General Music Anchor Standards and Benchmarks
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Creating: I can use the elements of music to communicate new musical ideas and works.
Anchor Standard 1: I can arrange and compose music.
GM.CR NL.1: I can imitate a musical statement by sight and sound.
GM.CR NM.1: I can answer a musical question.
GM.CR NH.1: I can arrange a musical idea.
GM.CR IL.1: I can combine musical ideas to create phrases for voice, instruments, or body movement.
GM.CR IM.1: I can compose a rhythmic and melodic phrase.
GM.CR IH.1: I can add harmony to compose or arrange phrases for a given mood.
GM.CR AL.1: I can arrange, compose, and explain intent using melody, rhythm, and harmony.
GM.CR AM.1: I can collaborate with others to compose or arrange a variety of musical styles.
GM.CR AH.1: I can compose music within expanded forms.
Anchor Standard 2: I can improvise music.
GM.CR NL.2: I can imitate simple rhythm patterns within a given meter.
GM.CR NM.2: I can imitate simple tonal patterns within a given key and tonality.
GM.CR NH.2: I can improvise responses to given rhythmic patterns.
GM.CR IL.2: I can improvise short melodic question and answer patterns.
GM.CR IM.2: I can improvise a rhythm pattern to embellish a given a harmonic phrase.
GM.CR IH.2: I can improvise a simple melodic phrase given a harmonic phrase.
GM.CR AL.2: I can perform a brief improvisation given a chord progression and meter.
GM.CR AM.2: I can perform an improvisation given a motive, chord progression, and meter.
GM.CR AH.2: I can perform and refine an extended spontaneous improvisation independently.
Performing: I can perform a variety of music with fluency and expression.
Anchor Standard 4: I can play instruments alone and with others.
GM.P NL.4: I can make sounds with classroom instruments and other sound sources.
GM.P NM.4: I can imitate short rhythmic patterns.
GM.P NH.4: I can play and read rhythmic, melodic, and chord patterns.
GM.P IL.4: I can play accompaniments and simple songs on classroom instruments.
GM.P IM.4: I can play and read complimentary, contrasting instrumental parts accurately, and independently.
GM.P IH.4: I can play and read my part with an ensemble using accurate technique and posture.
GM.P AL.4: I can play an instrument expressively and apply technical and stylistic techniques in variety of music alone and in various ensembles.
GM.P AM.4: I can collaborate with others to apply technical and stylistic techniques in a variety of music alone and in various ensembles.
GM.P AH.4: I can make technical and stylistic choices about my performance as an instrument-a list alone and in various ensembles.
Anchor Standard 5: I can perform using musical notation.
GM.P NL.5: I can read rhythm patterns.
GM.P NM.5: I can read simple rhythmic and melodic notation.
GM.P NH.5: I can read and write simple rhythmic and melodic standard notation.
GM.P IL.5: I can explain note names and basic rhythms.
GM.P IM.5: I can interpret musical symbols within multiple meters, clefs, and expressive symbols
GM.P IH.5: I can read and notate short musical works in a variety of clefs and meters.
GM.P AL.5: I can sight read a variety of music at Grade 2 with technical accuracy.
GM.P AM.5: I can sight read a variety of music at Grade 3 with technical accuracy.
GM.P AH.5:I can sight read a variety of music at Grade 4 with technical accuracy.
Responding: I can respond to musical ideas as a performer and listener.
Anchor Standard 6: I can analyze music.
GM.R NL.6: I can identify contrasts in music.
GM.R NM.6: I can identify the elements of music.
GM.R NH.6: I can describe how the music elements are used
GM.R IL.6: I can explain how the elements of music are used in a variety of genres, cultures, and time periods.
GM.R IM.6: I can examine how the elements of music are used in a variety of genres, cultures, and time periods.
GM.R IH.6: I can find evidence of how music is informed by the structure, elements in a variety of genres, cultures, and time periods.
GM.R AL.6: I can examine the use of compositional techniques within multiple musical works.
GM.R AM.6: I can collaborate with others to justify the use of compositional techniques within musical works.
GM.R AH.6: I can analyze compositional techniques, to explain a composer’s intent.
Anchor Standard 7: I can evaluate music.
GM.R NL.7: I can use my words to talk about music.
GM.R NM.7: I can demonstrate how to be an audience member in different musical settings.
GM.R NH.7: I can use musical vocabulary to describe personal preference choices.
GM.R IL.7: I can use musical vocabulary to critique a performance.
GM.R IM.7: I can evaluate the quality of musical performances and/ or compositions of others using assessment tools.
GM.R IH.7: I can evaluate the quality of personal performances and/or compositions using assessment tools.
GM.R AL.7: I can collaborate to develop strategies for improvement of group performances.
GM.R AM.7: I can make critical evaluations of performance, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations.
GM.R AH.7: I can justify personal performance decisions.
Connecting: I can connect musical ideas and works to personal experience, careers, culture, history, and other disciplines.
Anchor Standard 8: I can examine music from a variety of stylistic and historical periods and cultures.
GM.C NL.8: I can recognize and perform musical selections from my own culture and some time periods.
GM.C NM.8: I can identify and perform musical selections from a culture other than mine and a historical time period.
GM.C NH.8: I can identify and perform musical selections from multiple cultures and/or historical time periods.
GM.C IL.8: I can examine relationships among musical selections from multiple cultures and/or historical time periods.
GM.C IM.8: I can research the role of music within a specific culture or historical time period and present what I discovered.
GM.C IH.8: I can perform and modify a musical work using characteristics from a culture or time period.
GM.C AL.8: I can analyze a diverse repertoire of music from a cultural or historical time period.
GM.C AM.8: I can examine contemporary musical works to determine the influence of historical and cultural traditions.
GM.C AH.8: I can examine, create, and perform music based on historical and cultural contributions.
Anchor Standard 9: I can relate music to other arts disciplines, other subjects, and career paths.
GM.C NL.9: I can explore general music concepts among arts disciplines other content areas and related careers in familiar settings.
GM.C NM.9: I can recognize general music concepts among arts disciplines, other content areas and related careers.
GM.C NH.9: I can apply general music concepts to arts disciplines, other content areas and related careers including South Carolina.
GM.C IL.9: I can explore a range of skills shared among arts disciplines, other content areas and how they can be applied to a career in music.
GM.C IM.9: I can recognize specific skills shared among arts disciplines, other content areas and how they can be applied to a career in music.
GM.C IH.9: I can analyze the tools, concepts, and materials used among arts disciplines, other content areas and how they are used in music careers.
GM.C AL.9: I can apply concepts among arts disciplines and other content areas to general music and analyze how my interests and skills will prepare me for a career.
GM.C AM.9: I can explain how economic conditions, cultural values and location influence music and the need for music related careers.
GM.C AH.9: I can research societal political and cultural issues as they relate to other arts and content areas and apply to my role as a musician.