High Music of the World

Major Topics and Concepts: Segment 1 

• explore reasons people listen to and create music
• analyze how history and culture have influenced music
• identify timbre
• classify instruments by common traits
• analyze a musical composition
• explore how composers and performers express personal and cultural identity in music
• investigate how the development of music notation affected music
• examine how music impacts personal identity
• summarize copyright laws that promote responsible use of intellectual property
• identify pitch, scales, and melody
• examine how music is connected memory and emotions
• discover how music is used in ceremonies
• explore how people use music to remember history, people, and events
• identify the benefits of music therapy
• identify harmony, interval, consonance, and dissonance
• evaluate the effect of technology on the development of music
• explore how music is combined with other types of media
• recognize how technology has contributed to the accessibility of world music
• identify tempo, rhythm, duration, and time signatures
• identify syncopation
• identify how music and dance are connected
• explore how music and dance reflect a culture's history and traditions

Major Topics and Concepts: Segment 2

• identify dynamics
• explore how composers use dynamics to communicate a musical idea
• analyze a musical composition
• identify how migration has impacted world music
• explore forms of music influenced by multiple cultures
• identify key signature
• explore why composers create music in different keys
• explore how people use music to communicate
• discuss the significance of music within world cultures
• identify musical texture
• explore how musicians use tempo and dynamics in musical expression
• identify where people experience music in their community
• examine how music is linked to games
• explore worldwide modern genres
• identify form
• explore different ways composers use form
• identify how travel and tourism are impacted by music
• explore how music is used in advertising
• describe careers in music
• explore the benefits of music education

Student-Supplied Resources 

Students need to supply the following materials to complete the coursework:

• Disk space on your computer as well as an external device to back up your files (flash drive, external hard drive, etc.) 
• Word processing program (Microsoft Word or similar) 
• A virtual or real instrument, like a keyboard or piano
• An audio or video recording device

 

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple-choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the students’ overall grade.

Additional course requirements may exist based on specific expectations for individual courses. More information can be found in FLVS policy documents, published at www.flvs.net or by referring to the course instructor after registration.

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.