Seventh Grade Vocal Music Content Standards
Artistic perception: Students listen to and analyze music critically, using vocabulary and language of music. Students read and notate music.
Creative expression component: Students sing a varied repertoire of music. Students improvise melodies, variations and accompaniments.
Historical and cultural context: Students develop knowledge and skills necessary to understand and perform music from all parts of the world by identifying a variety of instruments and songs from various cultures. They develop knowledge and understanding of the relationship of music to history and culture.
Aesthetic valuing component: Students apply knowledge, skills, and understanding to make critical judgments about, and determine the quality of music experiences and performances.
The music program:
- Is developmentally appropriate from kindergarten through eighth grade
- Provides practical and theoretical experiences for reflection and analysis of music
- Provides skill development and mastery throughout the creative process
- Develops lifelong learners with a commitment to the arts
Seventh grade students are expected to:
- Demonstrate their understanding of music notation that expresses rhythm, pitch, tempo, dynamics and form
- Perform multi-part repertoire from various genres and cultures
- Analyze and make appropriate adjustments in ensemble cohesiveness and blending
- Create vocal and rhythmic ostinati to accompany primary vocal lines
- Employ self-assessment of individual and ensemble experiences
- Connect with other middle school curriculum
- Discuss the historical, cultural and musical content of various musical selections
- Sing various styles of music using healthy vocal techniques