MS Music Guide

CONCEPTS:

VOCABULARY:

SKILLS:

Accurately perform varying levels of loud and soft as required in the music and by the conductor. Accurately perform different tempos. Accurately perform various style markings in a piece of music and understand their meaning. Accurately perform the differences and nuances while polishing a prepared piece. Accurately and honestly evaluate the quality of personal performance.

Step-wise Whole-step Half-step Rhythm Interval Solfege Pitch Etiquette Posture Intonation Phrasing

Singing with proper: Dynamics - pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff crescendo, decrescendo, Diminuendo

Tempo - accelerando, ritardando, a tempo, fermata

Articulation - accent, legato, staccato, slur

EXAMPLE LESSONS, ASSESSMENTS, and OTHER RESOURCES

NAfME Article: What Strategies Are You Implementing to Ensure the Success of Your Upcoming Performances? Example Lesson: Task Ideas Video: How to Improve Articulation and Diction

WISR CONNECTIONS:

Writing, Inquiry, Speaking, Listening, Reading, Viewing

Level 1 STANDARDS:

● Standard L1.MC.CR.1: Listen to and discuss a variety of music styles and ideas with guidance. ● Standard L1.MC.CR.6: Evaluate musical ideas, with guidance, and identify and rehearse elements of musical expression that lead to a creative interpretation of a musical work. ● Standard L1.MC.P.1: Select appropriate music, with limited guidance, to perform for a short solo or ensemble, and explain why each was chosen. ● Standard L1.MC.P.3: Sing with an appropriate tone over an appropriate range with consideration of the following skills in combination: a. Vowels and Diction, b. Intonation, c.