August - September Schiller Park District 81 Curriculum Map - 6 th General Music Essentials Question Content (Understandings) Skills (Know and Able to do) Assessment Resources (Curriculum) What is the pattern of the What are the parts of the Why do we even study notes of the knowledge of the staff to learn melodies on our own? the staff is used to find any melody can be notated on the staff. all instruments can be represented using notes from on staff. Students will know... the ABCDEFG exist as a pattern on the staff. there are different parts to the staff that help orient a musician to the ABCDEFG pattern. as the notes go up on the staff, the pattern of ABCDEFG goes forwards and the pitch gets higher. as the notes go down on the staff, the pattern of ABCDEFG goes backwards and the pitch gets lower. name notes of the musical staff given a starting pitch. use the parts of the staff to find their own starting name notes of the staff without any clues or starting pitches provided. play notes of the staff using voices, keyboards, and guitars. Written Quiz on Note for the Treble, Bass, and Alto Clefs Christopher Columbus p.8 Lines 1-2 (ARB) Christopher Columbus p.8 Entire Song (ARB) Robin Hood p.12 (ARB) p.8 Playing the Notes Line 4 p.9 1 st String p.9 Etude No.2 Treble Clef note naming homework Bass Clef note naming homework Online Note Assignment Sibelius Music Notation Software Worksheet (Treble Clef) Worksheet (Bass Clef) What are the rhythm values in standard notation? What does the meter signature tell us about the song? Why do we even need to study standard rhythm notation? How are the different notes values related to each other and to the steady beat? knowledge of standard notation to learn songs on our own? there is a standard notation for duration of notes. the meter signature gives information about how rhythm is felt and counted in a song. any rhythm can be notated using this standard notation. the relationship between values of different notes and the steady beat. the dot next to a note procedure to calculate the value of that note. the rhythm hierarchy from whole to eighth. each note is ½ the length of the note above it in the hierarchy of rhythm. that a steady beat drives the speed of the note values. that the note used to determine steady beat can be found in meter signature. use rhythm counting and beat mapping to determine how a rhythm selection will sound. put the rhythm values in order from longest to shortest....play songs using rhythms of Whole, Half, Quarter, and Eighth note values on the guitar, piano, and drums....use the meter signature to figure out how many beats are in a measure. compose rhythm songs using various rhythm values with a common meter signature. Written Quiz on Rhythm Counting (Whole, Half, Dotted Half, Quarter, and Eighth) Sunshine p.9 (ARB) Yankee Doodle p.48 Windmill p.49 Final Line Windmill p.49 Line 1-2 Second String Quarter Notes p.10 Eighth Note Studies #5 p.23 Eighth Note Students #6 p.23 Rhythm Counting Online Rhythm Assignment Drum Circle Observations Rhythm Counting Worksheet
October How can a composer convey expressive elements of music to interpreters of his/her pieces? How do musicians recreate expressive elements in music for the listener? must be use to create a piano dynamic vs. a forte dynamic? must be used to create a staccato articulation vs. a legato articulation? that... different instrument techniques are used to create different qualities of sound. composers use standard notation to communicate their specific creative choices the voice is a flexible instrument that can interpret expressive elements of music. there are specific ways in which the voice must be used to produce expressive elements of music. how to add tied notes together to make one longer note. what a slur marking implies. what a legato phrase marking means. what a staccato marking is. the difference between staccato and legato. the dynamics p, mp, mf, and f. elements of vocal tone production: diaphragm, singing posture, breath support, focused tone. Students will be able to... identify how many beats for which a set of tied notes is held. recognize ties, slurs, phrase marks, and staccato marks play ties, slurs, phrase marks, and staccato marks using the guitar and voice. sing a familiar melody with appropriate dynamics and expression. perform a melody on the guitar using appropriate dynamics and expression. Written Quiz on ties, slurs, phrase markings, and staccato markings This is My Song Vocal Selection p.76 (MM6) It s Halloween p.40 Popcorn Man p.25 (ARB) Taps Line 1-2 Taps Entire Song Grieg Listening Journals: Hall of the Mountain King, Morning Mood Tied Values Sheet Observations about Vocal Technique ARB Alfred Basic Piano Library MM Making Music 6 Textbook Listening Journal Prompts Tied Notes Sheet Taps for Guitar What makes places unique and different? How do music, art, and geography shape the Aborigine culture? a region s geography, climate, and natural resources affect the