Instrumental Music I - Arkansas Department of Education

Instrumental Music IFine Arts Curriculum FrameworkRevised 2008

Course Title: Instrumental Music ICourse/Unit Credit: 1Course Number:Teacher Licensure:Grades: 9-12Instrumental Music IInstrumental Music I is a two-semester course designed to teach students music fundamentals and instrumental techniques pertaining to brass,woodwind, percussion, and/or string instruments. Instrumental Music I students are expected to develop beginning performance techniques insolo, small group, and large group settings, with emphasis on reading and performing using appropriate articulation, dynamics, and interpretiveskills. Students will perform instrumental music in a variety of settings including, but not limited to, concerts, solo and ensemble performances,and festivals. Students will critique and reflect on their own performances and the performances of others. Students will make connectionsbetween music traditions and other arts, disciplines, and cultures. Students will apply rudiments of music and fundamentals of creative expressionto performance and will demonstrate successful completion of Instrumental Music I student learning expectations. Instrumental Music I is requiredby the Standards for Accreditation and does not require Arkansas Department of Education approval.Strand Content StandardSkills and TechniquesCreative ExpressionCritical AnalysisConnections1. Students shall apply the essential skills and techniques to perform music.2. Students shall demonstrate creative expression through music.3. Students shall listen to, describe, analyze, perform, and evaluate music.4. Students shall make connections between music and other disciplines.1Instrumental Music IFine Arts Curriculum Framework Revised 2008Arkansas Department of Education

Strand: Critical AnalysisContent Standard 3: Students shall listen to, describe, analyze, perform, and evaluate music.CA.3.IMI.1Identify examples of a varied repertoire of music (e.g., classical, pop, jazz, marches)CA.3.IMI.2Demonstrate understanding of music notation and symbols by reading and performing musicCA.3.IMI.3Develop criteria for evaluating individual and group musical performancesCA.3.IMI.4Evaluate a performance, arrangement, or improvisation by comparing to exemplary modelsCA.3.IMI.5Exhibit proper etiquette in rehearsal, performances, and audience settings4Instrumental Music I: Critical AnalysisFine Arts Curriculum Framework Revised 2008Arkansas Department of EducationKey: CA.3.IMI.1=Critical Analysis. Standard 3. Instrumental Music I. 1 st Student Learning Expectation

Strand: ConnectionsContent Standard 4: Students shall make connections between music and other disciplines.C.4.IMI.1Describe characteristics (e.g., setting, plot, historical significance) of program music (e.g., Peter and the Wolf, TheTempest, The Great Locomotive Chase, The Light in the Window)C.4.IMI.2Identify the role and function of instrumental music in lifelong learningC.4.IMI.3Identify musical traditions from a variety of culturesC.4.IMI.4Identify musical traditions that relate to other arts and other disciplines (e.g., Baroque, Romantic, non-Western)C.4.IMI.5 Describe cultural and technological influences on music (e.g., software, hardware, recording, Web 2.0)C.4.IMI.6Demonstrate espirit de corps5Instrumental Music I: ConnectionsFine Arts Curriculum Framework Revised 2008Arkansas Department of EducationKey: C.4.IMI.1=Connections. Standard 4. Instrumental Music I. 1 st Student Learning Expectation

Glossary for Instrumental Music IAccentsA stress or emphasis placed on a note generally performed one dynamic level higher at the beginning of thenote with space placed on each side of the noteAllegroFast, lively tempoAlternate fingeringsSubstitutions for traditional fingeringsAndanteModerately slow; a walking tempoArpeggiosBroken chordsArrangementAn altered compositionArticulationsThe correct attack and decay of soundAsymmetrical meterA meter or time signature that has any combination of two plus three beats per measure (e.g., , , )8 5 8 7 54BalanceThe equalization of soundsBaroque A musical period around 1600-1750BlendThe melding of sounds within a groupCantabileIn a singing styleChoralesReligious compositions originating in the 16 th Century Lutheran ChurchChordsSimultaneous combination of three or more different pitchesChromatic scaleA series of half stepsClassical A musical period around 1750 - 1830Compound meterBeat divisible by three rather than twoCrescendoGradually get louderDecrescendoGradually get softerDolceSweetlyDynamicLoudness or softness of soundEnsembleGroup of two or moreEspirit de corpsThe morale of students that makes the members want to succeed as a groupEtiquetteProtocols for behavior during a rehearsal or a performanceEtudesMusical exercisesExpressionReferring to dynamics, tempo, and articulation in a compositionExpressive markingsSymbols used to indicate dynamics, tempo, and articulation in a compositionForte (f)LoudFortissimo (ff)Very loudGrandiosoMajesticGraveSerious6Instrumental Music I: GlossaryFine Arts Curriculum Framework Revised 2008Arkansas Department of Education

