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Poyen School |
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Content Standard 1
The learner will be able to sing and/or play and instrument utilizing a varied repertoire of music.
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Sing/play accurately
The learner will be able to sing and/or play a musical instrument accurately with correct fundamentals and techniques as developmentally appropriate. Students will sing and/or play a musical instrument accurately using correct posture, breathing, diction with vowel sounds, consonants, blend, tone quality, range, style, and phrasing.
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Varied genres
The learner will be able to sing and/or play music of varied genres and styles with appropriate expression, interpretation, and phrasing. Students wil sing and play music of varied genres and styles with appropriate expression, interpretation, and phrasing, emphasizing correct posture, breathing, diction with vowel sounds, consonants, blend, tone, quality, range and style.
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Perform
The learner will be able to perform music at appropriate levels of difficulty (such as prescribed by the Arkansas Choral Directors Association, Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association, and Music Educators National Conference in formal and/or informal concerts. Students will perform music after intensive rehearsal and understanding/identifying note rhythms, pitches, and formal structures.
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Content Standard 2
The learner will be able to create, compose, arrange, and improvise music as developmentally appropriate.
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Improvise simple melodies
The learner will be able to improvise simple melodies and/or accompaniments and compse short pieces within specified guidelines. Students will improvise simple melodies and/or accompaniments and compose short pieces in duple and triple times discussing expected outcomes, criteria, scoring guides, etc.
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Melodic phrases
The learner will be able to create and arrange rhythmic and melodic phrases. Students will create and arrange rhythmic and melodic phrases using common rhythms, syncopation, and phrasing.
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Role of technology
The learner will be able to explore the role of technology in the creation/composition of music. Students will explore technology in the creation/composition of music by using a synthesizer or electronic keyboard.
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Content Standard 3
The learner will be able to read and notate music.
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Read & notate
The learner will be able to read and notate simple and compound meters, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics using standard symbols and terminology. Students will read and notate on staff paper, treble clef melodic phrases in major and minor keys.
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Use technology
The learner will be able to use technology, when applicable, to develop reading and notating skills. Students will use music software to develop more complex reading and notating skills.
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Sight read
The learner will be able to sight read music in treble and/or other clefs in various keys and meters within specified guidelines. Students will sight read music in treble and/or other clefs in various keys and meters by assigning pitch numbers or syllables to music and continuing to learn and review rhythms and note values.
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Content Standard 4
The learner will be able to listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances.
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Evaluate performance
The learner will be able to evaluate performance through critical listening for the purpose of self correction. Students will evaluate performance through critical listening for the purpose of self correction to improve performance.
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Musical composition
The learner will be able to evaluate the elements and components of a musical composition using appropriate terminology (e.g. instrumental and vocal timbres, forms, textures, etc.). Students will evaluate a musical composition using explanations of timbre, form and texture.
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Styles of music
The learner will be able to compare and contrast two or more styles of music. Students will listen to, recognize, and compare various styles of music.
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Musical peformance
The learner will be able to respond to a musical performance as an informed, actively involved listener in a variety of settings. Students will respond to choral and instrumental musical performance and be able to discuss audience rapport, leading voices or instruments combinations of parts, and dynamic levels.
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Use technology
The learner will be able to utilize technology to listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances. Students will use computer technology and electronic instruments to listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances.
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Content Standard 5
The learner will be able to relate music to diverse cultures, society, history, and other arts and disciplines.
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Commonalities
The learner will be able to identify commonalities between music and the other fine arts (e.g., rhythm/movement, timbre/color, etc). Students will understand how rhythm affects movement and how timbre affects color.
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Musical development
The learner will be able to recognize that musical development is a continuum influenced by historical and technological events. Students will recognize how music reflects and has reflected the social and historical events of an era.
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Society and music
The learner will be able to recognize that events in society and music are interrelated. Students will recognize that events in society and music are interrelated.
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Music relationships
The learner will be able to demonstrate ways music and other disciplines are integrated. Students will demonstrate ways music and other disciplines are integrated by constructing instruments and researching historical timelines.
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Incorporate technology
The learner will be able to incorporate technology to distinguish ways in which music relates to diverse cultures, societies, historical events, and the other arts and disciplines. Students will incorporate computer software and audio/visual technology to distinguish ways in which music relates to diverse cultures, societies, historical events, and the other arts and disciplines.
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