ASFG Learning Targets – Music 9th Grade
When a student completes this course, they should have demonstrated mastery of the following learning targets:
Unit I: Music of the World and its contribution to the humanity
Learning Targets
Identify three different styles of country music, including
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location, time, space, and other characteristics of
instruments such as the most important musicians.
Vocabulary
Documental Investigation
Review Indian, African, Chinese and Brazilian music
Unit II: Sound Tracks of Movies
Learning Targets
Research 10 to 15 exemplary soundtracks, listen to the
music, and watch several video clips of the movie.
Learn the context of each movie´s general characteristics
such as its soundtrack, year, and music style.
Vocabulary
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Sound Tracks
Unit III: Digital Audio
Learning Targets
Know how to digitally manipulate music
Create a song with loops
Edit a song using Acid Studio
Vocabulary
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Loop
Time bar
Measure rule
Split
Cut and paste
Unit IV: Guitar
Learning Targets
Discover the different parts of the guitar and demonstrate
the elementary movements to play the guitar
Know the names of each sting and fingers as well as the G,
C and D chords and one rhythm
Unit IV: Building Musical Instruments
Learning Targets
Know different woodwind and autochthon instruments.
Research and create different instruments:
 Flute
 Kena
 Palo de lluvia
 Sikus
 Drum
Vocabulary
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Frets
Fingering
Vocabulary
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Kena
Sikus