Music Theory: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Singing - Students will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Playing Instruments - Students will perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Improvising - Students will improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

Composing - Students will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.

Reading and Notating - Students will read and notate music.

Listening and Analyzing - Students will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

Evaluating - Students will evaluate music and music performances.

Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

Historical and Cultural Relationships - Students will understand music in relation to history and culture.

Sing simple tonal melodies representing a variety of musical styles, with attention to harmonic function and rhythmic momentum.

Sight-sing simple tonal melodies representing a variety of musical styles with attention to harmonic function and rhythmic momentum.

Sing with others in unison and in parts.

Play, on keyboard and primary instrument, simple tonal melodies representing a variety of musical styles with attention to harmonic function and rhythmic momentum.

Sight-read, on keyboard and primary instrument, simple tonal melodies representing a variety of musical styles with attention to harmonic function and rhythmic momentum.

Play with others, on keyboard and primary instruments, in unison and in parts.

Improvise unaccompanied simple tonal melodies.

Improvise melodies over basic chord progressions.

Improvise variations of simple tonal melodies using a variety of compositional devices.

Improvise harmonizing parts to accompany simple tonal melodies.

Compose simple tonal melodies using a variety of compositional devices with attention to harmonic function and rhythmic momentum.

Realize Roman numeral and figured bass progressions in four parts, using acceptable voice-leading.

Harmonize simple tonal melodies with attention to chord function.

Arrange a short work for an ensemble whose instrumentation varies from the original, considering basic orchestration principles.

Read and write standard notation in all clefs.

Identify and construct scales using interval patterns, key signatures, and the relative and parallel relationships between major and minor keys.

Label and construct intervals of all sizes and qualities.

Label and construct triads and seventh chords of all qualities

Label and construct chords with Roman numerals and commercial chord symbols.

Transcribe rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic patterns from aural stimulus.

Interpret the use of rhythm and meter in a variety of vocal and instrumental scores.

Interpret the use of melodic compositional devices in a variety of vocal and instrumental scores.

Interpret the use of harmonic function in a variety of vocal and instrumental scores.

Interpret the use of texture and organizational principles in a variety of vocal and instrumental scores.

Evaluate musical works and performances for technical accuracy.

Evaluate musical works and performances for compositional integrity.

Investigate the physical properties of sound and musical tone production.

Investigate relationships between note value and metric organization.

Investigate works in a variety of musical styles for shared syntactic and narrative characteristics.

Investigate works in other arts disciplines for similar and contrasting compositional features.

Trace the development of Common Practice Period voice leading principles.

Compare and contrast music in the Common Practice Period style with music from popular, folk, and non-Western traditions.