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Music Appreciation
​(Intro to Music) 

7/8 Music Appreciation (Intro to Music) gives each student an introduction into the ways people experience and enjoy music. By the end of the semester all students will be able to:
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1. Properly analyze and describe the basic qualities and characteristics of an aural example of music (i.e. the 7 main elements of music)
2. Effectively form and express opinions about pieces of music based on observations.
3. Learn the basics of reading and writing music.
4. Compose/create original rhythms and melodies and perform them on recorders or in small groups on percussion instruments. 
5. Identify the 5 instrument families. 

Students will also receive an in-depth education on the seven historical periods of music, including the following:
  1. Medieval (c. 1150 - c. 1400)
  2. Renaissance (c. 1400 - c. 1600)
  3. Baroque (c. 1600 - c. 1750)
  4. Classical (c. 1750 - c. 1830)
  5. Early Romantic (c. 1830 - c. 1860)
  6. Late Romantic (c. 1860 - c. 1920)
  7. Post "Great War" Years (c. 1920 - Present)
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