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Curriculum Mapping 7-12

Composition Skills Aural Assessments Visual Assessments (Supplementary)
Dictation Aural Analysis Sight-Sing Keyboard/Inst.
Vocabulary: The student will -Identify terms of volume/intensity What vocabulary is -Written test at the
understand and apply -Identify tempo and tempo unique to music end of each term.
artistic process to modification terms and why do I need
analyze, interpret, and -Identify terminology of form, style, to know it?
evaluate music. (MN and
musical expression.
Academic Standards in
Notation: the Arts K-12) -Notate moveable C, F, and G clefs Why is music ~Name/Read notes in all clefs ~Sing pitch names ~Play notated pitches on the
notated the way it in all clefs keyboard
is?
-Draw noteheads, stems, flags, beams,

rests, using correct vertical alignment

and stem direction.

-Draw staves, bars, bracket and brace

(repeat signs, endings)

-Draw sharps, flats, naturals.
Concepts of Rhythm: ~Notate simple rhythmic patterns How does a person ~Notate simple ~Identify simple rhythmic ~Recognize Meter Signatures ~Conduct proper ~Play/tap rhythmic patterns
(beats and notate rhythms rhythmic patterns motives from aural patterns for all
subdivisions) correctly they hear from dictated examples meters
~Notate meter: simple, compound, in the recorded examples ~Identify meters from ~Recognize and correct errors in ~Sing metric
and complex. music? ~Notate measured aurel examples metric notations patterns
~Organize rhythm into appropriate rhythm from dicated
groupings (beaming and barring) examples

Concepts of Tempo: Be able to select appropriate tempi for How do I know the Identify tempi from aural Recognize notated tempo markings
their own compositions appropriate tempo examples
for a piece of
music?
Concepts of Pitch Is there more to
pitch that being in
tune?
1. Whole-/half-steps Write whole-/half-step intervals Notate whole-/half- Identify whole-/half-step Identify written whole-/half-step Sing whole-/half- Play whole-/half-step
step intervals intervals intervals step intervals intervals

2. Pentachords, Write pentachords and tetrachords Notate pentachords Identify pentachords and Identify written pentachords and Sing pentachords Play pentachords and
tetrachords and tetrachords tetrachords tetrachords and tetrachords tetrachords
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3. Pitch collections ~Write pitch collections (major, Notate pitch ~Identify pitch collections Identify written pitch collections Sing pitch Play pitch collections (major,
minor, church modes, whole tone, collections (major, (major, minor, church (major, minor, church modes, collections (major, minor, church modes, whole
pentatonic, chromatic) minor, church modes, whole tone, whole tone, pentatonic, chromatic) minor, church tone, pentatonic, chromatic)
~Name and use proper major/minor modes, whole tone, pentatonic, chromatic) modes, whole tone,
scale degrees pentatonic, ~Identify pitch collections pentatonic,
chromatic) used as basis of a piece chromatic)

4. Key signatures ~Write major/minor key signatures on Identify keys from written key Identify tonic of the Play in given key signatures
staff (circle of fifths) signatures given key
signatures
5. Intervals ~Write all perfect, major, minor, Identify dictated Identify intervals in ~Identify all perfect, major, minor, Sing all intervals Play all intervals
diminished, and augmented intervals melodies recorded excerpts diminished, and augmented
~Write interval inversions intervals ~Identify interval
inversions
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Melody Compose simple melodies in What makes a Notate dictated Identify phrase structure Analyze written melodies in Sing diatonic Play diatonic melodies
major/minor keys using: melody? melodies and melodic components major/minor keys using: melodies
~antecedent/consequent phrase from aural excerpts ~antecedent/consequent phrase
structure ~unifying motives structure ~unifying motives
~sequences ~sequences
~appropriate cadences ~appropriate cadences
~variety of emellishments (passing ~variety of emellishments (passing
tones, neighboring tones, neighboring
tones, anticipation, etc) tones, anticipation, etc)

Harmony What does it mean

to harmonize?

1. Chord Spelling ~Spell major, minor, diiminished, Identify major, Identify written examples of major, Sing major, minor, Play major, minor,
augmented triads minor, diminished, minor, diminished, and augmented diminished, and diminished, and augmented
~Spell triad inversions and augmented triads augmented triads triads
~Spell triads in open and closed triads
spacing ~Spell seventh chords
~Spell secondary donimant seventh
chords

2. Voice Leading Write chord progressions using Notate outer voices Locate errors in outer Locate errors in composed excerpts
appropriate voice leading voices
3. Cadences Compose cadences: Notate Roman Identify cadences in aural Identify cadences from written Play cadences
~Plagal, numerals from examples examples
~Authentic, dictated cadences
~Half,
~Phrygian (minor),
~Deceptive

4. Figured Bass Compose chords and inversions from Notate soprano and Identify Roman numeral Identify chords and inversions from
a figured bass bass with Roman designation a figured bass
numeral designation

5. Melodic ~Compose chords fro a given melodic Locate errors in melodic Play melodies with
Harmonization line ~Comppose appropriate harmonizations appro0priate harmonic
contrapuntal bass line with implied accompaniment
harmony for a given melody

Formal Structure How do composers

create extended
pieces of music
that makes sense to
the listener?
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1. Forms Compose short musical forms: Identify musical forms Identify musical forms from printed
~Phrase from aural examples: scores: ~Double period
~Period ~Double period ~Bar Form (AAB)
~Simple Binary ~Bar Form (AAB) ~Simple Binary (AB)
~Simple Binary (AB) ~Rounded Binary (ABa)
~Rounded Binary (ABa) ~Simple Ternary (ABA)
~Simple Ternary (ABA) ~Theme and Variations
~Theme and Variations ~Rondo
~Rondo ~Sonata Allegro Movements
~Sonata Allegro
Movements

2. Texture Compose simple pieces in the Identify Texture: Identify Texture:

following textures: ~Monophonic ~Monophonic
~Monophonic ~Polyphonic ~Polyphonic
~Polyphonic ~Homophonic ~Homophonic
~Homophonic ~Heterophony ~Heterophony
~Heterophony

Instrumentation ~Transpose a melodic line to What effect does Notate a melodic Identify discrete ~Identify transposing and non-
appropriate key and clef for any the choice of line played by an instruments in a recorded transposing instruments
instrument ~Transpose a two instruments have instrument other excerpt ~Identify appropriate clefs for
part composition to appropriate key on a piece of than piano individual instruments
and clef for two different instruments music? ~Identify appropriate written
~Transpose multi-part compositions ranges for each instrument
for various groups of instruments ~Identify score layout for piano,
chorus, orchestra and band