| OUTCOME/
ESSENTIAL
QUESTION |
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| How
do I understand melody? |
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Pitch
Steps/Skips
Intervals
Scales
Major/Minor/Modal
Monophonic
Notation
Key Sigs.
Consonance
Dissonance |
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| Apply,
classify, identify, notate, listen, sing: staff,
ledger lines, lines and spaces of treble and bass
clef, octaves, scales, chromatic, melodic, harmonic,
major, minor, whole tone, intervals. Sing/model
scales in warmups and sight singing.
(NS8C, NS6C, NS5B, NS5A) |
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| Written
and singing tests, teacher observation, performance
assessments |
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How
do I learn form?
How do I follow parts in reading music? |
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AB
ABA
Sequence
Call and Response
Rounds
Notation
Phrases
Patterns
Introductions & Interludes
Unison
2 Part-3 Part-4 Part
Solo
Cues
Contrapuntal |
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| Identify,
notate, follow: barlines, fine, DC al Fine,
measures, marking scores, repeat signs, 1st &
2nd ending, Coda (NS8C, NS9C, NS1B, NS5A, NS6A) |
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| Written
and singing tests, teacher observation, performance
assessments |
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| How
do I understand harmony? |
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Intervals
Chords
Triads
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Notation
Balance
Blend
Modulation |
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| Sing,
listen, identify, notate: Intervals of 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 major and minor, semitone,
tritone, move from key to key (NS5A) |
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| Written
and singing tests, teacher observation, performance
assessments |
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| How
can I have a successful performance opportunity? |
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Behavior
Expectations
Concert Etiquette
Attentiveness
Ensemble Precision
Physical Involvement
Ensemble Singing
Solo Singing
Auditions |
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knowledge of and ability to: watch conductor,
audience focus, staying together, being a good
audience member, backstage etiquette, listening to
the ensemble. (NS1C, NS7A, NS7B, NS8C, NS1E, NS1F) |
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| Final,
teacher observation, written tests, singing tests,
performance assessments |
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| How
do I understand pitch? |
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Physiology
Breathing
Posture
Tuning
Accidentals
Tonic
Dominant
Solfege Syllables
Pitch Numbers |
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| Notate,
identify, sing, compose, use: leading tone, atonal,
doremifasolatido, numbers 1-8, sharps, flats,
naturals (NS8C, NS3B, NS5A) |
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| Teacher
observation, written tests, singing tests,
performance assessments |
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| What
do I need to know about style? (time and place) |
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Interpretation
Composers
Time Periods
Media (accompaniment)
Nations
Form or Type of Composition
Genre
History |
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| Show
knowledge of/sing/discuss: legato, staccato,
multicultural, spirituals, folksong, musicals,
antiquity, middle ages, Renaissance, baroque,
classical, romantic, contemporary (NS9A, NS9C, NS8A,
NS9B, NS1C, NS5A, NS6A, NS6C, NS8B, NS8C) |
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| Teacher
observation, written tests, singing tests,
performance assessments |
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| How
do I understand rhythm? |
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Downbeat
Steady beat
Strong beat
Note, rest values, notation
Time Signatures
Sycopation
Mixed Meter
Pickups
Speak Rhythm |
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| Sing,
notate, understand: simple, compound meters, duple
time signatures, quarter note, whole note, half
note, eighth note, sixteenth note, whole rest, half
rest, quarter rest, eighth rest, sixteenth rest,
tactus and combinations of dotted notes and rests,
tie vs. slur, triplet (NS8C, NS5A) |
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| Teacher
observation, written tests, singing tests,
performance assessments |
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| How
do I understand timbre? |
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Tone
Quality
Posture
Breathing |
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| Use/sing
with: diaphramatic breathing, feet placement,
head/shoulder placement, proper open throat and
mouth shapes. (NS8C, NS1A, NS5A) |
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| Written
tests, singing tests, performance assessments,
teacher observation |
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| How
do I understand the expressive elements? |
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Articulation
Text
Dynamics
Phrasing
Tempo
Texture
Language
Dance
Vocabulary
Diction
Facial Expression
Mood |
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| Use,
identify, notate, sing, move: cres, descre, rall,
accel, fermata, largo, adagio, andante, vowels and
consonants, moderato, diphthongs, IPA, allegro,
accent, push, pulse, presto, pp,
p,
mp,
mf,
f,
ff,
maestoso, f-p, rit, moltorit, poco a poco, sfz, a
tempo, cantabile, metronome markings, other
language, intermedial dance moves and combinations,
attacks and cutoffs, ending consonants, thin vs
thick texture (NS1A, NS5A, NS6B, NS8C, NS7C) |
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| Written
tests, singing tests, performance assessments,
final, teacher observation |
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