Course Description
Open to: 10, 11, 12 One-Year Course
Prerequisite: Instructor Approval
Content: Students will perform and prepare for A Cappella Choir and will participate
in festivals, school programs, and citywide concerts.
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Course Scope
First Semester
| Unit 1 |
Music Language and Symbols |
| Unit 2 |
Reading and Notating Music, Music
Literacy |
| Unit 3 |
Rehearsal and Performance |
| Unit 4 |
Music History |
Second Semester
| Unit 5 |
Music Language and Symbols |
| Unit
6 |
Reading and Notating Music, Music
Literacy |
| Unit
7 |
Rehearsal and Performance |
| Unit
8 |
Music History |
Assessment
Correlation acronyms key
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Note: The Resource References are merely suggestions of a few of the many possibilities
of music educator resources.
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Unit
1` |
Music Language and
Symbols |
Semester 1 |
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Instructional Objective
1071.01 Students will demonstrate understanding
of the names and functions of musical words
and symbols. |
Standard Reference
N-5: a, b, c, e
9-12.Mu.2.1.1, 9-12.Mu.2.1.2, 9-12.Mu.2.1.3, 9-12.Mu.2.1.4 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Recognize, define and notate the following symbols
as they relate to music: staff, doublebar, repeat
sign, bass/f clef, treble/G clef, bar line, measure,
sharp, flat, natural, grand staff |
Master-works Press Sightreading series; Music
Language and Fundamentals, Gretz |
TMA
TO |
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02 |
Recognize, define and notate the following note
and rest values: whole, dotted half, half, dotted
quarter, quarter, eighth and sixteenth note |
Erev Shel Shoshanim, Hadar |
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03 |
Recognize, define and notate the following symbols
and terms: pp, p, mp, mf, ff, crescendo, decrescendo,
diminuendo, fermata, first and second ending,
da capo, coda, tie |
O My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose, Dickau |
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04 |
Recognize, define and notate the following articulations:
staccato, slur, legato, phrase mark, accent |
Dona Nobis Pacem, Palestrina Ching-A-Ring
Chaw, Copland/Fine |
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Unit
2 |
Reading and Notating
Music, Music Literacy |
Semester 1 |
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Instructional Objective
1071.02 Students will be able to demonstrate
understanding of the reading and notating of
music. |
Standard Reference
N-4: a, 5: a, b, c, d, e, 6: b
9-12.Mu.2.1.1, 9-12.Mu.2.1.2, 9-12.Mu.2.1.3, 9-12.Mu.2.1.4, 9-12.Mu.2.2.4,
9-12.Mu.2.2.6 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Name notes by pitch two ledger lines on either
side of the staff |
Masterworks Press Sightreading series |
TMA |
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02 |
Name scale degrees and solfege pitches for the
eight tones of the scale |
Music Language and Fundamentals, Chapter 1 |
TMA
TO |
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03 |
Name the enharmonics for all pitches |
Music Language and Fundamentals, Chapter 2 |
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04 |
Name the major signatures up to four flats or
four sharps |
Music Language and Fundamentals, Chapter 5 |
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05 |
Identify aurally the intervals of unison, M3,
P4, P5, P8 |
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06 |
Define the significance of the numbers in a
time signature |
Music Language and Fundamentals, Chapter 3 |
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07 |
Demonstrate an understanding of the ratios presented
in the rhythm tree |
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08 |
Write out rhythmic dictation for examples in
2/4, 3/4, 4/4 meters and label with counting
syllables |
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09 |
Clap, tap, play or sing counting patterns in
2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 meters |
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10 |
Recognize, define and notate the following parts
of an octavo: title, composer, arranger, publisher,
copyright information, voicing, accompaniment,
key, time, meter, dynamics and articulations |
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Unit
3 |
Rehearsal and Performance |
Semester 1 |
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Instructional Objective
1071.03 Students will demonstrate the following
rehearsal and performance objectives. |
Standard Reference
N-1: a, b, c, f, 2: b, 5: a, b
9-12.Mu.3.2.1, 9-12.Mu.3.2.3 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Demonstrate the correct singing posture in both
sitting and standing positions |
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TMA
TO |
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02 |
Demonstrate the proper breathing for singing |
Panis Angelicus, Palestrina/ Biedermann |
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03 |
Correctly sing the 5 primary vowel sounds, 8
secondary vowel sounds and the 5 diphthongs of
the English language |
I’m Goin’ Up a Yonder, Hawkins/Read |
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04 |
Demonstrate sightsinging unison and two part
exercises in major keys up to four sharps and
four flats |
Masterworks Press Sightreading Series |
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05 |
Participate appropriately as a performer and
audience member in a concert situation, including
concert dress and behavior |
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Instructional Objective
1071.04 Students will identify style, forms
and important musical characteristics from
the six major time periods of music history. |
Standard Reference
