Learning Objectives Student Activities State and National Assessment

Standards

Unit 1:
Foundations
of Music
Production

Week 1 -Students will familiarize GarageBand activities CA Music Content Class Discusison
themselves with the course the students will complete Standards
syllabus and the class rules and simple modules that will 1.1, 3.1 3.3, 5.1, 5.2 In-class activities
expectations. teach them the basics of
recording sound and National Arts Standards GarageBand Modules
-Students will become familiar with manipulating sound. MU:Cr3.1.HSI
their work environment including MU:Cr1.1.T.HSI
proper computer etiquette. -Group Reading of the
Syllabus
-Using the DAW, students will learn
basic recording and sound -Classroom Procedures/
manipulation techniques. Syllabus Jigsaw Activity

Week 2 -Students will continue to refine the Postersthe students will CA Music Content Objective Quiz
basic sound manipulation be placed in groups and Standards
techniques. given one major era in 3.1, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2 Class Discussion
music production and they
-Students will describe the nature of will create an National Arts Standards In-class Projects
recorded music from its inception advertisement promoting MU:Cr3.1.C.HSI
through the present day. that era. MU:Cr3.2.C.HSI
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-Students will describe the My favorite rock star MU:Re8.1.T.HSI
elements of an effective podcast. podcastthe students will MU:Cn11.0.T.HSI
use basic editing methods
-Students will learn about the in order to talk about and
pertinent legal and ethical issues give various exaples of
relevant to music production. their favorite popular
singer/band.
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Unit 2:
Popular and
Classical
Music

Week 3 -Students will describe the four Mashup Projectthe CA Music Content GarageBand Projects
fundamental aspects of music students will take an Standards
(beat, melody, harmony, rhythm) excerpt from a classical 1.5, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3, 5.2 Listening Activities
and how they come together to piece of their choosing
create a coherent musical work. and enhance it using the National Arts Standards Grahic Organizers
prerecorded audio loops MU:Cr1.1.T.HSI
-Students will use aural examples or original voice MU:Cr3.2.T.HSI
in order to describe the four basic recordings using MU:Re8.1.T.HSI
qualities of music discussed in GarageBand. MU:Cn11.0.T.HSI
class.
Vocabulary Puzzles
-Students will compare and contrast Students will create
how the four basic musical qualities puzzles with content area
are used in classical and popular vocabulary and
music using given aural examples. definitions/pictures to help
them learn the vocabulary
for the week.

Venn Diagram activity.

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Week 4 -Students will classify musical
voices (melody, coutermelody,
harmony, bass line, rhythmic) using
given aural examples.
-Students will demonstrate
understanding of classifying
musical voices through
composition.
Unit 3: The
Producer as
Composer
Student Activities State and National Assessment
Standards
Audio Loop Layering CA Music Content Objective Quiz
Projectin groups of two, Standards
the students will use 1.5, 2.4, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1, 4.3 GarageBand Projects
prerecorded loops and
basic editing techniques National Arts Standards Class Discussion
in GarageBand in order to MU:Cr2.1.T.HSI
create orignal MU:Pr4.1.T.HSI Writing Assignment
collaborative works. MU:Re7.2.T.HSI
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Project MCHBthe
students will produce an
original work using audio
loops in GarageBand.
They will incorporate a
melodic line, a bass line,
and a rhythmic line.
Countermelody and
harmony are optional.
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Week 5 -Students will compare and contrast Piano MapStudents will CA Music Content Class Discussion
classical composers and popular create a visual Standards
music producers. representation of the 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 2.4, 5.2 Graphic Organizers
piano keyboard to help
-Students will name the musical them learn the notes of a National Arts Standards
alphabet and its relationship to the piano. MU:Cn11.0.T.HSI
keys on a piano and to the music MU:Cr3.1.T.HSI
staff. ModulesStudents will MU:Cr3.2.T.HSI
complete modules that MU:Re7.2.T.HSI
-Students will be able to write music will help them learn music
using basic rhythmic values. notation and the piano
keyboard.

Week 6 -Students will be able to select and Pedal Point Projectthe CA Music Content GarageBand Projcetformatve
compose music with the instrument students will produce a Standards assessment
sounds in GarageBand. musical work in C major 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 2.4, 4.1
using two voices, one of Class Discussion
-Students will produce original which is a sustained National Arts Standards
musical works in GarageBand pedal. MU:Re8.1.T.HSI
using basic music notation. MU:Re9.1.T.HSI
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Week 7 -Students will be able to identify the

Remix Projectthe CA Music Content Objective Quiz
theme in a given aural example. students will take a given Standards
melody and develop it 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 2.4, 3.3, 4.1, GarageBand Projects
-Students will identify and describe using the techniques 4.2, 5.2 formative assessment
various composition techniques that discussed in class.
composers and producers use to National Arts Standards
manipulate a theme (augmentation, Speech Remixing MU:Cr2.1.T.HSI
diminution, fragmentation) Students will record MU:Cr3.1.T.HSI
themselves speaking and MU:Pr6.1.T.HSI
-Students will define remix and remix it using techniques MU:Re7.1.T.HSI
describe the qualities of a remix in discussed in class. MU:Re8.1.T.HSI
pop music.

-Students will be able to produce Introduce the Film Scoring

original musical works using a Project to students.
theme and development.

Unit 4:
Music and
Film

Week 8 -Students will describe the Film Scoring Projectin CA Music Content Writing assignments
relationship between the music and groups of three, the Standards
film art forms. students will shoot a short 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.4, 4.1, 4.2, GarageBand Projects
video and they will use 5.1, 5.2 formative assessment
-Students will describe mood and existing popular songs or
how it is evoked in pop music. original works to enhance National Arts Standards
the mood of the music. MU:Cn11.0.T.HSI
-Students will produce original MU:Re8.1.T.HSI
works portraying a variety of MU:Pr4.2.T.HSI
moods. MU:Pr6.1.T.HSI
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-Students will, in writing, defend
their artistic choices.
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Week 9 -Students will describe the function
of a film score and how music is
used to create and enhance mood
in a film.
-The students will, in writing, defend original works to enhance
their artistic choices.
-The students will learn about the
album-making process.
Film Scoring Projectin CA Music Content Portfolio Projectsummative
groups of three, the Standards assessment
students will shoot a short 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.4, 4.1, 4.2,
video and they will use 5.1, 5.2 Writing Assignments
existing popular songs or
National Arts Standards Objective Quiz
the mood of the music. MU:Cn11.0.T.HSI
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-Album portfolio MU:Pr4.2.T.HSI
students will take their MU:Pr6.1.T.HSI
projects for the semester MU:Cr1.1.T.HSI
and arrange them into a
specific order, as if they
were creating an album.