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?