Standards: NJCCCS 1.1.12.B.1, 1.3.12.B.3, 1.3.12.B.4, 1.4.12.B.3

Course

Essential Questions

Concept/Content Skills Core Activities Assessment

1st

Marking Period

What is music?

What is beat?

What is rhythm?

What are the

elements of music?

What is harmony?

What is a chord?

What are

dynamics?

Emotional

Connection

Note duration, rest

duration, time

signatures, bar lines,

measures, tempo

Rhythm, melody,

dynamics, tone color,

form, harmony,

interpretation

Tonality

Consonance,

dissonance

Piano – forte

Pp,p,mp,mf,f,ff

To recognize the

connection of emotion to

music

To recognize the basic

units of pulse and time,

rhythmic notation and

note values

To recognize emotion

from melody. To

recognize intervals and

steps

To recognize the home

tone

To recognize sounds that

blend and sounds that

clash

To recognize and

applying the Italian

dynamic marks

Writing ideas of emotion to

music

Notebook

Listening examples

Class performance

Watch Wynton Marsalis Why

Toes Tap

Pitch differentiation test

Writing a Scale

Learning note names

Listening to harmonies and

understanding intervals

Performance

Listening to Bolero

(crescendo), Beethoven’s 5th

symphony,

Essay..Music is….

Performance, Composition,

Rhythm quiz

Melody quiz

Harmony quiz

Dynamic quiz and handout

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Music Appreciation

Standards: NJCCCS 1.1.12.B.1, 1.3.12.B.3, 1.3.12.B.4, 1.4.12.B.3

Course

Essential Questions

Concept/Content Skills Core Activities Assessment

2nd Marking Period

What are the

elementa of

music?

What is form?

What is tone

color?

What are the

instruments of the

orchestra,

marching band,

rock band

Why do I like

certain types of

music?

Rhythm, melody,

dynamics, tone color,

form, harmony,

interpretation

Sonata, Binary,

Ternary, theme and

variation, Rondo, 12

bar blues

Timbre. Soprano,

Alto, Tenor, Bass,

Baritone, Mezzo

Soprano

Instrument families and categories (string, woodwind, brass, percussion)

Interpreting music using all elements of music

To recognize differences

between the elements of

music.

To recognize 2 & 3 part

songs and to recognize

musical development

To recognize the various

voice categories, SATB

and recognize the timbre

of all instruments

To recognize the different

instruments which make

up the instrumental

categories

To recognize and

understand all of the

elements that make-up a

piece of music or

performance

Watching videos on each of

the elements

Notebook

Listening to demos and

watching Wynton Marsalis

“Listening for Clues”

Listening to different voice

recordings, reading from

textbook

Student instrumental and vocal

demonstrations

Listening to different

instruments on recording and

show visuals of instruments

Interpretation video Listening examples and demos. Student individual oral reports

Quiz on each element of music

Quiz “Listening for Clues”

Voice category quiz. I Instrument category quiz Interpretation worksheet Verbal presentation based on musical stage or artist Midterm EXAM

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Music Appreciation

Standards: NJCCCS 1.2.12.A.1, 1.2.12.A.2, 1.4.12.A.1, 1.4.12.A.3, 1.4.12.A.4, 1.4.12.B.3

Course

Essential Questions

Concept/Content Skills Core Activities Assessment

3rd Marking Period

Why do I like my

favorite

music/artist?

When did Music

Begin?

What is music of

the Middle Ages?

What is the

Renaissance?

What is the

Baroque Era?

Elements of music

History of Music

Monophony, Gregorian chant, early musical notation, music, art, literature

Polyphony, humanism, rebirth, madrigals, choir development

Opera, concerto, oratorio, J.S. Bach, Handel

To Recognize in depth the quality and history of an artist or his/her music To recognize the evolution and progression of musical history To recognize the origins of music. To recognize monophonic music To recognize composer and artists from the renaissance To recognize composers and artists of the Baroque Era. To recognize the great advancement in instrumental literature

Written report with visual and aural examples Timeline Reading Reading Articles from Music Alive magazine on middle ages Listening to monophonic music (Gregorian chant) Looking at artwork and architecture. Reading of article from music Alive and textbook Looking at artwork and architecture. Reading articles from Music Alive. Reading from music appreciation textbook

Grading written report and oral presentation Medieval Quiz Renaissance Quiz Baroque Quiz

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Music Appreciation

What is Classical

Music

Who is Mozart,

Beethoven?

What is Romantic

Music?

Concertos, sonatas, American history (constitution, declaration of independence), Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven

Emotion, feeling, expressiveness. Opera program music

To recognize equal rights, common sense and faith in the individual. To recognize simpl form. To recognize musical dramas & opera. To recognize the connection of program music.

Listening examples, reading from text book. Reading from Music Alive. Watch Biography on Mozart and Beethoven Listening to the 1812 Overture, Pictures at an exhibition

Mozart Quiz Classical Quiz Beethoven Quiz Romantic Quiz

Standards: NJCCCS 1.2.12.A.1, 1.2.12.A.2, 1.4.12.A.1, 1.4.12.A.3, 1.4.12.A.4, 1.4.12.B.3

Course

Essential Questions

Concept/Content Skills Core Activities Assessment

4th Marking Period

What is

impressionism?

What is 20th

Century music?

What is Opera?

What are

musicals?

What is Jazz?

What is

Rock’nRoll?

Musical shading, no focal point. Debussy

Whole tone scale, stacked chords

Soliloquy, musical drama, Aria,

Improvisation, dorian , Dixieland band, Be-Bop band, Swing, Cool Jazz, Fusion Jazz

Doo-Wop, Disco, folk rock, soul rock, acid, rock punk rock, rap

To Recognize the French impressionism in art & music To recognize the lack of tonal center in twentieth century music. To recognize that musicals are America’s contribution to the arts. To recognize the difference between different styles of Jazz. To recognize the art of improvisation To recognize the genre’s of music contributing to rock’nroll. To identify the instrumentation used in several rock bands. To identify the early contributers to this genre

Reading Articles from Music Alive magazine on impressionism Listening, viewing artwork Reading articles from Music Alive. Reading from music appreciation textbook Listening examples, reading from text book. Reading from Music Alive. Listening examples, videos, textbook readings. Music Alive reading Listening to examples, watching videos, textbook readings and much music alive article reading

Impressionism quiz 20

th century quiz

Opera & Musicals quiz Jazz Quiz Rock-n-Roll quiz

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Music Appreciation