Performance Standards:

Creating

• Improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns and musical ideas for a specific purpose. (Cr.1.2.a)

• Generate musical patterns and ideas within the context of a given tonality (such as major and minor) and meter (such as duple and triple). (Cr.1.2.b)

• Demonstrate and explain personal reasons for selecting patterns and ideas for music that represent expressive intent. (Cr.2.2.a)

• Use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to combine, sequence, and document personal musical ideas. (Cr.2.2.b)

• Interpret and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to revise personal music. (Cr.3.2)

• Convey expressive intent for a specific purpose by presenting a final version of personal musical ideas to peer or informal audience. (Cr.4.2)

Performing

• Demonstrate and explain personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections. (Pr.1.2)

• Demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (such as tonality and meter) in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance(Pr.2.2.a)

• When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using iconic or standard notation. (Pr.2.2.b)

• Demonstrate understanding of expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) and how creators use them to convey expressive intent. (Pr.3.2)

• Apply established criteria to judge the accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of performances.(Pr.4.2.a)

• Rehearse, identify and apply strategies to address interpretive, performance, and technical challenges of music. (Pr.4.2.b)

• Perform music for a specific purpose with expression and technical accuracy. (Pr.5.2.a)

• Perform appropriately for the audience and purpose. (Pr.5.2.b)

Responding

•     Explain and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes. (Re.1.2)

•     Describe how specific music concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music. (Re.2.2)

•     Demonstrate knowledge of music concepts and how they support creators'/performers' expressive intent. (Re.3.2)

•     Apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes. (Re.4.2)