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General Music Class Information

 
Philosophy
To attain musical experience by learning how to listen compose, perform, and improvise.

 

Eighth Grade Classical Project Performances
 
ABACA Song Compositions
 
Seventh Grade Ode To Joy Performances
 
Sixth Grade Chopstick Performances
 
ABA Song Compositions
 
Long-Term General Music Assignments
General Music Curriculum
Grade 6 - Basic Elements of Music
This course of study is organized around specific musical elements such as melodic line and contour, harmony, form, tone color, dynamics, tempo, duration and density. Students will actively study these elements through teacher led, individual, and cooperative projects which analyze and/or perform the music. Participation in practice and performance is mandatory for the course.
Content
I. Rhythm
II. Pitch
III. Harmony
IV. Form
V. Tone color - Instruments
VI. Aesthetic Issues - What is art?

Grade 7 - Musical Styles, Western and non-Western
This course of study is organized around musical styles both familiar and unfamiliar to the students. Styles are studied by region and culture such as current and historic American (folk, blues, jazz, musical theater, popular, etc.), Carnatic, Native American, Japanese, African, Afro-American, Chicano, Mississippi Delta, Tennessee Mountains, and Eastern European. Students will actively study these musics through teacher led, individual, and cooperative projects which analyze and/or perform the music. Participation in practice and performance is mandatory for the course.
Content
I. Review of music elements
II. Styles by region
III. Styles by culture
IV. Music in society
V. Aesthetic Issues - Popular art vs. high art

Grade 8 - Western Music in History
This course of study is organized around types of music in a historic context. Musical era's include: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classic, Romantic, and Modern. Students will actively study these musics through teacher led, individual, and cooperative projects which analyze and/or perform the music. Participation in practice and performance is mandatory for the course.
Content
I. Review of music elements
II. Ancient
III. Medieval
IV. Renaissance
V. Baroque
VI. Classic
VII. Romantic
VIII. Modern
IX. Types of music within historical context - minimalism, impressionism, conceptual, etc.
X. Aesthetic Issues - What makes art "Religious"?
Art and Feelings
Appropriation - adulteration of art