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K–12 Standards

Band II: Grades 6-12

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Performing

  • 1

    Demonstrate characteristics of proper ensemble playing, e.g., balance, blend, intonation.MU.B.2.1

  • 2

    Perform graded band music using appropriate expression, articulation, tone production, and posture.MU.B.2.2

  • 3

    Play music in a variety of tonalities, utilizing major, minor, and chromatic scales.MU.B.2.3

  • 4

    Demonstrate an understanding of expressive intent by connecting with an audience through prepared and improvised performances.MU.B.2.4

  • 5

    Develop accountability and personal productivity through practice habits.MU.B.2.5

Exploring

  • 6

    Identify and demonstrate conducting patterns in 2, 3 and 4.MU.B.2.6

  • 7

    Analyze individual and group performances.MU.B.2.7

  • 8

    Perform music in simple and compound meters.MU.B.2.8

  • 9

    Interpret dynamic markings, tempo changes, musical terminology.MU.B.2.9

  • 10

    Identify key changes, form, and complex rhythms.MU.B.2.10

  • 11

    Sight read in major key(s).MU.B.2.11

  • 12

    Explain how tempo terms relate to metronome markings.MU.B.2.12

Creating

  • 13

    Compose and improvise simple melodies using the first five notes of a major scale.MU.B.2.13

  • 14

    Create a response to a melodic pattern performed by the teacher.MU.B.2.14

  • 15

    Improvise a variation on a melody.MU.B.2.15

Relating

  • 16

    Relate rhythmic subdivision to simple mathematics.MU.B.2.16

  • 17

    Analyze and perform music from different genres, styles, global cultures and historical periods.MU.B.2.17

  • 18

    Expand civic and global understandings through patriotic selections.MU.B.2.18

  • 19

    Examine musical careers.MU.B.2.19

  • 20

    Demonstrate social responsibility through appropriate audience behavior.MU.B.2.20

  • 21

    Demonstrate social responsibility through appropriate audience behavior in a given setting.MU.B.2.21

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What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12

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