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Arizona Standards

The Arts Standards

MUSIC
(adopted by the State Board of Education 04.28.97)

Singing, playing instruments, moving to music, and creating music enables students to acquire skills and knowledge about a diverse range of musical styles: symphonic, chamber, opera, musical, folk, jazz, pop, mariachi, gospel, and contemporary and traditional cultural genres. Learning to read and notate music gives students skills with which to explore and critique music independently and with others. Listening, analyzing and evaluating music helps students understand their own historical and cultural heritages and those that surround them.

STANDARD 1: Creating Art
Students know and apply the arts disciplines, techniques and processes to communicate in original or interpretive work.

Students know and are able to do the following:
Note: All levels are built upon previous levels.

READINESS (Kindergarten)

  • 1AM-R1. Sing/play a variety of songs

    PO 1. Identify singing/speaking voice
    PO 2. Identify sounds as high and low
    PO 3. Demonstrate singing/speaking voice

Possible links to:
Science – sound
Language Arts - listening, speaking

  • 1AM-R2. Maintain a steady beat

    PO 1. Move to music
    PO 2. Demonstrate a steady beat while music is playing
    PO 3. Demonstrate a steady beat independent of Music

Possible links to:
Comprehensive Health - rhythm, bodily balance, motion, movement, kinesiology, motion, energy
Science - cycle, cause/effect
Dance - tempo, motion, bodily balance, movement, rhythm

  • 1AM-R3. Identify variation in tempo and dynamics*

PO 1. Identify music as fast or slow (tempo)
PO 2. Identify music as loud or soft (dynamics)
PO 3. Perform music that is loud or soft, fast or slow

Possible links to:
Comprehensive Health - rhythm, bodily balance, movement, tempo, kinesiology, motion, energy Science - cycle, cause/effect, sound
Refer to glossary at end of document for any italicized words followed by an asterisk in this section. Only the first reference in each level is italicized per standard.

    • 1AM-R4. Echo short rhythms and melodic patterns

    PO 1. Identify difference between beat and rhythm
    PO 2. Identify melodic shape

    Possible links to:
    Art & line
    Comprehensive Health/Dance - pulmonary, circulatory, rhythm, movement

    • 1AM-R5. Improvise* simple rhythmic and melodic ostinato* accompaniments on a variety of classroom instruments* and materials

    PO 1. Identify an ostinato
    PO 2. Perform an ostinato
    PO 3. Create an ostinato

    • 1AM-R6. Identify the sound of a variety of band, orchestra and classroom instruments
    PO 1. Identify classroom instruments
    PO 2. Categorize instruments as band, orchestra and classroom instruments
    PO 3. Identify instruments by family (woodwind, percussion, brass, strings)
    • 1AM-R7. Show respect for personal work and the work of others

    PO 1. Listen attentively while others perform
    PO 2. Acknowledge the efforts of self and others

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, socialization, values

    FOUNDATIONS (Grades 1-3)

    • 1AM-F1. Sing/play a varied repertoire of songs from different genres* and diverse cultures

    PO1. Sing and/or play American folk songs
    PO 2. Identify folk songs from various cultures
    PO 3. Sing and/or play folk songs from diverse cultures
    PO 4. Sing and/or play songs of various genres

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history, values
    Foreign Language - culture, communication, communities

    • 1AM-F2. Sing/play, matching timbre* and dynamics*, in response to conductor cues (e.g., ostinatos* [repeating patterns], partner songs [each student has his own part which fits together with others], in rounds, in groups)

    PO 1. Explain a variety of conducting cues
    PO 2. Respond to specific conducting cues
    PO 3. Demonstrate simple conducting patterns and cues in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time signatures.
    PO 4. Properly respond to conductor's cues in performance

    Possible links to:
    Math - shapes, measurement
    Science - cycle, rhythm

    • 1AM-F3. Read/perform whole, half, dotted half, quarter, eighth notes, and rests in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time

