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SECTION 1: MUSIC HISTORY AND THEORY (cont’d)

4. describe the creation and development of important musical forms throughout selected
musical periods;

5. assess varied viewpoints written about musical compositions, composers, and guiding
philosophies in a variety of scholarly media;

6. construct informed rationales for the development of musical tastes throughout different
musical periods;

7. evaluate musical compositions and performances within a historical context using a variety of
established and original forms;

8. describe the development of music education within the musical periods studied;

9. compare the primary methods of music education undertaken within the musical periods
studied; and,

10. critique the primary methods in which music was taught within the musical periods studied.

CONTENT

Selected Musical Periods: Medieval, Baroque, Renaissance, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century,
Caribbean and present-day periods of music, including popular and avant-garde styles.

1. Main Characteristics of Musical Compositions

(a) Medieval

(i) male vocal singing, unaccompanied;

(ii) single melodic line, or combination of single melodic lines;

(iii) fluid tempo, seeming absence of rhythm; and,

(iv) Latin text.

(b) Baroque

(i) abundance of ornamentation (trills, turns);

(ii) tonality established, for example, abundance of very clear triads, seventh
chords, diminished seventh chords;

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