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Open Curriculum: Harmonic Series: Harmonics, Intervals, and Instruments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To demonstrate how the harmonic series can illustrate the relationship between frequency and interval and the harmonic series
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Harmonic Series: Timbre and Octaves

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To explain the octaves and timbre of a note originating from the harmonic series
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Harmony

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To introduce the concepts and related terms of harmony
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Interval

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To explain the concept of intervals and how to distinguish and classify the various intervals
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Introduction to Chords

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To understand the concepts of chords and the different types of chords
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Introduction to Music Theory

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To understand the meaning of music and music theory
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Introduction to Reading Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide suggestions for learning music independently and accurately
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Open Curriculum: Key Signatures

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To identify key signatures on a music staff
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Major Keys and Scales

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To learn about the list of major scales
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Meters in Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To learn about meters and how to recognize and classify different meters
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Minor Keys and Scales

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To discuss the interval patter of minor scales and their difference from major scales
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Modes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To learn about the concept of modes and how they can be derived
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Modes and Ragas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To summarize the modes and ragas in music and their use in many musical traditions
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Naming Triads

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To explain how different chords are named based on their position
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Octaves and the Major Minor Tonal System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To introduce the relationship between frequency, octaves, major, minor, and chormatic scales, and tonal music
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Pickup Notes and Measures

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To learn about pick notes and measures
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Pitch: Sharp, Flat, and Natural Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To understand the definition of a pitch, its effect on notes, and the associated symbols.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Powers, Roots, and Equal Temperament

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide an overview of roots and powers in music and the frequency relationships in equal temperament
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Repeats and Other Musical Road Map Signs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To learn about repeats and common methods of expression repetition of previous measures
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Rhythm

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To gain an understanding on durations, time signatures, tempo, and the basic elements of rhythm
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Scales and Intervals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To learn about musical scales and intervals.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Scales That Are Not Major or Minor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To explain the various musical scales that cannot be classified as major or minor such as chromatic, whole-tone, pentatonic, blues, and scales from non-Western music
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Scoring Music: Writing for Specific Instruments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide basic guidelines for writing music for particular instruments
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Standing Waves and Musical Instruments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide an explanation of standing waves in intruments and how music is produced with particle pitches and timbres