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Open Curriculum: Ear Training

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To define the components of ear training and suggestions for developing ear training skills
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Open Curriculum: Form in Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide an introduction to recognizing form in music
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Open Curriculum: Frequency, Wavelength, and Pitch

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide an overview of the relationship between frequency, wavelength, and pitch
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Open Curriculum: Half Steps and Whole Steps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To explain the pitch of a note and how it can be measured with either half steps or whole steps
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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: 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: Harmony

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To introduce the concepts and related terms of harmony
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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: 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: Major Keys and Scales

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To learn about the list of major scales
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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: Modes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To learn about the concept of modes and how they can be derived
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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: Naming Triads

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

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide an introduction to texture
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Open Curriculum: The Circle of Fifths

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To understand the circle of fifths and to identify key signatures, related keys and order of sharps and flats in key signatures using circle of fifths
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Open Curriculum: Timbre: The Color of Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide an introduction to the concept of timbre and words used to describe
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Open Curriculum: Transposing Instruments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To understand transposing instruments, their purpose, and to provide examples of transposing instruments
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Open Curriculum: Transposition: Changing Keys

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To provide an overview of transposition and examples of its use
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Open Curriculum: Triads

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To explain the basics of triads and the different positions