MUSIC CURRICULUM (K-12): CREATING AND IMPROVISING

NH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT #5

Create short melodies
Create by singing, clapping or with unpitched percussion instruments simple rhythm patterns
Improvise rhythmic movement to various styles of music

Create a contrasting section to a song
Create variations to a song through alteration of pitch, tempo, dynamics, phrasing and/or timbre
Create and arrange music to accompany readings or dramatizations

Develop an enjoyment and satisfaction in creating original musical ideas
Create simple music in at least one performance medium
Create vocal melodies to pre-existing texts as well as to student-written texts
Create songs in a suggested form, key and/or scale
Create songs with a variety of feelings and tempos
Suggest an orchestration for songs
Arrange songs for combinations of instruments or voices different than those in which they were first performed
Improvise within pieces by varying melody and rhythm
Improvise within simple harmonic patterns

Create short musical compositions using instrumental, choral, and electronic media
Create pieces in a range of styles for voices and acoustic or electronic instruments
Improvise within pieces by varying melody, rhythm, timbre, phrasing, dynamics, articulation or text (voice)
Improvise within a piece using more sophisticated harmonic patterns
Improvise in a variety of styles