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K–12 Standards

Band III: Grades 6-12

Other West Virginia Fine Arts sets

Performing

  • 1

    Demonstrate various articulation and ornamentation.MU.B.3.1

  • 2

    Perform appropriately graded music that exhibits tempo, dynamic, and meter changes. MU.B.3.2

  • 3

    Perform conducted changes to tempo and style.MU.B.3.3

  • 4

    Refine ensemble skills through accountability and personal practice habits.MU.B.3.4

  • 5

    Play and notate major and minor scales and arpeggios up to four sharps and four flats.MU.B.3.5

Exploring

  • 6

    Sight-read melodies in major and minor keys up to four sharps and four flats.MU.B.3.6

  • 7

    Perform a piece using non-standard notation symbols.MU.B.3.7

  • 8

    Identify and interpret musical symbols, terminology, dynamic changes, and odd and/or mixed meter.MU.B.3.8

  • 9

    Describe how the elements of music are used in a given work to make it unique while eliciting an emotional response. MU.B.3.9

  • 10

    Identify counter melodies.MU.B.3.10

  • 11

    Develop criteria to use when evaluating musical performances.MU.B.3.11

  • 12

    Self-evaluate and peer-evaluate student performances based upon intonation, Articulations, rhythms, and tone quality using provided and self-created rubrics.MU.B.3.12

  • 13

    Explore various musical selections through analyzing musical era, form, style.MU.B.3.13

Creating

  • 14

    Create melodic variations on a given melody.MU.B.3.14

  • 15

    Perform an improvisational solo (e.g., jazz, blues, aleatoric).MU.B.3.15

  • 16

    Compose, notate, and perform a melody.MU.B.3.16

Relating

  • 17

    Explain the acoustical properties of particular instruments.MU.B.3.17

  • 18

    Identify and compare musical characteristics of a variety of genres, styles, historical periods and cultures.MU.B.3.18

  • 19

    Discuss how the elements of music compare with those of the other arts.MU.B.3.19

  • 20

    Analyze and explain how the elements of music can be used to evoke feelings.MU.B.3.20

  • 21

    Determine and list notable American and West Virginia composers and musicians.MU.B.3.21

  • 22

    Demonstrate social responsibility through appropriate audience behavior in a given setting.MU.B.3.22

  • 23

    Develop civic literacy through the performance of the National Anthem and other patriotic selections. MU.B.3.23

  • 24

    Analyze and explain the style and historical context of American music selections.MU.B.3.24

Frequently asked questions

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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