way that people live and work (culture)....certain key terms Kun-borrk, Digeridoo, Rhythm Sticks, Drone, Creation Myth, Mimic, Melody, Ostinato, and Bitone. what musical elements define Aboriginal music the differences between how music functions in an Aboriginal ceremony and how it functions in another culture s ceremony how music is used to communicate in Aborigine culture. identify and describe the key terms visually and aurally. compose Aboriginal music and explain why it is in an Aboriginal Style. mimic things in nature using Aboriginal instrumental techniques. Compose and an Aborigine Kunborrk Australia Integrated Unit Written Quiz o Composing a Kun-borrk o Sounds of Digeridoo o Unique Cultures Participation in class discussions Composing a Kun-borrk Worksheet Sounds of the Digeridoo Evidence Worksheet How to Play the Digeridoo DVD Songs of the Aborigine and Torres Strait Islanders CD Sounds of the Digeridoo Article Sounds of the Digeridoo Kun-borrk Article Composing a Kun-Borrk
November What is guitar chord block? How is chord block interpreted? How are multiple notes notated for the piano? dissonance? consonance? there are standard ways of notation several notes played at once. many notes played together create harmony. there are different kinds of harmony: consonant and dissonant. how to interpret guitar chord block. how to interpret slash notation. the difference between consonance and dissonance. how to read harmonic intervals on the bass and treble clef....perform 2 or 3 finger chords on the guitar: G, C, D7, Em. sing and play guitar at the same time. perform pieces on the piano using both hands with harmonic intervals. Written Quiz on Harmonic Note Chorus of Stand By Me Sing and Play Chorus of Stand By Me Entire Song Stand By Me A Friend Like You p. 34 Harmony A Friend Like You p. 34 Melody Jingle Bells p.33 Harmonic Note Chord Block Assignment for Stand By Me MM6 Making Music 6 Textbook Stand By Me Lead Sheet Written Quiz on harmonic Note Chord Block Assignment Harmonic Note Assignment What is the pattern of the What are the parts of the Why do we even study notes of the knowledge of the staff to learn melodies on our own? the staff is used to find any melody can be notated on the staff. all instruments can be represented using notes from on staff. Students will know... the ABCDEFG exist as a pattern on the staff. there are different parts to the staff that help orient a musician to the ABCDEFG pattern. as the notes go up on the staff, the pattern of ABCDEFG goes forwards and the pitch gets higher. as the notes go down on the staff, the pattern of ABCDEFG goes backwards and the pitch gets lower. name notes of the musical staff given a starting pitch. use the parts of the staff to find their own starting name notes of the staff without any clues or starting pitches provided. play notes of the staff using voices, keyboards, and guitars. Written Quiz on Note for the Treble, Bass, and Alto Clefs Christopher Columbus p.8 Lines 1-2 (ARB) Christopher Columbus p.8 Entire Song (ARB) Robin Hood p.12 (ARB) p.8 Playing the Notes Line 4 p.9 1 st String p.9 Etude No.2 Treble Clef note naming homework Bass Clef note naming homework Online Note Assignment Sibelius Music Notation Software Worksheet (Treble Clef) Worksheet (Bass Clef)
January December What are the rhythm values in standard notation? What does the meter signature tell us about the song? Why do we even need to study standard rhythm notation? How are the different notes values related to each other and to the steady beat? knowledge of standard notation to learn songs on our own? there is a standard notation for duration of notes. the meter signature gives information about how rhythm is felt and counted in a song. any rhythm can be notated using this standard notation. the relationship between values of different notes and the steady beat. the dot next to a note procedure to calculate the value of that note. the rhythm hierarchy from whole to eighth. each note is ½ the length of the note above it in the hierarchy of rhythm. that a steady beat drives the speed of the note values. that the note used to determine steady beat can be found in meter signature. use rhythm counting and beat mapping to determine how a rhythm selection will sound. put the rhythm values in order from longest to shortest....play songs using rhythms of Whole, Half, Quarter, and Eighth note values on the guitar, piano, and drums....use the meter signature to figure out how many beats are in a measure. compose rhythm songs using various rhythm values with a common meter signature. Written Quiz on Rhythm Counting (Whole, Half, Dotted Half, Quarter, and Eighth) Sunshine p.9 (ARB) Yankee Doodle p.48 Windmill p.49 Final Line Windmill p.49 Line 1-2 Second String Quarter Notes p.10 Eighth Note Studies #5 p.23 Eighth Note Students #6 p.23 Rhythm Counting Online Rhythm Assignment Drum Circle Observations Rhythm Counting Worksheet How can a composer convey expressive elements of music to