MUS-07.c2.A

BPSS-MAT-NO logo7th Grade (MUS) Targeted String Standard  
  (c2) Category 2: Musicianship Skills and Knowledge
(A) Tonal Aural Skills and Ear Training
Students demonstrate the following abilities: matching and manipulating pitch, playing with a sense of tonality, tonal-melodic and tonal-harmonic function (horizontal/vertical relationships/functions of tonality), ear-to-hand skills, aural and kinesthetic awareness of pitch accuracy and intonation, including and related to improvisation.

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Learning Targets

  • 2.1  Students perform, by ear, melodic tonal patterns (patterns and melodies within a one-octave scale) in major and minor tonalities (vocally, pizzicato, and/or arco; neutral syllable, then solfege).
  • 2.2  Students manipulate single pitches to adjust intonation and listen for “ringing tones” (resonance, sympathetic vibrations).
  • 2.3  Students perform, by ear, primary (tonic, dominant, and subdominant) harmonic tonal patterns (vocally, pizzicato, and/or arco; neutral syllables, then solfege).
  • 2.4  Students improvise (vocally, pizzicato, and/or arco) melodic tonal patterns (within an octave).
  • 2.5  Students improvise (vocally, pizzicato, and/or arco) harmonic tonal patterns (vocally, pizzicato, and/or arco; neutral syllable, then solfege).
  • 2.6  Students alter melodies and harmonies (major to minor and vice versa).
  • 2.7  Students use fine tuners to adjust strings to match an external tonal reference.

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