Standard 1.1

Inquiry Questions:

1. Why is it important for ensembles to work as a team?

2. Why is it important to understand conducting patterns?

3. How does identifying patterns help with memorization?

Relevance and Application:

1. Following a conductor’s beat leads to a synthesis of visual and auditory stimuli.

2. Understanding the physiological aspects of correct posture, breathing, and technique leads to an understanding of the biological aspects of good music production.

3. Music software can be used to assist in memorization.

4. Performance skill can be isolated and adjusted using audio and/or video devices to record, compare, and/or evaluate the result of different techniques.

Nature of Music:

1. Musicality is the ability to perform and respond to music in meaningful ways.

Standard 1.2

Inquiry Questions:

1. How are beat and rhythm different?

2. Why is repetition and/or pattern important in music?

Relevance and Application:

1. Recognizing that patterns occur in music as in other parts of life builds the ability to find connections in the world.

2. Identifying patterns in music from various cultures, historical periods, genres, and styles enables listeners to find similarities and differences in each.

3. Music software companies develop programs and electronic keyboards that allow a solo, novice performer to create more complex rhythmic and harmonic musical phrases and compositions.

Nature of Music:

1. Basic music reading skills are necessary to become a literate musician.

Standard 2.1

Inquiry Questions:

1. How is question and answer form used in various styles of music?

2. How is improvisation used in other disciplines?

3. How is creating a new musical phrase similar to or different from creating a new solution in science?

Relevance and Application:

1. Using software and other tools of technology to improvise short musical segments within existing tunes provides opportunities to experience success in creating basic musical phrases.

2. Using developmentally appropriate movements to improvise with music helps illustrate the expressive elements in music

3. Creating new music or improvising within music requires risk taking and critical-thinking abilities.

Nature of Music:

1. Creating music is a form of self-expression.

Standard 2.2

Inquiry Questions:

1. Why is it important to use specific criteria when notating?

2. How is specific criteria in notation similar to specific criteria in writing?

Relevance and Application:

1. Using software and other technology tools to create treble clef phrases provides assistance to novice learners to successfully notate music.

2. Comparing elements of rhythm and pitch in existing treble clef phrases leads to a fundamental understanding of basic structure in music.

3. Recognizing basic notation structure in music can be transferred to one’s ability to write a structured sentence in literature, which provides the understanding that music is a language.

Nature of Music:

1. Musicians rely on knowing and understanding various notations and terms to write and create music.

Standard 3.1

Inquiry Questions:

1. How do changes in tempo, dynamics, and articulation affect the mood of music?

2. Whenpeoplelistentoapieceofmusic,whataretheylisteningfor?

3. How much freedom should conductors have when presenting a musical work?

Relevance and Application:

1. Mass media employs varying uses of dynamics, tempo, meter, and articulation when the goal is to draw attention to something.

2. Electronic keyboards are tools to demonstrate dynamics and articulation and provide rhythm styles that are in duple or triple meter.

3. Articulation in music mirrors the skill for articulation in speech and theatre productions and requires precise diction and clarity.

Nature of Music:

1. Expressive elements enhance musical performance.

Standard 3.2

Inquiry Questions:

1. What makes a composition interesting?

2. How will being able to identify notational elements help in music-making?

Relevance and Application:

1. Various musical styles easily recognizable in society (such as marches, lullabies, holiday music) use simple notational elements and form.

2. American folk music and music of other cultures employ simple notational elements and form because they were shared in the aural tradition and needed to be easily remembered.

Nature of Music:

1. Musicalcompositionshaveaspecificstructurethatisdefinedbytheuseof elements.

Standard 3.3

Inquiry Questions:

1. Why does each voice and instrument sound different?

2. Whydoothershavedifferentmusicpreferences?

3. Howismusicusedincommunityeventsandcelebrations?

4. How do different styles of music affect audience response?

Relevance and Application:

1. Technology and mass media provide global examples of families of instruments and varying vocal and instrumental tone colors.

2. Musicians and composers rely on varying tone colors to provide rich, layered effects for the listener.

3. Similarities and differences can be identified between the use of color in visual arts and music.

Nature of Music:

1. Unique tone qualities are found in varying styles and genres of music.

Standard 3.4

Inquiry Questions:

1. How does identifying melodic and rhythmic patterns improve performance skills?

2. What does harmony add to music?

Relevance and Application:

1. The ability to recognize the patterns that occur in music relates to the patterns that can be found in many disciplines and vocations (such as mathematics, history, visual art and design, architecture, science).

2. Music from various cultures is identified through its unique and specific melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns

3. Mass media chooses examples of music from various genres and styles to achieve desired melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns.

4. There are definite mathematical components of 16th notes and dotted half notes that represent a fundamental understanding of fractions.

Nature of Music:

1. Music notation is a visual representation of organized sound and silence.

2. Patterns occur in music and in the world.

Standard 4.1

Inquiry Questions:

1. Why do individuals prefer certain styles of music?

2. What is the correlation between liking a work and the importance of a work?

3. What is involved in respecting the opinions of others about music preferences?

Relevance and Application:

1. The ability to verbalize individual preferences in music can be used to assess the success of music education in developing musically literate students.

2. Respect for others’ opinions and preferences exemplify a fundamental respect for others and provides context on how varying cultures and societies come to view the importance of music.

Nature of Music:

1. Individual experiences and personality traits play an important role in developing personal preferences for music.

2. Experienceswithavarietyofmusicalstylescandevelopabroaderappreciationfor music and an expanded range of personal preferences.

Standard 4.2

Inquiry Questions:

1. Why is it beneficial to experience a wide variety of musical styles as a listener and a performer?

2. Why is it important to have a variety and diversity of musical styles available to society?

3. How can appropriate music vocabulary help in discussing musical evaluation with others?

Relevance and Application:

1. The information literacy skills required to access and evaluate various musical performances include research, source discernment, and verification of authenticity.

2. Assisting others in developing a wider musical vocabulary and library builds deeper conviction and rational for personal preferences.

3. Comparing two audio or video recordings of performances of the same musical work by the same performer builds skill in articulating general perceptions in musical terms.

Nature of Music:

1. The ability to create sounds through synthesis without traditional instruments widens the possibilities for music creation and production.

2. No two live performances are ever exactly the same, either in technical or aesthetic aspects.

Standard 4.3

Inquiry Questions:

1. What do people look for when choosing music for enjoyment?

2. What cultural music would be considered most appealing?

Relevance and Application:

1. Determining the sources of live music in the community creates informed consumers and gives insight into the musical preferences of a local culture.

2. Articulating the importance of music in a family or cultural heritage creates an appreciation for how individuals contribute to local communities and influence the availability of musical experiences within the community.

3. Understanding the use of technology in performances by local live groups or video recordings of performances provides insight into the influence of technology on the musical culture in local communities.

Nature of Music:

1. Music’s place in the lives of individuals is unique because it depends on personal background, preference, and experience.