LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 6

The learner will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

Objective 6.03

Identify and discuss the basic principles of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, chords, and harmonic progressions in the analyses of music.

Resources aligned to this objective

Meter madness
The students will identify 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time signatures. They will also identify the down-beat and begin to understand conducting patterns.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Music Education)
By Alice Barlowe.

Resources on the web

Set a poem to music
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students choose a favorite poem, set it to a rhythmic meter, and assign an original melody to the rhythm. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts and Music Education)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts