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Standards of Learning for Instrumental Music

The Student will:

 Demonstrate behaviors that result in increased music learning through a variety of

music activities.

 Demonstrate proper playing position.

 Consistently produce tones that are clear, free of tension, sustained and unwavering

in pitch.

 Demonstrate the ability to adjust and match pitch.

 Incorporate tempo changes and a variety of rhythms and meters being studied.

 Demonstrate a variety of articulations.

 Perform all major scales and selected melodic minor scales and arpeggios.

 Percussionist will perform The Standard 26 American Drum Rudiments from the

N.A.R.D. open-close-open.

 Wind and percussion students will perform a chromatic scale ascending and

descending throughout the practical range of the instrument (MM=72).

 Use dynamic contrast and technical skills as a means of expression.

 Demonstrate musical phrasing through the use of dynamic emphasis and tempo

modification.

 Demonstrate ensemble skills: balance, blend, dynamics, style, intonation,

responding to the conductor’s gestures

 Sight-Read music of varying styles and levels of difficulty.

 Sing a part while others play or sing a contrasting part.

 Perform music from a variety of cultures, styles and historical periods.

 Improvise a melody to a I-IV-V-I chord progression.

 Demonstrate knowledge of instrument being studied.

 Identify and count rhythms using established rhythm-reading systems.

 Diagnose and correct personal performance errors.

 Research career and vocational options in music.

 Identify, define, and apply music terms and symbols from music being studied.

 Discuss relationships between music concepts and other academic disciplines.

 Compare and contrast material being studied in its historical and cultural context.

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