7th Grade General Music
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GM7 East

                    Course Description (What we will cover in this class)
                    Assessment (How grades are earned in this class)
                    Homework (What is expected, and when it is due)    
                    Review (What was covered in each class - great for studying)
                    Outstanding Work (Hear what some of our girls has composed!)

Homework Assignments - East Trimester 3
All assignments need to be e-mailed before class: JacobsJ@albanyacademies.org
Be sure to Review what we did in previous classes

When it's Due     Assignment
1. Mon 3/31 -       Composition 1  
       or Tue 4/1
2. Thu. 4/18 -       Composition 2

3. Fri. 4/25 -        Composition 3

4. Fri. 5/9 -          Composition 4

5. Mon. 5/19 -      Composition 5

6. Fri. 5/23 -        Composition 6

Review - East Trimester 3
Click below for helpful links, charts, and slideshows that review exactly what we covered in class! You can also e-mail me any questions: jacobsj@albanyacademies.org

Monday, April 14th > Composing A Smooth Composition
Monday, April 21st >
Note Duration (learn the values of whole, half, quarter, eighth, and 16th notes)
Rhythmic Values: the Measure "Box" (visual aid for fitting notes into measures)
Measure and Time Signature (online lesson for review on these music basics)
Tools For a Desirable Rhythm: Repetition (using repetition for better compositions)
 

Outstanding Work
Click one of the links below to hear MP3 recordings of some of the finest compositions submitted this trimester!

Keep in mind that the girls have just learned to compose less than two months ago, and that each composition had specific parameters, which made self-expression a bit more challenging.

I think the following examples are shining ones! Composition 1 are the first of the trimester. Composition 6 are the last/latest.

Composition 1
Nina: Bodacious Penguin
Clara: Over The River
Kelsey: Flowers

Composition 2
Mackenzie: I Ran Over Chuck Norris Because Big Bird Told Me To
Hannah: Peeping Chicks Watch The Ducklings
Nina: Fred

Composition 3
Rebecca: Red Sheep
Abbie: Bongo Elephants
Clara: Cows Jumping Over The Moon With Croissants

Composition 4
Lynnie: A Rainy Day
Tessa: Funky Chicken Leg With Glasses
Maya: composition 4

Composition 5
Lexi: composition 5
Nina: The Nina Jam
Maya: composition 5

Composition 6
(Coming Soon)

GM7 West

                    Course Description (What we will cover in this class)
                    Assessment (How grades are earned in this class)
                    Homework (What is expected, and when it is due)    
                    Review (What was covered in each class - great for studying)

Course Description:          
2x weekly, trimester 2 (West) trimester 3 (East)

7^th Grade Music students are afforded the opportunity composing short pieces for performance and listening in the classroom.  Because musical composition requires knowledge of music theory, practice, instrumentation, voicing, reading, notating, and analysis, these will all be discussed. The craft of composition is designed to foster within the student a deeper understanding (and thus, a deeper appreciation) for music.  Conversational Solfege, our department’s curriculum for teaching music literacy, will also continue in 7^th grade General Music as well.   

Course Goals: “Students will…”
♪  Apply mathematical concepts of fractions to rhythmic recognition and performance.
♪  Recognize and perform simple musical rhythms on varied instruments.
♪  Learn/review the pitches and interval patterns of major and minor scales
♪  Compose short works for varied instruments & voice
♪  Compose, as a class, modern songs using cutting-edge computer technology
♪  Learn and identify the 12 Bar Blues progression
♪  Read, write, & decode rhythmic and melodic notation with Conversational Solfege

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Homework Assignments - West Trimester 2
All assignments need to be e-mailed before class: JacobsJ@albanyacademies.org
Be sure to review what we did in previous classes

When it's Due     Assignment
1. Thurs. 11/29   - Review:  Staff, Clefs, Ledger Lines, and  Treble Clef & Bass Clef
    or Fri. 11/30    
   
2. Tues.  12/4     - Download FINALE Notepad & Print free staff paper to bring to class
                         - Composition #1 For help click this link: Note Duration Chart    
                       
3. Tues.12/11     - Redo Composition #1. For help click this link: Note Duration Chart

4. Thurs. 12/13   -  Composition #3 E-mail me any questions. (Comp. 2 cancelled)
    or Fri. 12/14

5. Thurs. 12/20   - Print Keyboard Chart . If you need, I will have copies next class.
    or Fri. 12/21

6. Thurs. 1/10     - Composition #4 Please refer to This Slideshow we did in class
    or Fri. 1/11

7. Tues.  1/15     - Composition #5 Refer to This Slideshow for tips

8. Tues.  1/29     - Composition #6 Refer to these definitions for help

9. Tues. 2/12     - Composition 7 - GRADED

10. Fri. 2/29      - Composition #8

                         
                            

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Review - West Trimester 2
Click below for helpful links, charts, and slideshows that review exactly what we covered in class! You can also e-mail me any questions: jacobsj@albanyacademies.org

Tuesday, November 27th
Staff, Clefs, Ledger Lines (basic music theory lesson. Bass & Treble clefs covered)
Treble Clef and Bass Clef (an aid to remember the notes of both clefs)

Thursday, November 29th - or - Friday, November 30th
Note Duration (learn the values of whole, half, quarter, eighth, and 16th notes)
Rhythmic Values: the Measure "Box" (visual aid for fitting notes into measures)
Measure and Time Signature (we covered only up to 4/4 and 3/4)

Tuesday, December 4th
Note Trainer (test yourself on treble and bass clefs. Go to "settings" to select clefs)

Thursday, December 6th
Note Duration Chart (print-out this chart to keep in class for help with rhythms)

Friday, December 7th
Note Duration Chart (print-out this chart to keep in class for help with rhythms)
This class may now break-down rhythms into 2 sixteenth notes and 1 eighth note.

Tuesday, December 11th
Both classes may now break-down rhythms into 2 sixteenth notes and 1 eighth note.
Rest Duration (The basics on using rests in your compositions)
Rest Duration Chart (print-out this chart to keep in class for help with rests)
Tools For a Desirable Rhythm: Repetition (using repetition for better compositions)

Tuesday, December 18th
Adding Pitches To Your Compositions P.1 (Pitches, Accidentals, Intervals, Scales)

Thursday, December 20th
Have a safe and fun winter break!

Friday, December 21st
Have a safe and fun winter break!

Wednesday, January 8th
Adding Pitches To Your Compositions P.2 (Scale Degrees and ending your pieces)

Thursday, January 10th
More Tips For Writing Melody (Melodic Contour, Guidelines for Smooth Melodies)

Thursday, January 24th
Definition Review Chart (Motive, Phrase, Cadence, plagal, authentic, deceptive, half)

Friday, January 25th
Definition Review Chart (Motive, Phrase, Cadence, plagal, authentic, deceptive, half)

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     Keyboard Trainer
Dots & Ties (The basics on using dots and ties in your compositions)
Dots and Ties Chart (print-out this chart to keep in class for help with dots and ties)

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