    PO 1. Identify meter and note/rest values of stated time signatures
    PO 2. Compare and contrast meter and note/rest values
    PO 3. Sing and/or play a simple rhythm pattern

    Possible links to:
    Math - numbers, count, add, divide, time

    • 1AM-F4. Sing/play expressively, on pitch and in rhythm with appropriate dynamics, phrasing, interpretation, timbre, diction, posture and tempo

    PO 1. Listen to and describe the elements of expressive music
    PO 2. Perform a piece with expression
    PO3. Compare and contrast music performed with and without expression

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies – values
    Comprehensive Health - bodily balance

    • 1AM-F5. Perform independent instrumental parts while other students sing or play contrasting parts

    PO 1. Perform instrumental part alone
    PO 2. Perform instrumental part with contrasting parts of group

    Possible links to:
    Science - cause/effect, interaction

    • 1AM-F6. Identify form*, tension* and release, and balance in music from listening to examples

    Possible links to:
    Art - color, line, form, balance, texture

    • 1AM-F7. Improvise in consistent style*, meter* and tonality* (e.g., simple rhythmic variations, simple melodic embellishments) on familiar melodies, short melodies

    PO 1. Identify a variety of elements for a given style
    PO 2. Perform a song in the specific style chosen for PO 1
    PO 3. Improvise musical segments in various styles

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, region, history, socialization, values

    • 1AM-F8. Sing/perform with expression and technical accuracy a variety of musical literature representing diverse genres and cultures, with level of difficulty* 2 on a scale of 1-6, including some songs performed from memory

    PO 1. Sing/play numerous pieces within specific styles
    PO 2. Perform music of various styles for an audience
    PO 3. Perform music from memory

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, region, history, socialization, values
    Foreign Language - communication, culture, communities

    • 1AM-F9. Create/arrange short songs and instrumental pieces within specified guidelines, using a variety of sound sources

    Note: Sound sources may include, but are not limited to body percussion, found objects,* non-pitched instruments, pitched instruments, computer generated sound sources

    Possible links to:
    Science - sound, electricity
    Comprehensive Health - kinesiology, skeletal

    • 1AM-F10. Listen to musical examples with sustained attention and self-discipline

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - socialization, values

    • 1AM-F 11. Use standard musical notation to record personal musical ideas and the ideas of others

    PO 1. Identify constructs of standard musical notation
    PO 2. Write standard musical notation
    PO 3. Notate simple rhythmic and melodic dictation accurately

    Possible links to:
    Art – symbolism

    ESSENTIALS (Grades 4-8)

    • 1AM-E1. Expand note-reading ability to include sixteenth and dotted notes, and rests in 6/8, 3/8, and alla breve* (cut time) meter* signatures

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Identify meter and note/rest values
    PO 2. Compare/contrast meter and note/rest values
    PO 3. Speak and/or sing and/or play examples of music utilizing the above elements

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Read patterns using the above elements
    PO 2. Demonstrate patterns using the above elements
    PO 3. Write patterns using the above elements

    Possible links to:
    Math - numbers, count, add, divide, measurement
    Science - rhythm
    Comprehensive Health/Dance - pulmonary rhythms, circulatory rhythms
    Art – rhythm

    • 1AM-E2. Articulate* notes on the page (e.g., letters [a, b, c, d, e, f, g], numbers [1, 2, 3, etc.], syllables [do, re, mi, etc.])

