Music Curriculum

5th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will analyze the musical traditions of the world and will explore the connections between music, art, and composition.

Outcomes and Components:

FA.5M.1 Students will analyze and connect different world musical traditions, comparing and contrasting the form and function of different instrumental, melodic, and rhythmic elements.

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Component Code

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Standard(s)

  FA.5M.1.1 Identify and analyze the commonalities between the instrument families. MU:Re.7.1.5a
  FA.5M.1.2 Choose a world instrument from a teacher-supplied list and elaborate on its tonal and physical qualities. MU:Re8.1.5a
  FA.5M.1.3 Identify and describe how physical and cultural aspects of a location inform the qualities of instruments native to that location. MU:Pr4.1.5a, MU:Pr4.2.5c
  FA.5M.1.4 Perform a melodic and rhythmic phrase from a piece of world music (e.g. China, Greece, Mexico) on various instruments.

MU:Pr4.2.5b

Mu:Pr4.2.5a

  FA.5M.1.5 Improvise and/or compose a rhythmic ostinato to fit with an existing world music ostinato and perform on appropriate instruments. MU:Cr1.1.5a, MU:Cr2.1.5b, MU:Pr4.2.5b

Academic Vocabulary: Improvise, Perform, Identify, Describe, Analyze

Content Vocabulary: World instruments, traditional instruments, instrument families, ostinato, improvisation, composition