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.3 Students will improvise and compose, using standard and non-standard notation, musical and rhythmic phrases in various forms (to include theme and variations) using dotted eighth/sixteenth notes, triplets, and mixed meter.

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Standard(s)

  FA.5M.3.1 Identify and analyze themes and variations, both verbally and aurally. MU:Pr4.2.5a
  FA.5M.3.2 Perform a 4-8 bar rhythm consisting of known rhythms, triplets, and dotted eighth/sixteenth notes, on a variety of instruments. MU:Pr6.1.5a, MU:Pr4.2.5b
  FA.5M.3.3 Identify and perform an 8-16 bar phrase in mixed meter, on a variety of instruments. MU:Pr6.1.5a, MU:Pr4.2.5b
  FA.5M.3.4 Compose and perform a variation of a known song, using standard notation, on a variety of instruments. MU:Cr.1.1.5b, MU:Cr2.1.5b, MU:Cr3.1.5a, MU:Cr3.2.5a, Mu:Pr4.2.5a
  FA.5M.3.5 Evaluate classmates’ variations, based on teacher-provided guidelines. MU:Pr5.1.5a

Academic Vocabulary: Identify, Analyze, Perform, Compose, Evaluate

Content Vocabulary: Rhythm, Form, Meter, Standard Notation