Mr. Garcia's Orchestra Class
This website is here to help inform parents, students and administrators about classroom expectations and objectives for the 2016-2017 school year.
MelodyA comprehensive idea and knowledge of:
Chromaticism (Chromatic scale), half steps, whole steps and melodic phrasing; Steady time, tempo, syncopation of rhythm and various meter (a counting system to decipher rhythmic notation); Harmony, scales, modes, countermelody, chords. |
SongsA comprehensive idea and knowledge of:
Form, style, various song forms, prelude, codas and refrains; Various ranges of instrumental voices, arrangements and combinations of melodic tone and color inside of a composition; Intonation, range, register of pitch, inversion of tonal combinations |
Developing a Musical VocabularyA comprehensive idea and knowledge of:
Basic musical terminologies used with in the standards of the music industry. Tempo markings: Allegro, Lento, Andante, Moderato Treble, Alto & Bass Clef Time signatures:
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