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Music Curriculum Map - Qtr. 4

6th Grade Band

Quarter 4

Key Change and Time Change

 

Rhythm: Quarter Notes/Rhythms

             Eighth Notes/Rhythms

             Syncopated Eighth Note Rhythms

             

Pitch: Concert Bb Diatonic Scale

Concert F Diatonic Scale

         Concert Ab, E Natural

What is happening musically when we play in a new key?

What note do we have to change in order to play in the next flat key? What note do we have to change to play in the next sharp key? What is the relationship between these notes?

 
(2) ARTS.M.I.1.1.B Students sing and/or play, alone and in combination with other voice or instrument parts, a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary songs, from notation, with a good tone, pitch, duration, and loudness.
(2) ARTS.M.I.2.1 Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities’ music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions (church choirs, industrial music ensembles, etc.). Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.
(1) ARTS.M.I.3.1.B Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of the musical elements.
(1) ARTS.M.I.4.1.D Students in performing ensembles, read and perform repertoire in a culturally authentic manner.

Notes and Fingerings of the Concert Bb Scale

Notes and Fingerings of the Concert F Scale

Tonality

Tonal Center

 

Key

Key Change

Modulation

Key of "F"

Concert E

Circle of 5ths

Flat Key

Sharp Key

Enharmonic Key

 

Key Signature/Time Signature Assessment

7th/8th Grade Band

Quarter 4

The Chromatic Scale

 

Rhythm:

Quarter Notes

Eighth Notes

Sixteenth Notes

 

Pitch: Chromatic Scale Bb-Bb

What is it called when we play a scale of all notes in an octave?

Why is it important to know the notes of our chromatic scale?

Why can we represent the chromatic scale with either flats or sharps?

How can we use the rhythms we know and the notes we know to approach all music?
(2) ARTS.M.I.1.1.B Students sing and/or play, alone and in combination with other voice or instrument parts, a varied repertoire of folk, art, and contemporary songs, from notation, with a good tone, pitch, duration, and loudness.
(2) ARTS.M.I.2.1 Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities’ music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions (church choirs, industrial music ensembles, etc.). Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.
(1) ARTS.M.I.3.1.C Students demonstrate a basic awareness of the technical skills musicians must develop to produce an aesthetically acceptable performance.
(1) ARTS.M.I.4.1.B Students identify from a performance or recording the titles and composers of well-known examples of classical concert music and blues/jazz selections.

Chromatic Notes and Fingerings

Performance of Quarter/Eighth/Sixteenth Note Rhythms

 

Chromatic Scale

12 Tone Music

 

Chromatic Scale Performance Assessment

7th/8th Music Technology

Quarter 4

From Digital Music to Live Performance

What is a sound signal?

What is a device which turns a sound signal into sound?

What power source is necessary to amplify a sound signal?

What does MIDI stand for?

Why is MIDI a good solution for transferring digital music?
(1) ARTS.M.I.2.1.C Students use current technology to create, produce and record/playback music.
(1) ARTS.M.I.3.1.E Students use basic scientific concepts to explain how music-related sound is produced, transmitted through air, and perceived.
(1) ARTS.M.I.4.1.C Students discuss the current and past cultural, social, and political uses for the music they listen to and perform.

Mixing Sound

Balancing

Signal

MIDI

MIDI Connector

Loudspeaker

Amplifier

Amplify

Power Source

Sound Wave

Frequency

Decibel

 

Concert Audio Production
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