California Music Standards

• Creating

  • • 5.MU:Cr1a: Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas, and explain connection to specific purpose and context (such as social, cultural, and historical).

    • 5.MU:Cr1b: Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and accompaniment patterns) within specific related tonalities, meters, and simple chord changes.

• Performing

  • • 5.MU:Pr4.3: Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, timber, and articulation/style).

    • 5.MU:Pr5a: Apply teacher provided and established criteria and feedback to evaluate the accuracy and expressiveness of ensemble and personal performances.

    • 5.MU:Pr5b: Rehearse to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities to address challenges and show improvement over time.

    • 5.MU:Pr6a: Perform music, alone or with others, with expression, technical accuracy, and appropriate interpretation. 

    • 5.MU:Pr6b: Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the context, venue, genre, and style.