Music: General Music: Grade 7

Creating – Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.

Performing – Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation.

Responding – Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.

Imagine: Generate musical ideas for various purposes and contexts.

Plan and Make: Select and develop musical ideas for defined purposes and contexts.

Evaluate and Refine: Evaluate and refine selected musical ideas to create musical work(s) that meet appropriate criteria.

Present: Share creative musical work that coveys intent, demonstrates craftsmanship, and exhibits originality.

Select: Select varied musical works to present based on interest, knowledge, technical skill, and context.

Analyze: Analyze the structure and context of varied musical works and their implications for performance.

Interpret: Develop personal interpretations that consider creators' intent.

Rehearse, Evaluate, and Refine: Evaluate and refine personal and ensemble performances, individually or in collaboration with others.

Present: Perform expressively, with appropriate interpretation and technical accuracy, and in a manner appropriate to the audience and context.

Select: Choose music appropriate for a specific purpose or context.

Analyze: Analyze how the structure and context of varied musical works inform the response.

Interpret: Support interpretations of musical works that reflect creators'/performers' expressive intent.

Evaluate: Support evaluations of musical works and performances based on analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.

Generate rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrases and variations over harmonic accompaniments within AB, ABA, or theme and variation forms that convey expressive intent.

Select, organize, develop and document personal musical ideas for arrangements, songs, and compositions within AB, ABA, or theme and variation forms that demonstrate unity and variety and convey expressive intent.

Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or audio/video recording to document personal simple rhythmic phrases, melodic phrases, and harmonic sequences.

Evaluate their own work, applying selected criteria such as appropriate application of elements of music including style, form, and use of sound sources.

Describe the rationale for making revisions to the music based on evaluation criteria and feedback from others (teacher and peers).

Present the final version of their documented personal composition, song, or arrangement, using craftsmanship and originality to demonstrate unity and variety, and convey expressive intent.

Apply collaboratively-developed criteria for selecting music of contrasting styles for a program with a specific purpose and/or context and, after discussion, identify expressive qualities, technical challenges, and reasons for choices.

Explain and demonstrate the structure of contrasting pieces of music selected for performance and how elements of music are used.

When analyzing selected music, read and identify by name or function standard symbols for rhythm, pitch articulation, dynamics, tempo, and form.

Identify how cultural and historical context inform performances and result in different music interpretations.

Perform contrasting pieces of music demonstrating their interpretations of the elements of music and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, timbre, articulation/style, and phrasing) convey intent.

Identify and apply collaboratively-developed criteria (such as demonstrating correct interpretation of notation, technical skill of performer, originality, emotional impact, and interest) to rehearse, refine, and determine when the music is ready to perform.

Perform the music with technical accuracy and stylistic expression to convey the creator's intent.

Demonstrate performance decorum (such as stage presence, attire, and behavior) and audience etiquette appropriate for venue, purpose, and context.

Select or choose contrasting music to listen to and compare the connections to specific interests or experiences for a specific purpose.

Classify and explain how the elements of music and expressive qualities relate to the structure of contrasting pieces.

Identify and compare the context of music from a variety of genres, cultures, and historical periods.

Describe a personal interpretation of contrasting works and explain how creators' and performers' application of the elements of music and expressive qualities, within genres, cultures, and historical periods, convey expressive intent.

Select from teacher-provided criteria to evaluate musical works or performances.