Arts Education, Grade 6 - 8, Music, 2006
1.) Play melodies on the recorder within an octave range, using a pleasing tone quality.
• Demonstrating proper posture, hand position, and embouchure for playing a recorder
• Identifying members of the recorder family
Examples: soprano, alto, tenor, bass
• Demonstrating proper pitch control of notes in the lower register of the soprano recorder
• Playing two- and three-part arrangements
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2.) Demonstrate a characteristic sound while singing unison or two-part songs.
• Singing descants to produce harmony
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3.) Sight-read rhythm patterns commonly found in middle-level literature.
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4.) Sight-read eight-beat, stepwise, and unison melodic patterns.
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5.) Compose an eight-measure melody based on a diatonic scale using familiar rhythmic patterns.
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6.) Create movement to illustrate the form of a composition.
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7.) Describe the characteristics used by the composer in a selected musical example to create a mood or effect.
Example: Edvard Grieg's use of changes in tempo, dynamics, and instrumentation to create excitement in In the Hall of the Mountain King
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8.) Identify the names of lines and spaces in the bass clef.
• Identifying accidentals, including flats, sharps, and naturals
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9.) Recognize I, IV, and V chords in C and F major.
• Creating chordal accompaniments
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10.) Identify composite forms, including opera, oratorio, and musical theatre.
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11.) Identify polyphonic texture.
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12.) Identify the relationship of American music to American history.
Example: "We Shall Overcome" as a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement
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13.) Identify characteristic differences in music of various cultures.
Examples: Western music based on diatonic scale, music of the Far East based on pentatonic scale
• Identifying instruments unique to a specific culture
Examples: bagpipe--Scottish, talking drums--African
• Identifying ensembles unique to a specific culture
Examples:
- jazz band--American,
- mariachi band--Mexican,
- steel drums--Jamaican
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14.) Identify the relationship between music and other content areas.
Examples: graphing techniques used in music and mathematics to visualize relationships between two variables; investigations used in music and science to explore how sound travels; writing, reading, and diction studied in music and English language arts; specific terms used in music and visual arts for repeated patterns
• Identifying uses of technology in music
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15.) Distinguish between compound duple and simple duple meter.
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16.) Identify irregular meters.
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17.) Demonstrate rhythmic augmentation and diminution in a familiar tune.
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