Introduction

Imagine that a famous movie director wants to make a movie about you. He gives you the artistic license to create the soundtrack for the movie. 

  • Think about your happiest moments. What would the music sound like? 
  • How about the sad moments? What would the music sound like in that situation?
  • Would the music be loud or soft, fast or slow; would it consist of vocals or just instrumental music? The choices are almost endless!

Watch What is Music? (02:35) to learn a little bit about music. DES login information.

moviegoers watching a film

 

Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...

  • Identify and recognize ways that music is used in the environment
  • Recognize that an understanding of musical elements is essential for musical literacy

Enduring Understandings

  • Through the arts, people make meaning by investigating and developing awareness of perceptions, knowledge, and experiences.
  • An individuals' selection of musical works is influenced by their interests, experiences, understandings, and purposes.
  • Response to music is informed by analyzing context (social, cultural, and historical) and how creators and performers manipulate the elements of music.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Arts Survey standards: 1.

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