music language & performance skills

Music Language and Performance Skills (M-L4) »
Students demonstrate understanding of expression, timbre, and form in a variety of musical contexts.

 

Students who have achieved expectations for this grade are able to

Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
Expression
use and identify grade-appropriate elements of musical expression

5-8 M-L4.1
Appendix B: Expression
Timbre
identify, describe, and classify a wide variety of sounds from the natural and constructed environment (e.g., instruments used by various cultures in Manitoba and countries around the world, orchestral instruments, electronic instruments and sound sources)

3-8 M-L4.2
  identify and use various vocal and/or instrumental timbres from diverse Canadian and world cultures (e.g., traditional folk, popular, choral and instrumental repertoire)

7-8 M-L4.3
demonstrate understanding of appropriate use of the changing male and female voices in music

5-8 M-L4.4
Appendix C: Timbre
Form
use, identify, and describe grade-appropriate musical forms

1-6 M-L4.5

 use, identify, and describe a variety of musical forms (e.g., march, suite, programmatic music, 12-bar blues, symphonic forms, operetta, opera) through listening and performance, as appropriate

7-8 M-L4.5
Appendix D: Form

 

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Key Concepts: Expression
Tempo Dynamics Articulation
Fast and slow
Becoming faster and becoming slower
Degrees of fast and slow
Tempo related to expression
Largo, andante, allegro
Ritardando and accelerando
A tempo		 Loud and quiet
Becoming louder and becoming more quiet
Degrees of loud and soft
Crescendo and decrescendo
pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
Dynamics related to expression		 Detached vs. smooth
Legato and staccato
Slur
Accent
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