Name: ____________________________
Date: ____________________________
MUSIC HISTORY THROUGH LISTENING
UNIT 1- ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
(Essential Questions, Vocab, & Listening Charts, Written Homework)
I.Essential Questions
- How can we deepen our understanding and appreciation of music?
- How does music make us feel certain ways?
- What is your musical identity:
- What role(s) can music play in your life?
- Do you have a tendency to listen to a particular style of music? Why?
- Do you listen for more than the lyrics?
- How can learning about musical elements deepen our appreciation for music?
- How can Rhythm affect our perception of a piece of music?
- How can Meter affect our perception of a piece of music?
- What if all music was in 4/4? ---Name a pop song that isn’t---
- How can Tempo affect our perception of a piece of music?
- What if all music was at 60bpm? (60 beats per minute---the length of a second)
- How does pitch affect our perception of a piece of music?
- What would music be like if it only used one pitch?
- How do dynamics affect our perception of a piece of music?
- What if all music was the same “loudness?”
- How does Tone Color affect the way you perceive of a piece of music?
- How do composers use Tone Color to their advantage?
- What if all instruments sounded the same?
- How do scales affect the way we perceive a piece of music?
- What would music be like without scales?
- How does melody affect the way we perceive a piece of music?
- How does Harmony affect the way that we perceive a piece of music?
- How does texture perceive the way that we perceive a piece of music?
- How might text be perceived when set using various textures?
- How does the Tonic of a piece affect our perception of a piece of music?
- How does the Mode affect our perception of a piece of music?
- How does the form of a piece affect our perception of a piece?
- Why might composers organize their music into forms?
- What are some of the reasons that musical style characteristics change over time?
II.Vocab:
Music:
Duration:
Rhythm:
Beat:
Accent:
Meter:
Measure:
Simple Meter:
Compound Meter:
Syncopation:
Tempo:
Metronome:
Frequency:
Pitch:
Dynamics:
Forte:
Piano:
Mezzo:
Crescendo:
Decrescendo:
Timbre:
Overtones:
String Family:
Woodwind Family:
Brass Family:
Percussion Family:
Orchestra:
Scales:
Interval:
Octave:
Diatonic Scale:
Chromatic Scale:
Melody:
Phrase:
Sequence:
Climax:
Cadence:
Theme:
Motive:
Harmony:
Chords:
Consonance:
Dissonance:
Texture:
Monophonic:
Homophonic:
Polyphonic:
Counterpoint:
Imitative Polyphony:
Non-imitative Polyphony:
Tonality:
Tonic:
Key:
Major Key:
Minor Key:
Modulation:
Form:
Strophic:
Variation Form:
Binary:
Ternary:
Through-Composed:
Genre:
Style:
Middle Ages:
Renaissance:
Baroque:
Classical:
Romantic:
20th Century:
III.Listening Charts:
Musical Selection (Your Choice for Unit 1) | Sound (SHMRFT) | Performance |
Composer/Artist:
Piece:
Genre:
Era: | Sound Source:
Harmony:
Melody:
Rhythm:
Form:
Texture:
| Concept/Significance:
Target Audience:
Where:
When: |
Additional Presentation notes: (optional)
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