What We Learn In Middle School Music

I can

• sing, read and write these notes
• read music in 4/4, 3/4
• explain pickup notes and read rhythms
• explain accidentals, scales, key signatures

Elements in Music

Timbre

• identify and classify classroom and orchestral instruments
• define and use phrase form, repeat signs, 1st and 2nd endings, coda, D.S., D.C., fine
• identify Orff instruments
• describe ABA, AABA, rondo, theme and variations, verse chorus
• use and create rhythmic and melodic ostinato

Harmony

• sing rounds, partner songs, and in 2-3 parts
• play in ensembles with multiple parts

Expression Vocabulary

• identify, define and perform beat, rhythm, theme & variations, a cappella
• staff, treble and bass clef, time signature, key signature
• solo, divisi, tempo, dynamics, monophonic, homophonic
• canon, form, prestissimo, fermata, round intervals, polyphonic
• staccato, legato and accent, rondo, cut time, stems

Create, Perform, Respond, Connect:

• improvise, create and play
• sing, move, and play rhythms, melodies, instruments
• write about how music makes me feel
• sing songs and tell about the places they’re from
• describe and model performance and concert etiquette
• write parodies, 12 bar blues and rap

Themes & Variations:

• crescendo, decrescendo
• adagio, andante, moderato, allegro, presto

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