1. MUSIC 7/8
Agenda Time
1. Seating Chart 5 min
2. Most Important Question,
Attendance
3 min
3. Q3 Final Project Return 10 min
4. Q4 Quarter Overview 10 min
5. Popular Instrumental
Genres
20 min
6. Exit Ticket 2 min

2. WHAT ARE WE LEARNING TODAY?
 By the end of today’s class, you will know where
you sit for the quarter and a few of the most popular
instrumental genres.
 Benchmarks: 6.1.1.3.1, 6.1.2.3.1, 6.2.1.3.1

3. Q3 FINAL PROJECT RETURN
 The final project was worth 36 points
 Your total points were NOT your grade
 31-36 points: A (36)
 26-30 points: B (33)
 21-25 points: C (30)
 16-20 points: D (27)
 0-15 points: F (18, 21, or 24)
 If I prepared yours on Finale, it will be in the 7th & 8th
Grade Q3 Final Projects folder on the G drive Students
folder
 It will be saved as your initials and class
 They aren’t all there yet, so be patient
 If I did not prepare it but you would like it, give it to me
and give me some time to do it

4. QUARTER OVERVIEW
 Week 1: Seating Charts, Popular Instrumental
Genres
 Week 2: Two-Part Inventions ( )
 Week 3: Invention Work ( & )
 Week 4: Invention Work ( )
 Week 5: Invention Presentations ( )
 Week 6: String Quartets ( & )
 Week 7: String Quartet Work ( )
 Week 8: String Quartet Work ( )
 Week 9: String Quartet Presentations ( )

5. POPULAR INSTRUMENTAL GENRES
 A genre of instrumental music is different than a genre
of popular music
 Pop/rock music genres are more appropriately called
 A musical genre informs the
of a piece of music
 Examples of important instrumental genres include
symphony, concerto, sonata, rhapsody, nocturne,
mazurka, invention, & fugue
 There are literally hundreds

6. POPULAR INSTRUMENTAL GENRES
 A symphony is a (usually) four-movement work for
 Violins, violas, cellos, basses, flutes, oboes, clarinets,
bassoons, trumpets, horns, trombones, tuba, piano,
percussion
 It was invented during the period (1750-
1825)
 It is still very commonly used by composers
 Let’s listen to a symphony by an American
composer

7. POPULAR INSTRUMENTAL GENRES
 A concerto is a (usually) three-movement work for
 The most common concerto instrument is the piano, but
they are written for every instrument
 The orchestra and soloist often play the same
material, but the soloist gets the flashier, more
difficult material
 It was invented during the period (1600-
1750) and is still very common today
 Let’s listen to another living American composer

8. POPULAR INSTRUMENTAL GENRES
 A sonata is a (usually) three- or four-movement
piece for
 The most common instrument is followed by
violin
 It was invented during the period (1600-
1750)
 It is still very common today
 Let’s listen to one by a living American composer