Grade 8 Overall Expectations:
Creating and Performing: apply the creative process to create and perform music for a variety of purposes, using the elements and techniques of music
- The Billboard Illustrated Musical Instrument Handbook (Book)
- The Everything Singing Book (Book)
- The Ultimate Rock Pop Fake Book (Book)
- Groovepad (App)
- Music Maker Jam (App)
- Perfect Piano (App)
- Music Theory Lessons (Website)
- Create a Commercial Jingle (Website)
- Video Game Music (Website)
- Writing Lyrics Tips (Website)
- Learning Musical Notation (Website)
- 12 Bar Blues Progression (YouTube)
- Group Drumming (YouTube)
Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process to communicate their feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of music and musical experiences
- Soundbreaking (DVD)
- Hip Hop: The Songs that Shook America (DVD)
- Freegal (Website)
- Chamber Choir Music (YouTube)
- Alexina Louie (YouTube)
- The Moldau (YouTube)
- Mozart (YouTube)
- Stravinsky (YouTube)
Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of musical genres and styles from the past and present, and their sociocultural and historical contexts
- I am the Blues (DVD)
- American Epic (DVD)
- Rumble (DVD)
- Music Documentaries (Kanopy eVideo)
- Music (Hoopla eBook)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (Hoopla eBook)
- Music Was IT (Hoopla eBook)
- Music in Theatre (Hoopla eBook)
- Chuck D Presents (Cloud Library eBook)
- Jingles (YouTube)