National Standard for Music Education #1
As a singer, I...
- Sing the
right notes, in tune, with few mistakes.
- Sing the right rhythms and keep a steady beat.
- Use an open and free tone quality.
- Support my tone with a good breath.
- Pronounce words clearly with good vowel and consonant sounds.
- Use a good body position.
National Standard for Music Education #2
As an instrumentalist, I…
- Play the
right notes, in tune, with few mistakes.
- Play the
right rhythms and keep a steady beat.
- Play
with an open and free tone quality.
- Support
my tone with a good breath.
- Use a
good body and hand position.
- Play
accompaniment parts correctly.
National Standard for Music Education #3
As an improviser, I…
- Make up
musical ideas that respond to the ideas of other performers
- Create
repeated rhythmic and melodic patterns that accompany other music
- Vary
melodies that I know by changing the rhythm or melody in different ways
National Standard for Music Education #4
As a composer, I…
- Create
and arrange music that accompanies a story or dramatic reading
- Write
and arrange songs and pieces for instruments that follows directions from my
teacher
- Use a
variety of voices, instruments, and other sources of sound when I write music.
National Standard for Music Education #5
As a performer, I…
- Read
rhythms from notation correctly…
- Perform
melodies from notation correctly. I know both the letter names and solfa names…
- Perform
musical symbols and directions accurately and can tell you what they mean…
- Identify
the letter names of notes on the staff…
- Write
rhythms and pitches correctly in stick notation and
- staff notation…
…with at least 75% accuracy.
| National Standard for Music Education #6 As a listener, I… - Can tell you what kind of music I’m listening to.
- Describe what I hear in the music.
- Use my musical vocabulary correctly when I tell what is happening in the music.
- Can tell you what the form of the music is by listening to it.
- Can tell what kind of instrument or voice is performing when I hear it.
- Respond to what I hear through movement.
National Standard for Music Education #7 As a growing musician, I… - Can identify some ways to tell if a performance is a good one or not, and then I use them to judge the quality of a performance.
- Explain why I like certain kinds of music using my musical vocabulary words.
- I can tell you which skills I’m good at and why. I can explain how I am working to improve my musical skills.
National Standard for Music Education #8 As a student of the arts, I… - Explain how terms used in music are the same as or different from how they are used in the other arts.
- Show how an event, scene, feeling, or idea might be represented in the different arts.
- Describe how what I am learning in music relates to or helps me with other subjects in school.
National Standard for Music Education #9 As a historian and lover of music, I… - Can tell you how I use music in my daily life, and why certain music is good for different activities that I do.
- Explain the functions of music and musicians in different cultures and traditions.
- Describe what makes different types of music unique.
- Demonstrate good audience behavior for the many ways and places I listen to music.
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