Music Curriculum

7th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will investigate the history of music in American protest movements and examine the intersection of music and drama in musical theater.

Outcomes and Components:

FA.7M.3 Students will investigate simple pieces of music on the grand staff, analyzing their stylistic elements, such as tonality, timbre, texture, and structure.

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Standard(s)

  FA.7M.3.1 Analyze aurally and visually the structure of a musical work. MU:Pr4.2.7a, Mu:Pr4.2.7b
  FA.7M.3.2

Identify areas of differing musical timbre and texture aurally and visually.

MU:Pr4.2.7a, Mu:Pr4.2.7b
  FA.7M.3.3

Identify and perform notes in the bass clef, verbally and on an instrument.

Mu:Pr4.2.7b
  FA.7M.3.4

Perform a piece of instrumental music, reading from a full score.

MU:Pr6.1.7a

Academic Vocabulary: Analyze, Identify, Perform

Content Vocabulary:  Instrumental Music, Bass Clef, Texture, Timbre, Structure