| Content |
roles of performer, audience, and venue |
Instrumental Music 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
influences of time and place on the emergence of musical forms |
Instrumental Music 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
movement, sound, image, and form |
Instrumental Music 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
creative and digital copyright for composers, publishers, and producers of music |
Instrumental Music 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
creative processes |
Instrumental Music 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: creative processes |
Elaboration: the means by which an artistic work (in dance, drama, music, or visual arts) is made; includes multiple processes, such as exploration, selection, combination, refinement, reflection, and connection |
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| Content |
technical skills, strategies, and technologies |
Instrumental Music 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
techniques specific to individual or families of instruments, including:- winds
- percussion
- keyboard
- orchestral strings
- guitar
Note: Students are only expected to know techniques related to their instrument(s) of choice. |
Instrumental Music 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: winds |
Elaboration: fingerings/slide positions, including alternate and trill fingeringintonationarticulation (e.g., tonguing, multiple tonguing)ornamentation (e.g., trills, glissando, grace notes)embouchurebreath controltone quality (including vibrato)use of mutes |
| Keyword: percussion |
Elaboration: stick, mallet, beater, and brush techniquehand-drumming techniquepitched percussion techniquearticulationfills, shots, tone quality, intonation |
| Keyword: keyboard |
Elaboration: articulation: techniques that use touch or pedals to alter the transitions between notes (e.g., staccato, legato, phrasing, use of pedals)fingering and chording techniquechord voicingcomping technique: chords, rhythms, and patterns played to accompany an improvised solo or melody (e.g., ii-V-I)keyboard instrumentation: keyboard alone or with bass and/or guitarblend and balance: the use of relative volume and tonal techniques to highlight certain instruments or create a homogeneous timbre (e.g., accompaniment versus solo technique) |
| Keyword: orchestral strings |
Elaboration: left-hand technique (e.g., vibrato, double-stopping, triple-stopping, shifting)finger pattern profilesbowing technique (e.g., detaché, martelé, spiccato)pizzicatointonationtone qualityharmonics |
| Keyword: guitar |
Elaboration: chord playing (open and arpeggiated chords)single note playingpicking, fingering, strumming; hand positionsarticulation: techniques affecting transitions between notes (e.g., legato, staccato, slurs, damping, bends, hammer-ons)intonationtone quality: techniques that affect timbre or the overall sound of the instrumentvoicings: the distribution or vertical arrangement of notes in a chord (e.g., rootless, R37, R73)acoustic versus electric guitar techniquerhythm guitar patterns and accompaniment techniquessingle-line melody reading, tablature, modes |
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| Content |
musical elements, principles, vocabulary, symbols, and theory |
Instrumental Music 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: musical elements, principles, vocabulary, symbols, and theory |
Elaboration: metre, duration, rhythm, dynamics, harmony, timbre, tonality, instrumentation, notation, pitch, texture, register, terms in Italian and other languages, expressive markings, abbreviations; methods, processes, and concepts used in creating and performing music |
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| Curricular Competency |
Evaluate and practice appropriate self-care to prevent performance-related injury |
Instrumental Music 12 |
Connect and expand |
| Keyword: performance-related injury |
Elaboration: for example, repetitive stress injuries, vocal strain, other harm to oral and aural health |
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| Curricular Competency |
Demonstrate safe care, use, and maintenance of instruments and equipment |
Instrumental Music 12 |
Connect and expand |
| Keyword: maintenance |
Elaboration: the appropriate inspection, diagnosis, and basic repair of instruments and equipment |
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| Curricular Competency |
Make connections in the community through music |
Instrumental Music 12 |
Connect and expand |
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| Curricular Competency |
Evaluate personal, educational, and professional opportunities in music or music-related industries |
Instrumental Music 12 |
Connect and expand |
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| Curricular Competency |
Evaluate the relationships between the arts, culture, and society |
Instrumental Music 12 |
Connect and expand |
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| Curricular Competency |
Develop and refine a diverse repertoire of instrumental music that includes multiple themes, perspectives, and contexts |
Instrumental Music 12 |
Connect and expand |
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| Curricular Competency |
Investigate the relationships between music and personal, social, or cultural change |
Instrumental Music 12 |
Connect and expand |
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