Music: Grade 6

Musical Literacy

Musical Response

Contextual Relevancy

Apply the elements of music and musical techniques in order to sing and play music with accuracy and expression

Interpret the sound and symbol systems of music.

Create music using a variety of sound and notational sources.

Understand the interacting elements to respond to music and music performances.

Understand global, interdisciplinary, and 21st century connections with music.

Use steady tone when performing music.

Recognize the fundamental techniques necessary to sing and play an instrument.

Recognize expressive elements (such as dynamics, timbre, blending, and phrasing) of music.

Recognize whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted note and rest duration in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 meters.

Interpret, through instrument and/or voice, standard notation symbols for pitch.

Recognize standard notation symbols for music.

Produce short rhythmic improvisations using a variety of traditional and non-traditional sound sources.

Construct arrangements of simple pieces for voices or instruments other than those for which the pieces were written.

Illustrate perceptual skills by moving to, answering questions about, and describing aural examples of music of various styles and cultures.

Analyze aural examples of music in terms of the basic musical elements and their interrelationships, using appropriate music terminology.

Identify criteria for evaluating performances, compositions, and musical ideas and apply the criteria in personal listening and performing.

Understand music in relationship to the geography, history, and culture of world civilizations and societies from the beginning of human society to the emergence of the First Global Age (1450).

Understand the relationships between music and concepts from other areas.

Understand potential health and wellness issues for musicians.