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8 th grade concert choirscope and sequence1 st quarterMU STH-SCALES –#18 Students will understand the concept of “scale degree.”HARMONY# 25. Students will sing melodies in parallel harmony.HARMONY# 32. Students will identify harmonies in repertoire as is necessary to properunderstanding and performance.MU TTD-TEXTURE –#48 Students will develop and demonstrate a contextual understanding of lineswithin texture(s)TIMBRE#51. Students will demonstrate an understanding of SATB timbre aurally andvisually.#52. Students will recognize and describe the interrelationships text to timbre(i.e. changes in timbre as a result of text meaning or text sound –onomatopoeia)DYNAMICS –#54. Students will demonstrate awareness of dynamics in context byadjusting dynamics in instrumental and vocal ensemble settingsMU MDM –MELODYDURATION#11 Students will recognize and perform note values tied across the bar lineand across beatsMETER#12. Students will recognize, understand, and perform pieces in all simpleand compound meters using half-note, quarter-note, eighth note, dotted eighth

#22. Students will demonstrate some knowledge of diatonic intervalsbelow the tonic in relation to the tonic.HARMONY -#26. Students can recognize and construct major and minor triads#30. Students will sing or play pieces in three or more partsMU TTD-TEXTURE –#47. Students will understand and describe the role of texture in musicalexpression.TIMBREDYNAMICS –#55. Students will understand and describe the role of dynamics inensemble performance.MU MDM –MELODY#1. Students will perform songs in 3-line texture with conjunct anddisjunct lines#2. Students will recognize and perform lines in complex texture and asdifferent linear types (bass and melody) and as discrete linesDURATION#10 Students will understand the concepts of “tie” and “beam”METER#13. Students will recognize, understand and perform changing meterswith the unit of the beat remaining constantMU FNA –FORM –#33. Students will recognize and understand Form in performanceapplications.

#35 - Students will recognize and identify elements that determine form (key,texture, timbre, tempo, and solo/ensemble).NOTATION –#42. Students will perform pieces notated in bass and treble clefs and on thegrand staffARTICULATION-#44. Students recognize the stylistically appropriate use of articulationthrough listening (i.e. rock, pop, classical, folk, world music).• CONTINUED REINFORCEMENT OF PREVIOUSQUARTER’S OBJECTIVES.8 th grade concert choirscope and sequence3 RD quarterMU STH-SCALES –15.Students will recognize and construct all Major scales.16.Students will recognize, construct and notate all Major and minor scales inthe three forms.TONALITY20. Students will recognize and perform Tonic and Dominant.23. Students will understand the concept of key signature as one indicator ofminor mode.

8 th grade concert choirscope and sequence4 TH quarterMU STH-SCALES –#19. Students will identify the “scale degree(s)” they are performing inan ensemble setting.TONALITY –#24. – Students will understand concept of circle of fifths, andmodulation.HARMONYMU TTD-TEXTURE –#49. – Students will hear and describe pieces in all textures bothinstrumentally and vocally.TIMBRE -DYNAMICS –#53. – Students will demonstrate a performance mastery of the dynamicmarkings from pp through ff and instrumentally and vocally.MU MDM –MELODY#5. Students will recognize at sight augmented and diminished intervalsin melodies (A2, d5, d7)#6. Students will recognize and perform standard linear chromaticism

DURATIONMETERMU FNA –FORM –NOTATION –ARTICULATION#45. Students can recognize, notate, hear and perform all of thepreviously studied articulations.#46. Students can recognize changes of articulation in sections aurallyand visually.• CONTINUED REINFORCEMENT OF PREVIOUSQUARTER’S OBJECTIVES.