FIRST QUARTER
A. The language of artistic
expression
SPA CURRICULUM
GRADE 7
SECOND QUARTER
THIRD QUARTER
A. The language of
A. The language of
creative expression in
creative expression in
legends and myths:
rituals and festivals
 Elements of Artistic
Expression in all the
Arts
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Space
Line
Movement
Texture
Sound
Silence
Rhythm
Form
B. Principles of Artistic
Organization Common
in the Arts
1. Unity and Variety
2. Form
3. Function and
Intent
C. Characteristics of the
Different Art Forms and
Its Artistic Expressions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1. Sound as
Narratives in Local
Legends and
Myths
2. Interpretations.
Meaning-Making
(Local Views)
3. Depictions
through 2-3
Integrated Art
Forms (e.g.
Chants/
Instruments,
Poetry, etc.)
Music
Dance
Drama
Literature
Visual Arts
Film
D. Soundscapes
(Music from the Natural
Environment)
E. Warm-Ups and Caring
for the Voice and
Instruments
B. Introduction to Music
1. Why Study Music
2. Overview of Elements
of Music:
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1. Local/ Regional Rituals
and Festivals
2. Analysis of Artistic
Expressions in Rituals
and Festivals
3. Contextual
Interpretations (Local)
4. Depictions through 2-3
integrated Art Forms
(Visual Arts,
Movement, Music,
Literary Arts, Drama)
B. Introduction to music
1. Elements Of Music
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Rhythm
Melody
Harmony
Tempo
Dynamics
Timbre
Form
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3. Instrumental
4. Vocal
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Rhythm (Beat, Meter,
Note Values)
Melody (Modes,
Tonality, Scales)
Harmony (Intervals &
Triads)
Tempo (Adagio,
Moderato, Allegro,
Presto, Vivace)
Dynamics (Piano,
Forte, Mezzo Piano,
Mezzo Forte)
Timbre (Vocal,
Instrumental,
Environmental)
Form (Cyclic,
Phrases, Period,
Section, Binary,
Ternary, Rounded
Binary, Rondo, Song
Forms)
2. Importance of Music
3. Application of the
Elements of Music
Through the Chosen
Specialization: Voice
and InstrumentPlaying. InstrumentPlaying. Singing
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Finger positions/
posture
Embouchure (winds);
bowing/ plucking
(strings)
Articulation
Tone Production and
Resonance
THIRD QUARTER
A. Introduction to music
1. Continuation of review
of elements of music:
 Rhythm (beat, meter,
note, values)
 Melody, Tonality, Whole
and Half Steps
 Tetrachords, Scales and
Intervals
 Harmony (Texture,
Intervals & Triads)
 Tempo (Adagio,
Moderato, Allegro,
Presto, Vivace)
 Dynamics (Piano, Forte,
Mezzo Piano, Mezzo
Forte)
 Timbre (Vocal-Chest &
Head, Instrumental,
Environmental)
 Form (Cyclic, Phrases,
Period, Section, Binary,
Ternary, Rounded
Binary, Rondo, Song
Forms)
 Basic Music Reading:
Notes, Rests, Time
Signature, Clefs
 Application of the
elements of music
through the chosen
specialization: voice and
instrument-playing.
 InstrumentPlaying/Singing Finger
positions/posture tone
production &
Resonance Embouchure
(winds);
bowing/plucking
(strings)
 Articulation
 Solo and ensemble
playing of pieces/
works related to rituals
and festivals
 Integrated arts
approach to staging a
music performance
based on Filipino
legends, myths, rituals
and festivals.
FIRST QUARTER
A. Introduction to the
natural and cultural
heritage of a
community
1. Cultural heritage
2. The different dimensions
of society: Ecology,
Governance, Cultural,
Social, Human,
Economic and Spiritual
3. Assessing the music
resources of a
community
4. Basic social mapping
B. Introduction to music:
1. Elements of music:
 Rhythm (simple &
compound meter,
syncopated)
 Melody (key signatures,
scale degree names
types and qualities of
intervals)
 Harmony (chord
functions, tonic,
dominant, chord
progressions)
 Tempo (grave, lento,
prestissimo,
ritardando,
accelerando, rubato)
 Dynamics (crescendo,
decrescendo,
diminuendo)
 Timbre (HorboestelSachs classification,
Voice-SATB), solo,
duet, trio, quarter)
 Form (canon, fugue,
sonata, allegro,
concerto, symphony)
2. Importance of music
 As an expression of life
 As a tool for communication
 As an expression of
personal and cultural
identity
 As an expression of history
 As a repository if values
 As a means for promoting
personal and social
growth
 Instrument-Playing/
Singing
 Finger Positions/Posture
 Tone production &
Resonance
 Embouchure
 Articulation
 Sight singing
 Basic sight reading
 Repertoire study
SPA CURRICULUM
GRADE 8
SECOND QUARTER
THIRD QUARTER
A. Our life sources
A. Our cultural heritage
 Cultural mapping of
1. Ecological Mapping:
cultural resources:
Creative Presentation
tangible and
of Local Natural
intangible using
Resources (marine,
creative integrated
terrestrial, aerial
arts approaches
ecosystems of a
community)
B. Introduction to music
2. Earth music fusion
1. Elements of music
 Rhythm
B. Introduction to Music
 Melody
1. Elements of Music
 Harmony
 Rhythm
 Tempo
 Melody
 Dynamics
 Harmony
 Timbre
 Tempo
 Form
 Dynamics
 Timbre
2. Application of the
 Form
elements of music
2. Applications of the
through the chosen
Elements of music
specialization: voice
through the chosen
and instrumentspecialization: voice
playing
and instrumentplaying.
Instrument-Playing/
3. InstrumentSinging
Playing/Singing
 Finger positions/
(continuation from
posture
Grade 7)
 Tone production &
 Finger
resonance
positions/posture
 Embouchure
 Tone production &
 Articulation
resonance
 Sight Singing
 Embouchure
 Basic sight reading
 Articulation
 Repertoire study
 Sight singing
 Choral harmony,
 Basic sight reading
balance & blending
 Repertoire study
 Choral harmony,
3. Technique Class
balance & blending
(voice and instrument):
performance of local
music pieces
4. Cultural research
Field Research
approaches creating
cultural heritage maps
and selecting icons for
music performance.
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Performance of pieces
with cultural heritage
content
THIRD QUARTER
A. Music performance on
life sources and cultural
heritage
1. Intro to music
Analysis
The identification of
features played in a
short heritage piece.
The features would
relate to the elements
of music.
B. Program planning
Basics of planning a
music performance
Rehearsal preparation
Staging the
performance
C. Rehearsals and
performance: plays
and/or music
performances
pertaining to life
sources, heritage and
culture.