Courses of Study

1) Improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns and musical ideas for a specific purpose.

2) Generate musical patterns and ideas within the context of a given tonality and meter.

3) Demonstrate and explain personal reasons for selecting patterns and ideas for music that represent expressive intent.

4) Use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to combine, sequence, and document personal musical ideas.

5) Interpret and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to revise personal music.

6) Convey expressive intent for a specific purpose by presenting a final version of personal musical ideas to peers or informal audience.

7) Demonstrate and explain personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections.

8) Demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (such as tonality and meter) in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance.

9) Read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using iconic or standard notation.

10) Demonstrate understanding of expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) and how creators use them to convey expressive intent.

11) Apply established criteria to judge the accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of performances.

12) Identify, rehearse, and apply strategies to address interpretive, performance, and technical challenges of music.

13) Perform music for a specific purpose with expression and technical accuracy.

14) Perform appropriately for the audience, purpose, and specific occasion.

15) Explain and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.

16) Demonstrate and describe how a response to music can be informed by its structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (such as personal and social).

17) Demonstrate knowledge of music concepts and how they support creators'/performers' expressive intent.

18) Apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.

19) Connecting standards 1 and 2 are to be embedded while teaching the Creating, Performing, and Responding standards. See page 86.