Standards and Benchmarks/Specific Content: Music Grade 7

Colegio Granadino Curriculum

School Year: 2013 - 2014

Standard 1* - Sings, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music:

MC7.1.1 Sings on pitch and in rhythm

Singing readiness

MC7.1.2 Sings with good breath control, expression, and technical accuracy

Technical development
Breath Control
Sound emission

MC7.1.3 Sings music written in two and three parts

Introduction to choral music

MC7.1.4 Performs music that represents diverse genres and cultures and in different languages

Folk English songs

Colombian songs

Standard 2*: Performs on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

MC7.2.1 Performs in a percussion ensemble, easy songs and exercises including different musical reading resources

Technical development
unison ensemble with dynamics

MC7.2.2 Plays in ensemble on percussion instruments, music written in 2, 3 and 4 parts

Instrumental ensemble
2 parts songs
3 parts songs
4 part songs

Standard 3**: Improvises melodies, variations, and accompaniments

MC7.3.1 Crea ritmos cortos, relacionados con las figuras musicales bsicas

MC7.3.2 Compone canciones cortas de tema libre o definido, de forma grupal o individual.

Standard 4. Reads and notates music

MC7.4.1 Reads a writes simple phrases

Whole note
Half note
Quarter note
Eight note
Sixteenth note
Rests
Combinations

MC7.4.3 Uses absolute note names to read melodies on the treble clef

Spoken music reading on treble clef

Standard 5 Knows and applies proper criteria to music and music performance

MC7.5.1 Understands aesthetics and styles in world music

Popular Music Genres of the XX century

Short Historical Review
Understanding the Musical Industry
Latin Music
 Salsa
Merengue
Bolero
Son
World music
Tango
Argentinian Samba
Brasilian Samba
Music from the Andes
Trova cubana
Ranchera
Country
Jazz
European folk Music
Colombian music

MC7.5.2 Identifies and judges technical features in world music

General components of music in specific repertoire

Standard 6 - Understands the relationship between music and history and culture.

MC7.6.1 Identifies historical facts in music and establish relation with current events

MC7.6.2 Knows and understands the historical background of several musical genres of the world music

Historical review of the genres in world music

MC7.6.3 Knows and understands the historical background of several musical instruments of the world music, their
function, construction and technical features.

Organology of the World Music

Guitars: Acustic, Electric, Electroacustic
Bass, double bass
Keyboards: Piano, synthesizer
xylophone, Marimba
Percussion: Drums, Timbales, Conga, Bongo, Cowbell

MC7.6.4 Understands the relationship between music and arts, politics, economics and society.

World music in society

Historical facts

Standard 7: Develops ear skills

MC7.7.1 Identifies easy technical elements of music by listening to them

Intervals
Unison
Perfect fifth
Octave
Perfect Fourth
Third Major
Third Minor

MC7.7.2 Identifies musical instruments from the world music by listening to them

Musical Instruments of the World Music

MC7.7.3 Writes a simple rhythmic phrase after listening

4/4, 3/4, 2/4 dictation with whole note, half note, quarter note, eight note, sixteenth note, rests and
combinations

MC7.7.4 Writes a simple melodic phrase after listening

*For selective class only

** Non used