N-6: a, b, 8: a, b, 9: a, b, c
9-12.Mu.1.1.1, 9-12.Mu.1.1.2, 9-12.Mu.1.1.3, 9-12.Mu.1.2.1, 9-12.Mu.2.1.1,
9-12.Mu.2.1.2, 9-12.Mu.2.1.3, 9-12.Mu.2.1.4 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Identify and demonstrate understanding of the
six major time periods of music history (Medieval,
Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and
20th Century) |
Music! It’s Role and Importance in Our Lives,
Fowler, Chapter 23-25 |
TMA
TO |
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02 |
Identify and demonstrate understanding of the
most important musical characteristics from each
time period |
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03 |
Identify and demonstrate understanding of musical
forms, genres and textures from each time period |
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Unit
5 |
Music Language and
Symbols |
Semester 2 |
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Instructional Objective
1071.05 Students will demonstrate understanding
of the names and functions of musical words
and symbols. |
Standard Reference
N-5: a, b, c, e, 6: b
9-12.Mu.2.1.1, 9-12.Mu.2.1.2, 9-12.Mu.2.1.3, 9-12.Mu.2.1.4, 9-12.Mu.3.2.1,
9-12.Mu.3.2.3 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Recognize, define and notate the following tempo
terms: largo, andante, moderato, adagio, allegro,
ritardando, accelerando, a tempo |
Mass in G, Schubert |
TMA |
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02 |
Recognize, define and notate the following musical
terms: tutti, sacred, secular, A Cappella, unison,
subito, al fine |
Music Language and Fundamentals, Appendix 1 |
TMA
TO |
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Unit
6 |
Reading and Notating
Music, Music Literacy |
Semester 2 |
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Instructional Objective
1071.06 Students will be able to demonstrate
understanding of the reading and notating of
music. |
Standard Reference
N-5: a, b ,c , e, 6: b
9-12.Mu.2.1.1, 9-12.Mu.2.1.2, 9-12.Mu.2.1.3, 9-12.Mu.2.1.4, 9-12.Mu.2.2.4,
9-12.Mu.2.2.6 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Identify and label the appropriate keys on a
drawing of the piano keyboard |
Music Language and Fundamentals, Chapter 1 |
TMA |
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02 |
Identify aurally whether the music is major
or minor |
Cum Sancto Spiritu from Gloria, Vivaldi The
Coventry Carol, Rodgers |
TMA
TO |
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03 |
Identify aurally intervals of the Tritone, m3
and M7 |
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04 |
Notate various melodic and rhythmic dictation |
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05 |
Compose original melodies in major keys |
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06 |
Count, clap, and tap rhythms that include tied
notes |
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07 |
Count, clap, and tap complex and compound rhythms
using tied notes |
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08 |
Count, clap, and tap and rhythmic examples in
6/8 meter |
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09 |
Demonstrate conducting in both triple and duple
groupings of 6/8 including preparatory beat and
cut off |
When Johnny Comes Marching Home, H.
Carey (American Folk Song) |
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Unit
7 |
Rehearsal and Performance |
Semester 2 |
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Instructional Objective
1071.07 Students will identify and demonstrate
the following rehearsal and performance objectives. |
Standard Reference
N-1: a, b, c, f, 3: c, 5: a, b, c, d, e
9-12.Mu.1.1.1, 9-12.Mu.1.1.2, 9-12.Mu.1.1.3, 9-12.Mu.2.2.4, 9-12.Mu.2.2.6,
9-12.Mu.3.2.1, 9-12.Mu.3.2.3, 9-12.Mu.3.3.1, 9-12.Mu.3.3.2, 9-12.Mu.3.3.3,
9-12.Mu.3.3.4 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Demonstrate singing correctly voiced and unvoiced
consonants used in the English language |
Shenandoah, Traditional |
TMA
TO |
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02 |
Demonstrate blending within the ensemble attending
to pitch, volume, and vowels |
Ubi Caritas, Leavitt |
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03 |
Demonstrate sightsinging complex two part or
three part homophonic selections |
Masterworks Press Sightreading Series |
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04 |
Identify and demonstrate peer assessment of
sightsinging |
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05 |
Improvise original melodies over given chord
progressions, each in a consistent style, meter,
and tonality |
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TO |
|
06 |
Demonstrate singing with musicality as well
as technical accuracy creating an aesthetic experience
for the performer and the audience |
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TMA
TO |
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Instructional Objective
1071.08 Students will identify instruments
and musical examples from the six major time
periods of music history. |
Standard Reference
N-6: a, b, 8: a, b, 9: a, b, c
9-12.Mu.1.1.1, 9-12.Mu.1.1.2, 9-12.Mu.1.1.3, 9-12.Mu.1.1.4, 9-12.Mu.1.2.1,
9-12.Mu.2.1.1, 9-12.Mu.2.1.2, 9-12.Mu.2.1.3, 9-12.Mu.2.1.4, 9-12.Mu.2.2.4 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Identify and demonstrate an understanding of
instruments from the six major time periods of
music history (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque,
Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century) |
Music! It’s Role and Importance in our lives,
Chapters 23,24, 25 |
TMA
TO |
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02 |
Identify and demonstrate an understanding of
aural musical examples from each time period |
Music! It’s Role and Importance in our lives,
Compact Disc Examples |
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