CSET: Music (226 / 227) case studies
CSET: Music (226 / 227) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
CSET: Music (Subtests I and II) is the subject-matter examination used in California by candidates who want to demonstrate music competence for a teaching credential, typically a Single Subject credential in music. It is aimed at people preparing to teach instrumental, choral, or general music in California schools, and it is generally taken alongside the broader teacher-preparation requirements set by the state. The CSET: Music (226 / 227) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,562 words.
1Interval Inversion in Melodic Dictation
In a second-year aural skills class of 18 students, melodic dictation is the weakest component of the grade, and Mara's work shows a pattern you cannot ignore. On the last three quizzes she sang back every interval accurately at the keyboard, and her rhythm dictations are nearly error-free.
787 words, about 4 min2Prioritizing Part-Writing Errors in a Freshman Harmonization
In a college freshman theory class, students submit a four-part SATB harmonization of a given soprano in G major. Dev's Roman numerals and chord choices are otherwise sound, and he has left the soprano untouched, but three problems appear in mm.
724 words, about 4 min3Qualifying Superlative Claims in Student Program Notes
You are preparing program notes with a student committee for a high school concert titled "American Voices, 1890–1940." The draft submitted by one student contains three statements: (a) "Scott Joplin's Treemonisha (1911) was the first American opera"; (b) "George Gershwin improvised Rhapsody in Blue in its entirety at the 1924 premiere"; (c) "Ragtime died out around 1920 and had no influence on later jazz." The committee has two weeks before the printer's deadline, one student has already posted the draft on the ensemble's social media account, and the director wants the notes to be both accurate and readable by an audience of families. A committee member asks whether you should simply delete every sentence you cannot verify.
691 words, about 3 min4Three Symptoms in a Festival-Bound Wind Ensemble
You conduct a 58-member high school wind ensemble. Festival is in three weeks, and the program includes a 6/8 march felt in two at quarter note equals 120 and a slow chorale.
668 words, about 3 min5Designing a Composition Summative for a Heterogeneous Seventh-Grade Class
You teach seventh-grade general music: 32 students, 40-minute periods, twice a week, in a district that has adopted new standards requiring documented evidence of creating and responding. The class includes two students with IEPs, one with a reading disability and one with fine-motor delays; one student with mild hearing loss who uses an FM system; and eight students who study instruments privately.
692 words, about 3 min