Assignments

1. Scales and Key Signatures
2. Guitar Hero
3. Rhythm Assignment
4. Putting it all Together

Unit Goals and Objectives - The student will:

• learn about the 'mechanics' of music-
  • notes
  • staffs
  • key signatures
  • rhythms
• learn about creating music

TEKS covered in this Unit:

(1)  Foundations: music literacy. The student describes and analyzes music and musical sounds. The student develops organizational skills, engages in problem solving, and explores the properties and capabilities of various musical idioms. The student is expected to:
(B)  identify and describe melodic and harmonic parts when listening to and performing music using a melodic reading system such as solfège, numbers, letter names, note names, or scale degrees;
(C)  define concepts of music notation, intervals, and chord structure using appropriate terminology;
(D)  define concepts of rhythm and meter using appropriate terminology and counting system;
(E)  explore elements of music such as rhythm, meter, melody, harmony, key, expression markings, texture, form, dynamics, and timbre through literature selected for performance;

(2)  Foundations: music literacy. The student reads and notates music using an appropriate notation system. The student is expected to:
(A)  read notation systems or manipulate sounds as appropriate to the course of study;
(B)  read and notate or record and produce music that incorporates rhythmic patterns in simple, compound, and asymmetric meters as appropriate;
(C)  interpret music symbols and expressive terms referring to concepts such as dynamics, tempo, and articulation as appropriate;
(D)  demonstrate cognitive skills, including observance of key signature and modalities, while studying or producing music at an appropriate level of difficulty;
(E)  demonstrate music-making skills such as appropriate use of technology in recording, notating, editing, manipulating, arranging, Standard Motion Picture Time Encryption (SMPT), and emergent technologies. 

(3)  Creative expression. The student, individually and in groups, makes music of an appropriate level of difficulty in a variety of genres from notation, recording, or by memory as appropriate. The student is expected to:
(A)  demonstrate, create, or apply characteristic sounds appropriate for the genre;
(C)  demonstrate understanding of correct articulation and rhythmic accuracy;

(4)  Creative expression. The student creates original music within specified guidelines. The student is expected to:
(A)  create original musical phrases; and
(B)  notate or record original musical phrases.