HardwareImprovisationImproviseInstrumental pitch tendenciesInternalizing beatIntonationJazzLegatoLentoLip slursMaestosoMajor scaleMarcatoMarchesMelodicMeterMezzo forte (mf)Mezzo piano (mp)Minor scaleModeratoNotationNotesOctavesOverturesPhrasingPianissimo (pp)Piano (p)PerformancePopPreparatory beatPrestoProgram musicComputer interface devices, such as microphones, speaker systems, cameras, MP3 players, electronicinstruments, and interactive whiteboardsSpontaneous performance of musicTo create spontaneouslyUnique characteristics of an instrument which effect pitchFeeling the musical pulseDegree of accuracy in which pitches are played in tuneAn American musical style blending European and African influencesSmooth and connectedSlowMoving smoothly between two notesDignifiedA sequence of eight notes arranged in the following specific pattern of whole and half steps, beginning andending with the tonic: tonic, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step totonicMarked, accentedMilitary styleRelating to melody, which is the tune or a series of pitches that moves up or down, or stays the sameA pattern of fixed beats as indicated by time signatureModerately loudModerately softHas the same tones as the major scale, but uses the sixth tone of the major scale as its tonic, resulting in thefollowing pattern: tonic, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step to tonicModerate tempoA system used for writing musicSymbols used to indicate pitch and/or durationAn interval spanning seven diatonic degrees or eleven half stepsA musical introduction in a play, opera, or balletObserving the musical sentenceVery softSoftTo play, sing, or move in formal or informal settingsA modern style of music characterized by its popularityConducting gestureFast tempoMusic that depicts a story or inspires visual images7Instrumental Music I: GlossaryFine Arts Curriculum Framework Revised 2008Arkansas Department of Education

RecordingReproducing sound using computer-based audio, video, and stand alone sound systems (e.g., portable,component)RegistersPitch rangesRepertoireList of music pieces which a group or person has prepared or performedRhythmic patternsA specific grouping of rhythms used in teaching, reading, and writing musicRhythmicRelated to rhythm, which is the pattern of long and short sounds and silences in musicRomantic A musical period around 1815-1915RudimentsRhythmic patterns used as exercisesScalesAscending or descending patterns of whole and half stepsSight-readReading a piece of music without preparationSimple meterAccented beats of each measure divisible by twoSlurring patternsSpecific grouping of slurs used as teaching exercisesSoftwareComputer-based programs for notating, arranging, synthesizing, and otherwise manipulating musicStaccatoShort and detachedStyleA characteristic of a particular period, person, or group of people that make genres of music unique (e.g., folk,symphony)SuitesA set of short pieces in dance form that can stand alone or as a groupSymbolsSignsSyncopationRhythmic effect which places emphasis on a weak or off beatTechnologicalA term relating to computers, sound systems, projectors, the Internet, and other modern communication toolsTempiPlural for tempo, which is the speed of the beatTempo changesAlterations in the speed of the beatTenutoSustain notes for full valueThirdsAn interval of one-and-a-half or two stepsToneA musical sound on a specific pitchTonguingUsing the tongue to articulate notesTripletsRhythmic groupings of threeTubing lengthAdjustments made to an instrument that affect intonationVertical alignmentEnsemble precisionWeb 2.0Interactive, user-created World Wide Web content, such as Podcasts, blogs, Wikis, and mashups8Instrumental Music I: GlossaryFine Arts Curriculum Framework Revised 2008Arkansas Department of Education