Content Area: Visual and Performing Arts

 

Index: 1.3B Grade 8 CPI 2

 

Standard: 1.3 - Elements and Principles

 

Strand: B - Music

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 -The student will examine how aspects of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, chords, and harmonic progressions are organized and manipulated to establish unity and variety in musical compositions.

 

Grade: 8

 

Sample Activities:

 

Musical Style - Students will select a piece of music of their choice and prepare a presentation which discusses the use of : Melody, form, rhythm,
dynamics, and harmony.

 

Essential Questions:
·        What elements are more/less dominant in various styles of music?

 

Reflective Practice:
·        Does all music need to have all of the elements? Why or why not?

 

 

The contents of the CPI's and Framework Activites come from the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS) - CD-ROM (Version 1.0), which was developed collaboratively by the Newark Teachers Union (NTU) and Seton Hall University (SHU)

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