7th Grade General Music
Musical Theatre
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Composition
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Guitar
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Units of Study:
- Film Score Composers: Students will learn about the process that goes into composing and recording film scores, while also studying the work of important film score composers today. Students will do an in-depth analysis of a scene from a movie and the impact its film score has on the story, characters, and audience. This will go into a presentation that students share with the class.
- Composition: Students will study composition, beginning with writing a melody over a chord progression. Using Sibelius, students will compose two different melodies to create a piece of music in ternary form. Students will orchestrate their composition using GarageBand and our iMac MIDI stations.
- Musical Theatre: Students will discuss the tradition of American musical theatre and will watch a musical in preparation for the annual 7th grade field trip to see a professional performance.
- Guitar: Students will work individually and in small groups to continue their study of the guitar. Students will play more complex melodies using strings 1-5 and begin to play full chords.

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