Music Foundations 2
In this module, students will create, respond, and perform foundational music concepts using a variety of musical examples. Students will build upon existing musical knowledge of basic rhythms and pitches to identify and create with syncopation, minor scales, compound meter, and various music forms from around the world. Students will experience instrument families outside of the traditional orchestra and symphony band setting as well as notation, clefs, navigational devices, and articulation and notation terms. This module will provide a strong foundation in reading, performing and creating music with the flexibility to use the musical styles and knowledge present in each unique classroom.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Perform fundamental music concepts both individually and in a group
Create and revise music within a provided structure
Describe and predict the functions of specific music elements
Analyze and interpret musical elements in various music genres through active listening
Essential Questions
- How is music created?
- What are the components of music?
- How does understanding the structure and context of musical works inform performance?
- How are musical sounds organized?
- How do musicians make creative decisions?
- How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?
- How do we discern the musical creators’ and performers’ expressive intent?
Module Syllabus
Below is a map of lessons within units, in the order of suggested presentation. You will find a variety of introductory lessons that present a new concept for the first time, practice activities that contain ear training, recognizing, and identifying a concept, and reinforcing activities that include creating with, producing with or performing a concept.