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Identifying Accents in Music

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Title:

Identifying Accents in Music

URL:

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Education/Programs/Music-Educators-Toolbox/Resources/4-Identifying-Accents-in-Music

Content Source:

Other
Carnegie Hall

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

Students will review accents in music and speech. Students will speak their own names accenting different syllables. The teacher will play a musical excerpt while accenting different notes. Students will identify each accent. Students will sing a song with and without accents. Students will discuss why composers choose to use accents in the music. A demonstration video is provided.

Content Standard(s):

Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 4 Music: General	11) Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities. Example: Experiment with instrumentation to explore the impact on a known piece. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Performing Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation. Process Components: Interpret Essential Questions: EU: Performers make interpretive decisions based on their understanding of context and expressive intent EQ: How do performers interpret musical works? Concepts & Vocabulary: Rhythm Conducting patterns in Syncopation Melody Pitch set: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, Ti Treble clef reading (La, So, Mi, Re, Do) Middle C through High B Create melodic sequences Half-step Whole step Harmony Canons Chord components Chord progression (I, V) Crossover bordun Form Phrasing: antecedent and consequent D.C. al coda Fine Expression pp through ff Other Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette Orchestra instruments within the 4 families Age-appropriate pitch matching (A3-E5) Skill Examples: Performing Sing, move and respond to music from world cultures and different composers. Sing a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm, pitch and expressive qualities individually and with others. Creating With limited guidance, Improvise and compose short compositions using a variety of classroom instruments and sound sources. Reading/ Writing Read, write and perform using rhythm patterns that include syncopated rhythms, in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 meter. Responding/ Evaluating Use the head voice to produce a light, clear sound employing breath support and maintaining appropriate posture. Use student developed criteria to critique their own performances and the performances of others.
Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 4 Music: General	13) Rehearse to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities and address performance challenges. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Performing Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Process Components: Rehearse, Evaluate, and Refine Essential Questions: EU: To express their musical ideas, musicians analyze, evaluate, and refine their performance over time through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria. EQ: How do musicians improve the quality of their performance? Concepts & Vocabulary: Rhythm Conducting patterns in Syncopation Melody Pitch set: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, Ti Treble clef reading (La, So, Mi, Re, Do) Middle C through High B Create melodic sequences Half-step Whole step Harmony Canons Chord components Chord progression (I, V) Crossover bordun Form Phrasing: antecedent and consequent D.C. al coda Fine Expression pp through ff Other Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette Orchestra instruments within the 4 families Age-appropriate pitch matching (A3-E5) Skill Examples: Performing Sing, move and respond to music from world cultures and different composers. Sing a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm, pitch and expressive qualities individually and with others. Creating With limited guidance, Improvise and compose short compositions using a variety of classroom instruments and sound sources. Reading/ Writing Read, write and perform using rhythm patterns that include syncopated rhythms, in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 meter. Responding/ Evaluating Use the head voice to produce a light, clear sound employing breath support and maintaining appropriate posture. Use student developed criteria to critique their own performances and the performances of others.
Arts Education ARTS (2017) Grade: 5 Music: General	11) Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities that reflect stylistic performance practices. Example: Perform dynamic and articulation markings in known pieces. Unpacked Content Artistic Process: Performing Anchor Standards: Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation. Process Components: Interpret Essential Questions: EU: Performers make interpretive decisions based on their understanding of context and expressive intent EQ: How do performers interpret musical works? Concepts & Vocabulary: Rhythm Melody Pitch set: Do-centered diatonic Treble clef reading (choral octavos) Grand staff Bass clef Accidentals Major scale Harmony Part singing/ playing Chord progression (I, IV, V) Arpeggio Descant Level bordun Form Rondo form 12-Bar blues Expression Vibrato Tremolo Reggae Blues Timbre: soprano, alto, tenor, bass Other Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette Age-appropriate pitch matching (Ab3-F5) Skill Examples: Performing Sing a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm and pitch, appropriate expressive qualities, proper posture and breath control. Sing intervals on pitch within a major diatonic scale. Perform melodies on recorder while reading standard and/or iconic music notation. Perform, on instruments, a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm and pitch, appropriate expressive qualities, proper posture and breath control. Sing partner songs to create harmony. Sight-read and prepare a performance. Creating Demonstrate appropriate use of legato and staccato in a song. Create a personal playlist and explain why each piece was selected. Improvise, compose and arrange music. Use technology and the media arts to create and perform music. Reading/ Writing Read, write, and perform rhythms in 2/4, 3/4. 4/4. and 6/8 meter signatures using whole notes through sixteenth notes, including dotted notes. Read, write and perform diatonic melodies and the major scale on the treble clef staff. Identify tempo markings such as allegro, presto, largo, and andante. Identify ledger-line notes A, B, and C above the treble clef staff. Identify whole and half steps of the major diatonic scale in printed music. Recognize the difference between major and minor tonalities. Write program notes to accompany performances. Responding/ Evaluating Discuss melodic and harmonic elements used in a piece of music. Explain how a performer performs a piece of music differently when he/she knows the social, cultural, or historical background of the piece, (e.g., How does knowing the history of the American Civil Rights Movement affect the performance of "We Shall Overcome?" Demonstrate appropriate audience etiquette at live performances. Write performance reviews of performances.

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accent, articulation

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Identifying Accents in Music