Grade 6 Fine Arts Mississippi Standards

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How do musicians make meaningful connections to creating, performing and responding?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - Musicians connect their personal interests, experiences, ideas, and knowledge to creating, performing and responding

MU:Re7.1E.5a Identify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in the music, connection to interest, and purpose or context.

MU:Pr4.3.E.5a Identify expressive qualities in a varied repertoire of music that can be demonstrated through prepared and improvised performances.

MU:Pr4.1.E.5a Select varied repertoire to study based on interest, music reading skills (where appropriate), an understanding of the structure of the music, context, and the technical skills of the individual or ensemble.

MU:Cr3.2.E.5a Share personally-developed melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives – individually or as an ensemble – that demonstrate understanding of characteristics of music or texts studied in rehearsal.

Embedded within:

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make music.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. (Connect)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How do the other arts, other disciplines, contexts and daily life inform creating, performing, and responding to music?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - Understanding connections to varied contexts and daily life enhances musicians’ creating, performing, and responding.

MU:Re9.1.E.5a Identify and describe the effect of interest, experience, analysis, and context on the evaluation of music.

MU:Pr6.1.E.5b Demonstrate an awareness of the context of the music through prepared and improvised performances

MU:Cr3.2.E.5a Share personally-developed melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives – individually or as an ensemble – that demonstrate understanding of characteristics of music or texts studied in rehearsal

MU:Cr1.1.E.5a Compose and improvise melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives that reflect characteristic(s) of music or text(s) studied in rehearsal.

Embedded within:

Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

Relate musical ideas and works with varied context to deepen understanding.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding. (Connect)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How do musicians generate creative ideas?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians’ work emerge from a variety of sources.

Compose and improvise melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives that reflect characteristic(s) of music or text(s) studied in rehearsal.

Generate musical ideas for various purposes and contexts.

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. (Imagine)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How do musicians make creative decisions?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - Musicians’ creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.

Preserve draft compositions and improvisations through standard notation and audio recording.

Select and develop draft melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives that demonstrate understanding of characteristic(s) of music or text(s) studied in rehearsal.

Select and develop musical ideas for defined purposes and contexts

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. (Plan/Make)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How do musicians improve the quality of their creative work?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - Musicians evaluate and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.

Evaluate and refine draft compositions and improvisations based on knowledge, skill, and teacher-provided criteria.

Evaluate and refine selected musical ideas to create musical work(s) that meet appropriate criteria

Refine and complete artistic work. (Evaluate/Refine)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - When is creative work ready to share?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - Musicians’ presentation of creative work is the culmination of a process of creation and communication.

Share personally-developed melodic and rhythmic ideas or motives – individually or as an ensemble – that demonstrate understanding of characteristics of music or texts studied in rehearsal.

Share creative musical work that conveys intent, demonstrates craftsmanship, and exhibits originality

Refine and complete artistic work. (Present)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How do performers select repertoire?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - Performers’ interest in and knowledge of musical works, understanding of their own abilities, and the context for a performance influence the selection of repertoire.

Select varied repertoire to study based on interest, music reading skills (where appropriate), an understanding of the structure of the music, context, and the technical skill of the individual or ensemble.

Select varied musical works to present based on interest, knowledge, technical skill, and context.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. (Select)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How does understanding the structure and context of musical works inform performance?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - Analyzing creators’ context and how they manipulate elements of music provides insight into their intent and informs performance.

Demonstrate, using music reading skills where appropriate, how knowledge of formal aspects in musical works inform prepared or improvised performances.

Analyze the structure and context of varied musical works and their implications for performance.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. (Analyze)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How do performers interpret musical works?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - Performers make interpretive decisions based on their understanding of context and intent.

Identify expressive qualities in a varied repertoire of music that can be demonstrated through prepared and improvised performances.

Develop personal interpretations that consider creators’ intent.

Select, analyze and interpret artistic work for presentation. (Interpret)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How do musicians improve the quality of their performance?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - To express their musical ideas, musicians analyze, evaluate, and refine their performance over time through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.

Use self-reflection and peer feedback to refine individual and ensemble performances of a varied repertoire of music.

Evaluate and refine personal and ensemble performances, individually or in collaboration with others.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. (Rehearse/Evaluate/Refine)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - When is a performance judged ready to present? How do context and the manner in which musical work is presented influence audience response?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - Musicians judge performance based on criteria that vary across time, place, and cultures. The context and how a work is presented influence the audience response.

Demonstrate an awareness of the context of the music through prepared and improvised performances.

Demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music.

Perform expressively, with appropriate interpretation and technical accuracy, and in a manner appropriate to the audience and context.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. (Present)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How do individuals choose music to experience?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - Individuals' selection of musical works is influenced by their interests, experiences, understandings, and purposes.

Identify reasons for selecting music based on characteristics found in the music, connection to interest, and purpose or context.

Choose music appropriate for a specific purpose or context.

Perceive and analyze artistic work (Select)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How does understanding the structure and context of music inform a response?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - Response to music is informed by analyzing context (social, cultural, and historical) and how creators and performers manipulate the elements of music.

Identify how knowledge of context and the use of repetition, similarities, and contrasts inform the response to music.

Analyze how the structure and context of varied musical works inform the response.

Perceive and analyze artistic work. (Analyze)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How do we discern musical creators’ and performers’ expressive intent?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - Through their use of elements and structures of music, creators and performers provide clues to their expressive intent.

Identify interpretations of the expressive intent and meaning of musical works, referring to the elements of music, contexts, and (when appropriate) the setting of the text.

Support interpretations of musical works that reflect creators’/performers’ expressive intent.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. (Interpet)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) - How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING - The personal evaluation of musical works and performances is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria

Identify and describe the effect of interest, experience, analysis, and context on the evaluation of music.

Support evaluations of musical works and performances based on analysis, interpretation, and established criteria

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. (Evaluate)