Music of the romantic period(Western period)
Students should be able to discuss the lives and works of any two Romantic composers.
identify the features of music of the Romantic period.
discuss the general characteristics of the Romantic period.
Trends Nigerian Music(post Independence till date)
Students should be able to discuss the economic importance of Nigerian musicians.
explain their contributions to the development of the Nigerian economy.
highlight the differences between modern igerian music and the music before Independence.
Nigerian Musical instruments of different Ethnic Groups
Student should be able to identify and differentiate the various instruments of different ethnic groups.
discuss the reason for their concentration on a particular ethnic group.
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.
Music Dictation
Students should be able to . hear and write down an 8- bar melody played by the teacher.
reproduce rhythmic patterns tapped or clapped by the teacher.
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.
Western Music (forms and analysis of baroque and classical periods)
Students should be able ‘to identify and discuss the characteristics of Baroque and Classical period
African Music(colonial and post-colonial)
Students should be able to: enumerate Nigerian art musicians and their works
discuss the development of art music in Nigeria
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
Sight reading/playing
Students should be able to read at sight a given piece of 4 bars.
play the given melody written in 4 bars
Cadence (punctuation in musical language)
Students should be able to: recognize the interrupted cadence when sung or played
write the Roman figures associated with the interrupted cadence
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.
Harmony
Students should be able to define the term modulation.
distinguish between modulation.andtransition.
name the various types of of modulation.
identify the point at which modulation takes place in a piece of music
Triads
Students should be able to build a dominant 7th chord on a giycn root.
spell the tones of a dominant 7’h chord on a given root.
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.