Download Richland School District Two Orchestra Programs Level 2

Richland School District Two Orchestra Programs
Level 2 Benchmark Content
For each term be able to answer: What is it, and what does it do? What is the musical symbol, if any? Be able to explain the
relationships, similarities and differences between terms with a “vs.” between them.
INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS
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Instruments: Violin, viola, cello, string bass
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Parts of the instrument: scroll, peg box, nut, fingerboard, upper bout, C-bout, lower bout, F-hole, sound post, fine
tuners, tailpiece, end button, varnish, ribs.
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Parts of the bow: screw, ferrule, grip or winding, stick, tip.
TERMS AND SYMBOLS
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Tempo and Dynamic Markings: Allegro, andante, moderato, ritardando, forte, mezzo forte, mezzo piano, piano,
crescendo vs. decrescendo,
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Bowing/Articulation Terms: Accent, bow lift, detache, hooked bowing, slur vs. tie, staccato vs. legato
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Settings: solo, duet, trio, quartet, concerto, symphony, waltz, march
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Other Musical Terms: 1st and 2nd endings, accidentals (flat, natural, and sharp), arpeggio, clef (treble, alto, and bass
clef), composition vs. improvisation, contact point, dynamics vs. articulations, fermata, intervals (half step vs. whole
step), ledger line, orchestra, scale (what is a scale; what is the difference between major and minor), tone vs. intonation
(flat and sharp), syncopation
FINGER PATTERNS AND RELATIONSHIPS
For the keys of A, D, G, C, F and Bb major, the students will:
o Identify and write the key signatures.
o Identify the notes and finger pattern on a given string that agrees with the key signature
o Identify the notes separated by a half-step in each key.
Tetrachords: major, dorian, phrygian, and Lydian in first position
Intervals
o Identify on a staff and fingerboard: Unison, M/m 2nds, M/m 3rds, and octaves.
o Identify the number of half and whole steps in major/minor 3rds.
Write on a staff and be able to name the musical symbols introduced in book 2.
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Complete a fingerboard map and write out the scales in the 7 Grade Keys in quarter notes on a music staff and
put ^ marks between notes separated by a half-step.
RHYTHM PATTERNS AND RELATIONSHIPS
Time Signatures: 2/4, 3/4, 6/8, Common time (4/4), cut time (2/2)
Rhythm values: dotted half note, dotted quarter note, eighth note, eighth rest, half note, half rest, quarter note,
quarter rest, sixteenth notes, triplet 8th notes, whole note, whole rest.
Notate rhythmic patterns and bar lines using the rhythm values and signatures listed above
Select simple combinations of notes and rests to finish incomplete measures.
Measure whole notes in halves and quarters, measure half-notes in quarters and 8ths, measure quarter notes in 8ths
and 16ths, measure dotted halves in quarters, and dotted quarters in 8ths.
Count (1 & 2 & etc.) with a consistent pulse and perform—by plucking the rhythm on an open string—two rhythm
exercises, selected from the following:
o 16th note patterns: Nos. 70, 71, 78, 79, 83, and 84.
o Syncopated patterns: Nos. 89-91.
o 6/8 and triplet patterns: Nos. 118, 120, 124, 141, and 142.
o Cut-time: Nos. 148-155.
INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE
Scales: Students should learn and review all String Warm Up scales, but will only be tested on the following two-octave
scales from memory at a tempo of 8th note = 80.
Violin: A Major and G Natural Minor
Viola/Cello/Bass: D Major and D Natural Minor
Musical Excerpt: Students are expected to perform the following excerpt in tune and with correct rhythms, good tone and
flawless technique: EE Book 2 No. 161A.