Download Common Curriculum Map Discipline: Fine Arts Course: Music Theory

Common Curriculum Map
Discipline: Fine Arts
Course: Music Theory
August/September:
Standards:
Standard 25a
Standard 25b
Content:
1. Fundamentals of music theory and notation
2. Aural skills associated with the fundamental of music theory
Skills:
1. to correctly notate a given musical example
to determine the numeric value and quality of a written interval
to draw the circle of 4ths and use it to determine key signatures
Be able to identify and recite major and minor key signatures and scales
be able to write and identify major, minor, augmented, and diminished triads
2. be able to identify the numeric value and quality of a sounded interval
be able to determine the type of scale from hearing it
Assessment:
1. Informal observation during class time
Students working at the chalkboard
Homework assignments
Quizzes
2. Daily examples and class work.
October:
Standards:
Standard 25a
Standard 25b
Essential Questions:
Can the students identify written intervals, scales and key signatures?
Content:
1. Written music theory
2. Development of fundamental aural skills
Skills:
1. to determine the numeric value and quality of a written interval
to draw the circle of 4ths and use it to determine key signatures
Be able to identify and recite major and minor key signatures and scales
Be able to identify all rhythmic symbols
Understand and be able to use the rhythmic system used in music
2. Begin to identify perfect and major intervals by sound
Correctly sing a pitch which they have just heard
Sing a major scale
Be able to perform a written rhythm with values up to eighth notes
Be able to identify a rhythm that is performed for them with values up to eighth notes
Assessment:
1. Informal observation during class time
Students working at the chalkboard
Worksheets
Quizzes
1. Informal observation during class time
Quizzes
November:
Standards:
Standard 25a
Standard 25b
Essential Questions:
Can the students distinguish between all qualities of triads?
Content:
1. Written music theory
2. Development of fundamental aural skills
Skills:
1. Correctly notate and identify example of a major, minor, augmented, or
diminished triad
Correctly notate and identify a triad in root position,
2. Begin to identify perfect and major intervals by sound
Correctly sing a pitch which they have just heard
Sing a major scale
Assessment:
1. Informal observation during class time
Students working at the chalkboard
Worksheets
1. Informal observation during class time
December:
Standards:
Standard 25A4
Standard 26A4c
Essential Questions:
Can the students distinguish between all qualities of triads and 7th chords?
Content:
1. Written music theory
Sections from "Tonal Harmony" by Kostka and Payne
Sections from "Elements of Music" by Turek
2. Development of fundamental aural skills
Skills:
1. Identify each type of Triad in root position
Identify each type of 7th chord in root position
Build each type of triad in root position
Build each type of 7th chord in root position
Understand the harmonic series and how it affects the use of chords
2. Identify each type of Triad in root position
Identify each type of 7th chord in root position
Assessment:
1. Worksheets (homework)
Quizzes
Informal observation during class time
Students working at the chalkboard
2. Informal observation during class time
January:
Standards:
Standard 25A4
Standard 26A4c
Essential Questions:
Can the students distinguish between all qualities and inversions of triads and 7th chords?
Content:
1. Written music theory
Sections from "Tonal Harmony" by Kostka and Payne
Sections from "Elements of Music" by Turek
2. Development of fundamental aural skills
Skills:
1. Identify each type of Triad in any inversion
Identify each type of 7th chord in any Inversion
Build each type of triad in any Inversion
Build each type of 7th chord any Inversion
2. Identify each type of Triad in root position
Identify each type of 7th chord in root position
Assessment:
1. Worksheets (homework)
Final Exam
Informal observation during class time
Students working at the chalkboard
2. Informal observation during class time
February:
Standards:
Standard 25A4
Standard 26A4c
Essential Questions:
Can the students distinguish between all qualities and inversions of triads and 7th chords?
Can the students Identify basic voicing and voice leading errors?
Content:
Fundamentals of chord voicing / voice leading
Skills:
Be able to identify the quality, inversion and root of a given chord
Be able to provide a roman numeral analysis of a simple chorale
Be able to identify basic errors in voicing of chords in 3 and 4 part textures
Be able to identify basic errors in voice leading of chords in 3 and 4 part textures
Assessment:
Students working at the chalkboard
Student homework assignments
Informal observations during class
March:
Standards:
Standard 25A4
Standard 26A4c
Essential Questions:
DO students know and understand the rules of harmonic motion?
Can the students use this knowledge to given musical examples?
Content:
1. Fundamentals of harmonic motion.
Skills:
1. Identify errors in examples of harmonic movement with repeated roots
Correctly write in the inner voices for examples of harmonic motion with repeated roots
Identify errors in examples of harmonic movement with roots a 4th or 5th apart
Correctly write in the inner voices for examples of harmonic motion with roots a 4th or 5th apart
Identify errors in examples of harmonic movement with roots a 3rd or 6th apart
Correctly write in the inner voices for examples of harmonic motion with roots a 3rd or 6th apart
Assessment:
Students working at the chalkboard
Student homework assignments
Informal observations during class
April:
Standards:
Standard 25A4
Standard 26A4c
Essential Questions:
Can the students identify and create short excerpts with proper chord progressions?
Content:
Chord progressions for Major keys
Chord progressions for minor keys
Voice leading conventions for all root position chords
Skills:
identify errors in chord progressions
Create chord progressions based on either a melody or bass line
use proper voice leading to fill in the rest of the parts to create SATB excerpts
Assessment:
Students working at the chalkboard
Student homework assignments
Informal observations during class
May/June:
Content:
1. Advanced rhythm and meter
2. Uses of various chords
2. Improvement of aural skills in identification of chords, intervals, and scales
3.
Skills:
1. Identify and explain odd and mixed meters
Identify and be able to demonstrate various cross rhythms
2. Find and identify the purpose of various chords within a short piece
2. Be able to correctly identify intervals, scales, and 7th chords using the computer aural skills
Trainer
Assessment:
1. Informal observation during class time
Students working at the chalkboard
Semester final
2. Informal observation during class time
Students working at the chalkboard
Semester final