ALEX Classroom Resource

Artistic Process: Creating

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Process Components: Imagine

EU: The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians' work emerge from a variety of sources.
EQ: How do musicians generate creative ideas?

Rhythm

• Eighth note, eighth rest, half note, half rest, whole note, whole rest
• Strong/ weak beat — 2/4; 3/4 meter
• Accelerando/ ritardando

Melody

• Pitch Set: Do , Re, Mi, So, La
• Five-line staff
• Treble clef
• Names of lines/ spaces (treble staff)

Harmony

• Melodic ostinati
• Partner songs

Form

• AAB, AABA, Rondo
• Verse/ Refrain

Expression

• Orchestral instrument families
• Piano (p), forte (f)
• Crescendo/ decrescendo
• Orchestral Music: programmatic
• Indigenous music: Native American
• American music: slave songs, colonial folk songs

Other

• Age-appropriate pitch matching (B3-D5)¹
• Mallet/ drumming technique: alternating hands

Performing

• Perform original melodic patterns in do pentatonic as an introduction to a known song.
• Perform original rhythmic patterns on body percussion or unpitched percussion, containing eighth note, eighth rest, half note, half rest, whole note, whole rest, as an introduction to a known chant.

Creating

• Create a melody on pitched instruments using speech rhythms from a selected poem.
• Improvise with a partner in question/answer style, using pitched or unpitched percussion instruments.

Reading/ Writing

• Notate speech rhythms from a selected poem, using iconic or standard notation.
• Using music composition software, create an original composition based on a personally selected topic.

Responding/ Evaluating

• Refine compositions based on self-evaluation of a recorded performance.
• Indicate dynamic markings for original compositions.

Artistic Process: Creating

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Process Components: Plan and Make

EU: Musicians' creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.
EQ: How do musicians make creative decisions?

Rhythm

• Eighth note, eighth rest, half note, half rest, whole note, whole rest
• Strong/ weak beat — 2/4; 3/4 meter
• Accelerando/ ritardando

Melody

• Pitch Set: Do , Re, Mi, So, La
• Five-line staff
• Treble clef
• Names of lines/ spaces (treble staff)

Harmony

• Melodic ostinati
• Partner songs

Form

• AAB, AABA, Rondo
• Verse/ Refrain

Expression

• Orchestral instrument families
• Piano (p), forte (f)
• Crescendo/ decrescendo
• Orchestral Music: programmatic
• Indigenous music: Native American
• American music: slave songs, colonial folk songs

Other

• Age-appropriate pitch matching (B3-D5)¹
• Mallet/ drumming technique: alternating hands

Performing

• Perform original melodic patterns in do pentatonic as an introduction to a known song.
• Perform original rhythmic patterns on body percussion or unpitched percussion, containing eighth note, eighth rest, half note, half rest, whole note, whole rest, as an introduction to a known chant.

Creating

• Create a melody on pitched instruments using speech rhythms from a selected poem.
• Improvise with a partner in question/answer style, using pitched or unpitched percussion instruments.

Reading/ Writing

• Notate speech rhythms from a selected poem, using iconic or standard notation.
• Using music composition software, create an original composition based on a personally selected topic.

Responding/ Evaluating

• Refine compositions based on self-evaluation of a recorded performance.
• Indicate dynamic markings for original compositions.