal transitions, and literacy transitions.  Students will perform songs and transitions during the lesson.  

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ARTS] MUS (0) 13 :

13) Perform appropriately for the audience.

[ARTS] MUS (1) 14 :

14) Perform appropriately for the audience and specific occasion.

[ARTS] MUS (2) 14 :

14) Perform appropriately for the audience, purpose, and specific occasion.

[ARTS] MUS (3) 14 :

14) Perform music with expression and technical accuracy.

[ARTS] MUS (4) 14 :

14) Perform music, alone or with others, with expression and technical accuracy.

[ARTS] MUS (5) 14 :

14) Perform music, alone or with others, with expression, technical accuracy, and appropriate interpretation.

This resource includes over 600 folk songs to use in the music classroom and performances.  Searches can be refined by several filters, including melody, rhythm, meter, etc.