Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Beginning General Music

Other North Carolina Arts: Music sets

CONNECT: Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.CN

  • 1

    Relate musical ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.B.CN.1

    1. 1

      Describe how the emergence of music as an art form has influenced society.B.CN.1.1

    2. 2

      Identify how the creation and performance of music is supported by concepts from other content areas.B.CN.1.2

    3. 3

      Explain how music evokes sensory, emotional, personal, and intellectual responses in everyday life.B.CN.1.3

  • 2

    Explore advancements in the field of music.B.CN.2

    1. 1

      Describe how various individuals contribute to the creation, production, design, and marketing of music.B.CN.2.1

    2. 2

      Describe how various tools and innovations influence the development and consumption of music.B.CN.2.2

CREATE: Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.CR

  • 1

    Create original musical ideas and works, independently and collaboratively.B.CR.1

    1. 1

      Improvise melodies based on a diatonic scale.B.CR.1.1

    2. 2

      Compose original rhythmic ideas and melodic ideas that incorporate notation for rhythms or pitches that are appropriate to the proficiency level.B.CR.1.2

  • 2

    Adapt original musical ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.B.CR.2

    1. 1

      Arrange an existing musical work, changing three or more musical elements.B.CR.2.1

    2. 2

      Compare artistic adaptation, appropriation, fair use, copyright, public domain, open source, and creative commons in music.B.CR.2.2

PRESENT: Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.PR

  • 1

    Perform music from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.B.PR.1

    1. 1

      Apply feedback from instructors, peers, and self to refine musical technique, presentations, compositions, or ideas.B.PR.1.1

    2. 2

      Read standard notation to perform music in treble or bass clef with whole, half, dotted half, quarter, dotted quarter, eighths, sixteenths, equivalent rests, and basic syncopation and tied rhythms in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, and 6/8 meters.B.PR.1.2

    3. 3

      Perform or produce rounds, canons, and partner songs in unison and simple harmony.B.PR.1.3

    4. 4

      Demonstrate the meaning of symbols and terminology for a variety of tempos, dynamics, articulations, phrasing, and forms with appropriate technique when performing or producing music.B.PR.1.4

  • 2

    Develop musical presentations.B.PR.2

    1. 1

      Compare music and production elements and how they enhance a musical presentation.B.PR.2.1

    2. 2

      Define active listening and etiquette appropriate for both formal and informal performances.B.PR.2.2

RESPOND: Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.RE

  • 1

    Analyze musical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres including response through moving, singing, playing instruments, or content-specific vocabulary.B.RE.1

    1. 1

      Identify symbols and terminology for a variety of tempos, dynamics, articulations, phrasing, and forms in aural and written musical works.B.RE.1.1

    2. 2

      Infer possible artistic intentions of the composer, producer, creator, or performer in a variety of musical works.B.RE.1.2

    3. 3

      Describe the timbres of a variety of instruments and voices, including a range of traditional, contemporary, and world music.B.RE.1.3

  • 2

    Evaluate musical works using content-specific vocabulary.B.RE.2

    1. 1

      Explain how personal preferences can influence evaluation of musical works.B.RE.2.1

    2. 2

      Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of personal musical efforts, using specific criteria.B.RE.2.2

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, and Grade 9
Where can I read the official document?
NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY K - 12 Music

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