Music - Theme, Mood, and Tone - The Anchorage Museum

Explore concepts of conveying mood and emotion in aural media. Students can write their own short stories or take preexisting stories to add music and sound effects to them. Grades 4-6.

Resource Information

Audience/Grade

4 5 6

Standards

Arts

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MU:PR4-6a Explain how understanding the structure and elements of music used in music selected for performance
MU: PR6-6 Perform music with technical accuracy to convey the creator’s intent
MU: RE7b-6 Describe how the elements of music, expressive qualities and context (personal, cultural, social), relate to the structure of musical pieces
MU: RE8-5 Demonstrate and explain expressive qualities (dynamics, tempo, timbre, articulation) and how they support creators’/performers’ expressive intent
MU: RE9-5 Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the elements of music
MU:RE9-6 Apply teacher-provided criteria to evaluate musical works or performances
MU: CO10-6 a. Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, responding to music
MU: CO10-6 c. Present the final version of a personal composition or arrangement, using craftsmanship and originality to demonstrate an effective beginning, middle and ending, and convey expressive
intent