Nigerian dance styles

Student should be able toImprovise movements
choreograph acontemporarydance on any theme of their choice.

Musical instruments(Study Skill)

Students should be able to play some technical exercises on their musical instruments.
play some set pieces.
go through some studies.

Ensemble

Students should be able to play their various musical instruments.
form duets, trios, quartet etc. to encourage group performance.
improvise on their instruments as they accompany songs and dances

Listening and appreciation

The students . should be able to develop attentive listening.
describe in their own words what they hear.
identify the theme of an instrumental ‘ work.
identify and distinguish the ‘voices’ of various instruments.

Harmony

Students should be able to harmonise a given melody.
analyse the chords used in a musical score

Transposition

Students should be able-to name the transposing instruments like trumpet, saxophone etc .
distinguish between concert pitch and transposing instruments.

Nigerian and Western dance styles

Students should be able to identify the forms of choreography
analyze the fundamental differences between African and western dances
perform a dance from any of the two dance styles

Music dictation

Students should be able to describe the contour of a melody played to them.
write down the melodies played to them

Music dictation

Students should be able to describe the contour of a melody played to them.
write down the melodies played to them

Interval(harmonic)

Students should be able to recognize harmonic intervals
write harmonic intervals when played to them.
gives the given harmonic intervals.

Classical period(1750-1820)

Students should be able to explain the term ‘Classicism’
identify the characteristics of the music of the Classical period.
discus the lives and works of some named composers of the period.

African/western musical instruments

Students should be able to identify the tones of’ musical instruments (African and Western )played in digital keyboard.
observe the procedure in programming short rhythmic patterns.

Cadence(plagal/semi-cadence)

Students should be able to identify the plagal and semi cadences on the board.
write the root movements of the semi cadence : (d-s,) and plagal cadence (f-d).
differentiate bet” een the two cadences.

Cadence(plagal/semi-cadence)

Students should be able to identify the plagal and semi cadences on the board.
write the root movements of the semi cadence : (d-s,) and plagal cadence (f-d).
differentiate bet” een the two cadences.

Diatonic intervals(melodic)

Students should be able to recognize intervals and their inversions
name the melodic intervals of a given melody.