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Intro to Instruments (SCP) 851
AN OVERVIEW

TIME FRAME:
GRADE: 9-12
CONTACT:

         MAP LEVEL: 1
01.2 THE ARTS - MUSIC

01.2.2.5.1 -- Students will perform on at least one instrument accurately and independently, alone and in small and large ensembles, with good posture, good playing position and good breath, bow or stick control

01.2.2.5.2 -- Students will perform with expression and technical accuracy on at least one string, wind, percussion or classroom instrument a repertoire of instrumental literature with a difficulty level of 2, on a scale of 1 to 6

01.2.2.5.4 -- Students will play by ear simple melodies on a melodic instrument and simple accompaniments on a harmonic instrument.

01.2.4.5.3 -- Students will use a variety of traditional and nontraditional sound sources and electronic media when composing and arranging.

01.2.5.5.1 -- Students will read whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth and dotted notes and rests in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 3/8, and alla breve meter signatures

01.2.5.5.4 -- Students will use standard notation to record their musical ideas and the musical ideas of others

01.2 THE ARTS - MUSIC

01.2.5.5.2 -- Students will read at sight simple melodies in both the treble and bass clefs

01.2.6.5.1 -- Students will describe specific music events in a given aural example, using appropriate terminology

01.2.6.5.3 -- Students will demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, chords and harmonic progressions in their analyses of music.

01.2.8.5.1 -- Students will compare in two or more arts how the characteristic materials of each art (sound in music, visual stimuli in visual arts, movement in dance, human relationships in theatre) can be used to transform similar events, scenes, emotions or ideas into works of art

01.2.9.5.1 -- Students will describe distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of cultures

01.2 THE ARTS - MUSIC



What instruments are present in a concert band?
What are the instrument Families?
What are the basics of musical literacy?
Who were/are some of the important composers of classical music?
How do we classify world instruments?
What is propper concert etiquate?



1) Instrument Families
2) Band instruments
3) focus instrument basic profficiency
4) note reading
5) rhythm reading
6) dynamics
7) performance techniques
8) Concert Ettiquate
9) World Music
10) Tubs Notation
11) classification system for world Instruments
12) History of musical instruments
13) Drum Circle Exposure
14) Call and Response (ryhthms)
15) write major scales and key signatures and work on performance of these scales
16) Vocabulary: Key Signature, staff/grand staff, scale, note head, stem, flag, flat, sharp, half step, whole step, natural, time signature, bar line, measure, double bar line, repeat sign, breath mark, leger line, Crescendo, diminuendo, staccato, legato, accent, tie, slur, forte, piano, accidental, solo, unison




1) Students will identify Instrument Families and classify instruments based on this knowlege
2) Students will know the common concert band, jazz band, and orchestral instruments
3) Students will choose and gain basic proficiency on a focus
4) Demonstrate and practice accurate note reading note reading both Verbally, Written, and on their focus instrument
5) Demonstrate and practice accurate rhythm reading both verbally, in written format, and through performance on their focus instrument
6) describe and perform basic dynamics as presented in their music
7) Discuss and demonstrate propper performance techniques on their focus instrument both during practice time and in a performance setting
8) create a Concert Ettiquate pamplet describing appropriate behavior, attire, etc. in a rock concert, a jazz concert, and a classical concert,
9) World Music
10) interpret and compose rhythms through TUBS (time-unit boxes) Notation
11) categorize world instruments based on the "classification system for world Instruments"
12) describe the history/evolution of their chosen focus instrument
13) demonstrate understanding and participation in drum circles
14) accurately compose basic rhythms "Call and Response" to be used during a drum circle
15) write major scales and key signatures and work on performance of these scales
16) Define, recognize, and use the following vocabulary words: Key Signature, staff/grand staff, note head, stem, flag, scales, flat, sharp, half step, whole step, natural, time signature, bar line, measure, double bar line, repeat sign, breath mark, leger line, Crescendo, diminuendo, staccato, legato, accent, tie, slur, forte, piano, accidental, solo, unison




Students will
be exposed to many different types of instruments and ensembles
gain knowlege of and proficiency on a focus band instrument
learn about music from around the world as well as in our own country
gain basic music literacy
learn about some of the great composers of the past and present
understand the general and world classifications for musical instruments
compose basic rhythms
write and perform major scales



Weekly performance check off sheets (to be checked each day)
Class Performances
written test/quizes
concert etiquate project
build your own instrument project
History of focus instrument report/presentation