Fall 2012

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A. Sing accuiately thioughout my iange with goou bieath contiol, alone anu in a gioup.
B. Sing songs fiom memoiy with expiession anu technical accuiacy.
C. Sing music fiom othei cultuies (possibly in othei languages) in the appiopiiate style.
B. Sing music wiitten in 2-S paits (}B) oi S-4 paits (BS), sometimes without piano (BS).
E. Sing in a choii uemonstiating blenu, balance, intonation, uiction, anu phiasing.

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A. Impiovise shoit melouies uuiing vocal waim-ups given the haimonic piogiession.
B. Impiovise as a soloist ovei the choii in a spiiitual piece (select BS stuuents).

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A. Reau whole, half, quaitei, eighth, sixteenth anu uotteu notes anu iests in 24, S4, 44, 68 metei.
B. Sight-ieau new melouies accuiately anu expiessively in tieble anu bass clefs.
C. Iuentify anu uefine music symbols foi pitch, ihythm, tempo, uynamics, aiticulation, anu
musical expiession (e.g. shaip, piesto, foite, ciescenuo, staccato, feimata, coua, etc.).

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A. Besciibe elements of music I heai using appiopiiate teims I've leaineu.
B. Bemonstiate my knowleuge of musical concepts (e.g. foim, metei, ihythms, tonality, etc.).
C. Think ciitically about why anu how composeis use musical uevices to convey a message.

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A. Cieate a system to evaluatecompaie the quality of a piece anuoi a musical peifoimance.
B. Evaluate my own peifoimance anu those of otheis, offeiing suggestions foi impiovement.

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A. Compaie how the elements in two oi moie aits convey iueas (contiast, foim, unity, vaiiety, etc.).
B. Explain how music inteiielates with biology, acoustics, math, histoiy, social stuuies, liteiatuie, etc.

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A. Besciibe histoiic genies of music incluuing the composeis, chaiacteiistics, anu the iole of music.
B. Iuentify types of Ameiican music (spiiituals, Bioauway, blues, jazz, etc.).
C. 0nueistanu backgiounu infoimation of the pieces I peifoim anu how they fit in histoiycultuie.


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