interpreters of his/her pieces? How do musicians recreate expressive elements in music for the listener? must be use to create a piano dynamic vs. a forte dynamic? must be used to create a staccato articulation vs. a legato articulation? that... different instrument techniques are used to create different qualities of sound. composers use standard notation to communicate their specific creative choices the voice is a flexible instrument that can interpret expressive elements of music. there are specific ways in which the voice must be used to produce expressive elements of music. how to add tied notes together to make one longer note. what a slur marking implies. what a legato phrase marking means. what a staccato marking is. the difference between staccato and legato. the dynamics p, mp, mf, and f. elements of vocal tone production: diaphragm, singing posture, breath support, focused tone. Students will be able to... identify how many beats for which a set of tied notes is held. recognize ties, slurs, phrase marks, and staccato marks play ties, slurs, phrase marks, and staccato marks using the guitar and voice. sing a familiar melody with appropriate dynamics and expression. perform a melody on the guitar using appropriate dynamics and expression. Written Quiz on ties, slurs, phrase markings, and staccato markings This is My Song Vocal Selection p.76 (MM6) It s Halloween p.40 Popcorn Man p.25 (ARB) Taps Line 1-2 Taps Entire Song Grieg Listening Journals: Hall of the Mountain King, Morning Mood Tied Values Sheet Observations about Vocal Technique ARB Alfred Basic Piano Library MM Making Music 6 Textbook Listening Journal Prompts Tied Notes Sheet Taps for Guitar
February What makes places unique and different? How do music, art, and geography shape the African culture? a region s geography, climate, and natural resources affect the way that people live and work (culture)....basic key terms Jongo, Imitative Rhythm, Call and Response, Ikoro (talking drums), Master Drummer, Accompaniment Drummer, Ostinato. what musical elements define African musics. the differences between how music functions in an African ceremony and how it functions in another culture s ceremony. how music is used to communicate in African culture identify and describe the key terms both visually and aurally. perform African music and explain why it is in an African Style. communicate basic ideas African rhythm and tonal techniques. Compose an African Jongo (WMD) Perform composed African Jongo African Integrated Unit Written Assessment o Parts of an African Jongo o Composing an African Jongo o Unique Cultures Participation in class discussions African Ceremonial Music and American Ceremonial Music WMD - World Music Drumming by Will Schmid African Jongo Article Performing the African Jongo Composing an African Jongo Parts of the African Jongo Unique Cultures African Ceremonial Music PowerPoint What is guitar chord block? How is chord block interpreted? How are multiple notes notated for the piano? dissonance? consonance? there are standard ways of notation several notes played at once. many notes played together create harmony. there are different kinds of harmony: consonant and dissonant. how to interpret guitar chord block. how to interpret slash notation. the difference between consonance and dissonance. how to read harmonic intervals on the bass and treble clef....perform 2 or 3 finger chords on the guitar: G, C, D7, Em. sing and play guitar at the same time. perform pieces on the piano using both hands with harmonic intervals. Written Quiz on Harmonic Note Chorus of Stand By Me Sing and Play Chorus of Stand By Me Entire Song Stand By Me A Friend Like You p. 34 Harmony A Friend Like You p. 34 Melody Jingle Bells p.33 Harmonic Note Chord Block Assignment for Stand By Me MM6 Making Music 6 Textbook Stand By Me Lead Sheet Written Quiz on harmonic Note Chord Block Assignment Harmonic Note Assignment
March What is the pattern of the What are the parts of the Why do we even study notes of the knowledge of the staff to learn melodies on our own? the staff is used to find any melody can be notated on the staff. all instruments can be represented using notes from on staff. Students will know... the ABCDEFG exist as a pattern on the staff. there are different parts to the staff that help orient a musician to the ABCDEFG pattern. as the notes go up on the staff, the pattern of ABCDEFG goes forwards and the pitch gets higher. as the notes go down on the staff, the pattern of ABCDEFG goes backwards and the pitch gets lower. name notes of the musical staff given a starting pitch. use the parts of the staff to find their own starting name notes of the staff without any clues or starting pitches provided. play notes of the staff using voices, keyboards, and guitars. Written Quiz on Note for the Treble, Bass, and Alto Clefs Christopher Columbus p.8 Lines 1-2 (ARB) Christopher Columbus p.8 Entire Song (ARB) Robin Hood p.12 (ARB) p.8 Playing the Notes Line 4 p.9 1 