The Concepts to Be Developed in Music 8 Are As Follows

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MUSIC - 8

The Music 8 course is designed for the eight-year-old class. In this course, the student will sing a variety of songs, listen to music in creative ways by dramatizing, imitating and improvising, as well as participating in other ear-training and reading activities. Hearing music, beginning to read and write music, and listening for specific qualities or characteristics of music, along with matching pitches, moving rhythmically and creatively to music constitute the essence of this program. Concepts, which form the intellectual framework of the music program, are divided into five elements: rhythm, melody, harmony, form and expression (dynamics, tempo, and tone color).

The concepts to be developed in Music 8 are as follows:

Rhythm:

There are strong beats and weak beats in music.
Beats may be grouped in 2’s, 3’s or 4’s.

A time signature tells how many beats are grouped in a measure.
Sounds and silences have specific durations:

Melody:

Melodies are based on scales: major, minor or pentatonic.

A melody may have a tonal center/home tonic/tonic.

In music, different pitches have names.

Harmony:

Major and minor chords have two different sounds.
Two or more melodies can occur simultaneously.

Form:

A whole piece of music may be comprised of a number of sections.
Sections of a musical piece may be identified by letters (eg. AB, ABA, ABAB).

Expression:

Changes in dynamics add to the effect of music. (dynamics)
Tempo is the speed of the beat in a piece of music. (tempo )
Tempo may change within a piece of music. (tempo)
Musical instruments have distinctive tonal qualities and may be grouped according to families. (tone color)
The orchestral string family of instruments includes: violin, viola, violincello and double bass.

Music 8 is divided into 1 Essential Unit and 2 Selective Units, with which the teacher will choose 1 or more from.

Essential Unit:

E01 – Elements of Music

Selective Units:

S01 – Performance

S02 – Recorder

The normal pace for this course leads to the mastery of two units during the school year- essential unit one and one selective unit from the selective list that a teacher can chose. A selective unit on performance has been added and can be open during the essential unit and may be engaged longer in order to prepare for a performance.

This course is designed to use on the average, one period a week. A period is defined 45 minutes. In the case of a school offering music twice/week, the number of units would need to be doubled.

It would also be beneficial if this course could be integrated with other 8-year-old courses. This course is related to all the success orientations, competencies and knowledge noted in the Fine and Applied Arts Program Outcomes.

Suggested Materials:

Music is a class that can pull in resources from a variety of sources new and existing in the school. It is suggested that music teachers focus on teaching the TSWs using a combination of resources.

As a new teacher resource Music Makers at Home in the World by Musikgarten has been ordered for each school. This teacher resource has units of study, lesson plans, CDs, posters, and cards for enhancing the teaching of the TSWs. See age specific selective units for more information.

Most QSI schools also have available to them a variety of textbooks, CDs, and materials from previously adopted music programs such as Share the Music and Music and You. It is highly recommended that these materials remain with the music teacher to add to the collection of resources available to teachers. If your schools to not have Share the Music and Music in You, this is not a problem as the curriculum can be taught from any materials. Your school should continue to build resources to support the teaching of music.

In schools 2003-2011:

Share the Music, (abbreviated STM) published by MacMillan/McGraw-Hill.

Share the Music CD collection.

In schools (prior to 2003):

Music and You CD collection.

Website Resources:

This is a great site for downloadable performance resources for purchase, as well as general resources for a K-8 music teacher.

This site has sheet music for over 200,000 arrangements and over 260,000 music books. All are downloadable and for sale.

Please also refer to the Appendices created to give additional information and resources:

Appendix 1: “Suggested Classroom Instruments”, lists instruments in 3 categories: “essential”, “should have”, and “would be great to have”.

Appendix 2: “Suggested Elementary Teaching Materials”, lists recommended CDs, activity kits, DVDs, books and resources to order per preference of each school to use with ages 5-9.

Appendix 3: “Suggested Upper Elementary/Middle School Teaching Materials”, lists recommended CDs, activity kits, DVDs, books and resources to order per preference of each school to use with ages 9-13.

Appendix 4: “Suggested Instrument Instruction Resources”, lists recommended resources that each school can choose to order for their school to aid in teaching (by category) Recorders, Xylophones, Guitar, and Keyboard/Piano.

Appendix 5: “Suggested Choir Instruction Resources”, lists recommended resources that each school can choose to order for their school to aid in teaching Choir or Chorus, for Elementary and Middle/Secondary levels.

Appendix 6: “Websites for using Technology as a Music Teaching Tool”, lists internet music sites and resources for the music classrooms.

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