What grade levels do these standards cover?

Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12

Where can I read the official document?

NOTICE OF FINAL FILING AND ADOPTION OF A LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT, INTERPRETIVE OR PROCEDURAL RULE

1
Refine and expand playing techniques (e.g. hammer on, pull, bend, harmonics, tremolo, mute and finger picking).MU.AG.2.1
2
Expand use of different key signatures, meters, tempi, and contrasting dynamics.MU.AG.2.2
3
Perform songs outside the basic I-IV-V chord progressions that use more advanced chords.MU.AG.2.3
4
Refine performance of ensemble playing (e.g. plucking duets or trios).MU.AG.2.4

5
Expand reading and notation skills, including chord charts, tablature, and standard notation.MU.AG.2.5
6
Define music notation symbols: tempi, fermata, accents, tempo change, and dynamics (e.g. accelerando, crescendo, and decrescendo).MU.AG.2.6
7
Sight read melodies and chords in major and minor keys.MU.AG.2.7
8
Play familiar melodies by ear.MU.AG.2.8

9
Improvise melodies to a given chordal accompaniment. Discuss how the elements of music compare with those of other arts.MU.AG.2.9
10
Create an advanced strumming pattern (including down and up strums, and mutes) to accompany a familiar melody.MU.AG.2.10
11
Transpose a familiar melody and chord progression into a different key signature.MU.AG.2.11

12
Discuss guitar works that have been inspired by works of visual art.MU.AG.2.12
13
Identify and compare musical characteristics of a variety of genres, styles, historical periods, and cultures.MU.AG.2.13
14
Research a piece of well-known classical guitar literature and its composer.MU.AG.2.14
15
Listen to and discuss West Virginia guitarists (e.g. Ryan Kennedy, Kathy Mattea, Brad Paisley, and BillWithers).MU.AG.2.15
16
Compare guitar techniques to those of other string instruments (e.g. ukulele, mandolin, dobro, and lute).MU.AG.2.16

What grade levels do these standards cover?: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12
Where can I read the official document?: NOTICE OF FINAL FILING AND ADOPTION OF A LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT, INTERPRETIVE OR PROCEDURAL RULE

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