Create increasingly complex rhythmic phrases using known rhythms and melodic phrases using known pitches at an appropriate level of difficulty
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United States Video Lessons
Grade 7 Music Video Lessons
Watch 11 dedicated curriculum video lessons.
Demonstrate appropriate concert and stage etiquette as an informed, actively involved listener and performer during live and recorded performances in a variety of settings
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Demonstrate knowledge of musical elements of rhythm, including whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, paired and single eighth notes, sixteenth notes, syncopated patterns
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Demonstrate processes and select the tools for self-evaluation and personal artistic improvement such as critical listening to individual and group performance recordings
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Demonstrate, alone and in groups, characteristic vocal or instrumental timbre
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Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of musical performances by comparing them to exemplary models
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Identify relationships of music content and processes to other academic disciplines such as the relationship between music and mathematics, literature, history, and the sciences
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Interpret music symbols and terms referring to notation, including fermata and coda; dynamics, including pianissimo to fortissimo; tempi, including andante, largo and adagio
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Perform independently and expressively a varied repertoire of music representing various styles and cultures
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Perform music such as "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Texas, Our Texas" that is representative of diverse cultures, including American and Texas heritage
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Sight-read unison, homophonic, and polyphonic music using the appropriate clef in a minimum of three keys and three meters, including 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4
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