6th+General+Music


 * WATERTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS**
 * STANDARDS-BASED STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR GRADES 6 - 8**

By the end of this coursework, the student will be able to: compositions. guitar. percussion instruments under the direction of a student conductor. timbre, and texture. others using appropriate music criteria. melodies and melodies in major keys. variety of cultures.
 * Sing with others a varied repertoire of music.
 * Distinguish the differences between major and minor tonalities.
 * Internalize and move to the beat in a musical composition.
 * Compose rhythms from given listening examples.
 * Perform on percussion instruments, alone and with others, percussion ensemble rhythmic
 * Read and perform rhythmically, melodically, and simple chordal accompaniment on the acoustic
 * Create, organize, and perform a musical composition in binary, ternary, & rondo forms using
 * Demonstrate and perform with percussion instruments differences in rhythm, dynamics, tempo,
 * Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own student performances and the performances of
 * Describe specific music events in a given aural example, using appropriate music terminology.
 * Recognize and use simple standard rhythm notation to record rhythmic ideas.
 * Define and use the vocabulary of various jazz terminology.
 * Improvise melodic embellishments and simple rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic
 * Compose simple rhythmic embellishments and variations to a given melody.
 * Identify and describe distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a