7/8 Music Appreciation 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:
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 in small and large groups on percussion instruments.
5. Identify the 5 instrument families.
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 in small and large groups on percussion instruments.
5. Identify the 5 instrument families.