Music Curriculum

6th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will compose using DAW (digital audio workstation) and investigate how their personal experiences are shaped and defined by music.

Outcomes and Components:

FA.6M.1

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

Pacing  

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Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

  FA.6M.1.1 Identify, aurally and verbally, between mens’, womens’, and childrens’ voices. MU:Re7.2.6a
  FA.6M.1.2 Identify and differentiate between the qualities and ranges of the 4 main singing voice types. MU:Re7.2.6a
  FA.6M.1.3 Identify aurally the different voice types MU:Re7.2.6a
  FA.6M.1.4 Debate what voice category certain teacher-selected sound clips should fit into. MU:Pr4.2.6c, MU:Re7.2.6a, MU:Re7.2.6b
  FA.6M.1.5 Compare and contrast the different roles and characters each voice type plays.

MU:Pr4.2.6a, MU:Pr4.2.6c, MU:Re7.2.6b, MU:Re8.1.6a

MU:CN11.0.5a

Academic Vocabulary: Identify, Compare, Debate, Differentiate

Content Vocabulary: Voice Types, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass