5. Critical Response. Students will describe and analyze their own music and the music of others using appropriate music vocabulary. When appropriate, students will connect their analysis to interpretation and evaluation.
By the end of grade 8 Students will:
5.7 Analyze the uses of elements in aural examples representing diverse genres and cultures
5.8 Describe specific music occurrences in a given aural example, using appropriate terminology
5.9
Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of meter, rhythm,
tonality, intervals, chords, and harmonic progressions in an analysis
of music
5.10 Interpret more complex music through movement
5.11
Listen to formal and informal performances with attention, showing
understanding of the protocols of audience behavior appropriate to the
style of the performance