st String p.9 Etude No.2 Treble Clef note naming homework Bass Clef note naming homework Online Note Assignment Sibelius Music Notation Software Worksheet (Treble Clef) Worksheet (Bass Clef) What are the rhythm values in standard notation? What does the meter signature tell us about the song? Why do we even need to study standard rhythm notation? How are the different notes values related to each other and to the steady beat? knowledge of standard notation to learn songs on our own? there is a standard notation for duration of notes. the meter signature gives information about how rhythm is felt and counted in a song. any rhythm can be notated using this standard notation. the relationship between values of different notes and the steady beat. the dot next to a note procedure to calculate the value of that note. the rhythm hierarchy from whole to eighth. each note is ½ the length of the note above it in the hierarchy of rhythm. that a steady beat drives the speed of the note values. that the note used to determine steady beat can be found in meter signature. use rhythm counting and beat mapping to determine how a rhythm selection will sound. put the rhythm values in order from longest to shortest....play songs using rhythms of Whole, Half, Quarter, and Eighth note values on the guitar, piano, and drums....use the meter signature to figure out how many beats are in a measure. compose rhythm songs using various rhythm values with a common meter signature. Written Quiz on Rhythm Counting (Whole, Half, Dotted Half, Quarter, and Eighth) Sunshine p.9 (ARB) Yankee Doodle p.48 Windmill p.49 Final Line Windmill p.49 Line 1-2 Second String Quarter Notes p.10 Eighth Note Studies #5 p.23 Eighth Note Students #6 p.23 Rhythm Counting Online Rhythm Assignment Drum Circle Observations Rhythm Counting Worksheet
May April - May April How can a composer convey expressive elements of music to interpreters of his/her pieces? How do musicians recreate expressive elements in music for the listener? must be use to create a piano dynamic vs. a forte dynamic? must be used to create a staccato articulation vs. a legato articulation? that... different instrument techniques are used to create different qualities of sound. composers use standard notation to communicate their specific creative choices the voice is a flexible instrument that can interpret expressive elements of music. there are specific ways in which the voice must be used to produce expressive elements of music. how to add tied notes together to make one longer note. what a slur marking implies. what a legato phrase marking means. what a staccato marking is. the difference between staccato and legato. the dynamics p, mp, mf, and f. elements of vocal tone production: diaphragm, singing posture, breath support, focused tone. Students will be able to... identify how many beats for which a set of tied notes is held. recognize ties, slurs, phrase marks, and staccato marks play ties, slurs, phrase marks, and staccato marks using the guitar and voice. sing a familiar melody with appropriate dynamics and expression. perform a melody on the guitar using appropriate dynamics and expression. Written Quiz on ties, slurs, phrase markings, and staccato markings This is My Song Vocal Selection p.76 (MM6) It s Halloween p.40 Popcorn Man p.25 (ARB) Taps Line 1-2 Taps Entire Song Grieg Listening Journals: Hall of the Mountain King, Morning Mood Tied Values Sheet Observations about Vocal Technique ARB Alfred Basic Piano Library MM Making Music 6 Textbook Listening Journal Prompts Tied Notes Sheet Taps for Guitar Japanese Culture Unit 6 Japanese Culture Unit 6 a region s geography, climate, and natural resources affect the way that people live and work (culture). Japanese Culture Unit 6 Japanese Culture Unit 6 Bucket O Taiko Ensemble p.d-17 (MM8) Japanese Culture Unit 6 Akita kusakari uta CD2-42 p.b-13 (MM7) Kumi-Daiko and Nanafushi CD9-1 p.d-16 (MM8) MM8 Making Music 8 MM7 Making Music 7 What is guitar chord block? How is chord block interpreted? How are multiple notes notated for the piano? dissonance? consonance? there are standard ways of notation several notes played at once. many notes played together create harmony. there are different kinds of harmony: consonant and dissonant. how to interpret guitar chord block. how to interpret slash notation. the difference between consonance and dissonance. how to read harmonic intervals on the bass and treble clef....perform 2 or 3 finger chords on the guitar: G, C, D7, Em. sing and play guitar at the same time. perform pieces on the piano using both hands with harmonic intervals. Written Quiz on Harmonic Note Chorus of Stand By Me Sing and Play Chorus of Stand By Me Entire Song Stand By Me A Friend Like You p. 34 Harmony A Friend Like You p. 34 Melody Jingle Bells p.33 Harmonic Note Chord Block Assignment for Stand By Me MM6 Making Music 6 Textbook Stand By Me Lead Sheet Written Quiz on harmonic Note Chord Block Assignment Harmonic Note Assignment