Standards Levels 1,2,3

Listening Skills include:

I can feel the beat
I can hear the Melody
I can hear the Harmony

Standards Chart for Music Class LevelsMusic I

Understanding Notation and Rhythm:

Introduction to the Staff
Treble clef/Bass clef/Grand Staff
Rhythm foundations - Whole/Half/Quarter Notes

Instrumental Proficiency:

Holding the instrument correctly, good posture Producing good tone with most simple notes Listening for quality of pitch and sound
Playing a one octave Major Scale
Performance of nursery rhymes and simple melodies

Music Theory:

Identify the Staff - lines and spaces
Write/Read Basic Rhythms - Whole/Half/Quarter

HIstorical References of Music:

Art Music or Folk Music
Ancient Civilization and Renaissance Secular or Sacred

Standards Chart for Music Class LevelsMusic II

Listening Skills include:

I can count the Beat
I can identify the Instrumentation I can identify Melodic instruments I can identify a consistent Rhythm

Understanding Notation and Rhythm:

Read notes on a single Staff Understand the addition of Ledger Lines Understand Meter (count in 4/4 and 3/4) Count basic Rhythms
Introduction of Dotted and Tied Rhythms

Instrumental Proficiency:

Good fundamental Technique
Good quality of pitch and tone
Performance of basic melodies and tunes of different genres Playing two octave Major Scale
Playing one octave Minor Scale
Guitars and Piano basic Major/Minor Chords

Music Theory:

Understand Half Step/Whole Step Read/Write Sharps, Flats, Naturals

HIstorical References of Music:

Art Music - Folk Music/ Secular Sacred Introduction to Romantic Era - 20th Century Impacts of Immigration on Musical Style

Standards Chart for Music Class LevelsMusic III

Listening Skills include:

I can determine the Meter
I can identify the Melodic and Harmonic instruments
I can describe Melodic Movement (Counterpoint or Polyphony) I can identify the Tonality (Major/Minor/Atonal)

Understanding Notation and Rhythm:

Read proficiently on single or Grand Staff
Read double stops or chords
Interpret complex rhythms with Dots, Ties and Sixteenth Notes Count Syncopated Rhythms

Instrumental Proficiency:

Performance in various yearly Concerts Stable Technique
Solid Intonation
Reading Confidence (shifting/higher positions)

Music Theory:

Half Step/Whole Step
Spell Major Scales
Key Signature Identification Harmonic Analysis

HIstorical References of Music:

Eras: Renaissance,Baroque,Classical, Romanticism, 20th Century Some of Technologies impacts on music