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.3 Students will compose music in various historical forms and compare and contrast, verbally and aurally,  the various stylistic elements of each period.

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Standard(s)

  FA.6M.3.1 Identify and analyze the purpose and function of various historical musical forms (e.g. sonata, concerto, symphony). MU:Pr4.2.6a, MU:Re7.2.6a
  FA.6M.3.2 Investigate the themes that various composers have used to inform the form of their compositions.

MU:Pr4.2.6c, MU:Re7.2.5a, 

MU:Re.7.2.6b

MU:Re8.1.6a

  FA.6M.3.3 Choose a historical musical form and, with a partner or in a group, create a miniature composition in this form using classroom percussion.

MU:Cr1.1.6a, MU:Cr2.1.6a,

MU:Pr4.2.7a

  FA.6M.3.4 Perform the miniature for peers. MU:Pr4.3.6a

Academic Vocabulary: Identify, Investigate, Choose, Analyze, Perform

Content Vocabulary:  Form, Composers, Themes