Content Standard(s):
Arts Education 4) Use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to combine, sequence, and document personal musical ideas.
Unpacked Content
Artistic Process: Creating
Anchor Standards:
Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Process Components: Plan and Make
Essential Questions:
EU: Musicians' creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.
Concepts & Vocabulary:
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 Skill Examples:
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.
Arts Education 9) Read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using iconic or standard notation.
Unpacked Content
Artistic Process: Performing
Anchor Standards:
Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
Process Components: Analyze
Essential Questions:
EU: Analyzing creators' context and how they manipulate elements of music provides insight into their intent and informs performance.
Concepts & Vocabulary:
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 Skill Examples:
Performing
Perform age-appropriate music with attention to expressive markings indicated in the printed music.
Creating
Perform an improvised interlude to a known song, matching expression and rhythmic/melodic themes.
Reading/ Writing
Identify expressive markings in printed music.
Identify meter marking in printed music.
Responding/ Evaluating
Notate from dictation 8-beat rhythm patterns using standard notation.
Perform short melodic patterns from standard or iconic notation.