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Read simple notation

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Read notation based upon major and minor tonalities

    Possible links to:
    Science - sound
    Math - numbers, linear measurement, line

    • 1AM-E3. Sing/perform accurately and with good breath control, tone quality, posture and technique*

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Demonstrate appropriate diaphragmatic breathing in vocal and instrumental music
    PO 2. Stand/sit with posture appropriate to activity

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Perform with appropriate tone quality

    Possible links to:
    Comprehensive Health/Dance - pulmonary, circulatory, bodily balance
    Science - anatomy, physiology, equilibrium of force, structure

    • 1AM-E4. Sing/play in ensemble* or alone, with expression and technical accuracy, a varied repertoire of musical literature with level of difficulty* 3 on a scale of 1-6, including some songs performed from memory

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Perform pieces of various styles for an audience with expression (e.g., dynamics, phrasing) and technical accuracy (e.g., breath support, pitch, diction)

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Sing/play numerous pieces of music in various styles (e.g., spirituals, folk songs) with improved expression (e.g., dynamics, phrasing) and technical accuracy (e.g., breath support, pitch, diction)
    PO 2. Sing music without accompaniment (a capella) if stylistically appropriate.

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, history
    Foreign Language - communication, culture, communities

    • 1AM-E5. Recognize and perform the major and minor* scale structures

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Identify pattern of whole and half steps in the major and minor scales (natural and harmonic).
    PO 2. Sing/play tetrachord/major scales

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Identify pattern of whole and half steps in the major and minor scales (melodic).
    PO 2. Notate major/minor scales
    PO 3. Sing/play major and minor scales

    Possible links to:
    Science - sound, cycle, cause/effect, balance
    Math - measurement, linear measurement

    • 1AM-E6. Sight-read accurately and expressively music with level of difficulty 2 on a scale of 1-6

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Sight read at level of difficulty 1

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Sight read at level of difficulty 2

    • 1AM-E7. Improvise simple harmonic* accompaniments and melodies

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Identify tonic and dominant chords
    PO 2. Play an improvised harmonic accompaniment using tonic and dominant chords
    PO 3. Sing and/or play an improvised melody based on a two-chord progression

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Identify sub-dominant chords
    PO 2. Play an improvised harmonic accompaniment using tonic, dominant, and sub-dominant
    PO 3. Sing and/or play an improvised melody based on a three-chord progression

    Possible links to:
    Science - sound

    • 1AM-E8. Compose short pieces within specified guidelines, demonstrating how the elements of music* are used to achieve unity and variety, tension* and release, and balance

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Create a 2, 4, or 8 bar piece using standard or non-standard notation

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Create a 4, 8, or 16 bar piece using standard notation

    Possible links to:
    Art - texture, balance, symmetry/asymmetry
    Math - symmetry/asymmetry

    • 1AM-E9. Identify and demonstrate the basic physical and scientific properties of the technical aspects of music (e.g., acoustics, resonance, intervals, materials used in the construction of instruments, computer key-boards and workstations, Musical Instrument Digital Interface [MIDI*], Computer Assisted Musical Instruction [CAMI], mathematics, human anatomy)

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Explain the nature of sound as vibration
    PO 2. Describe the effect an instrument& physical properties will have upon its sound
    PO 3. Analyze the qualities that differentiate one instrument or voice from another

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Identify the harmonic series
    PO 2. Explain the effect the harmonic series has on the timbre of an instrument
    PO 3. Compare/contrast an instrument's construction with its sound

    Possible links to:
    Science - sound, equilibrium of force and structure, matter, electricity
    Technology - essential skills, current technologies

    • 1AM-E10. Use a variety of traditional (e.g., voices, instruments) and non-traditional (e.g., paper tearing, clapping, finger snapping, pencil tapping) sound sources and electronic media* when composing and arranging

    Possible links to:
    Science - sound, equilibrium of force and structure, matter, electricity
    Technology - essential skills, current technologies

    PROFICIENCY (Grades 9-12)

    • 1AM-P1. Sing/perform with expression and technical accuracy a large and varied solo and ensemble* repertoire with level of difficulty* 4 on a scale of 1-6, including some songs performed from memory and without accompaniment

    PO 1. Perform pieces of various styles for an audience with improved expression (e.g., dynamics, phrasing) and technical accuracy (e.g., breath sup-port, pitch, diction)
    PO 2. Sing/play numerous pieces of music in various styles (e.g., spirituals, folk songs, madrigals, jazz, baroque, contemporary)

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, region, socialization, history
    Foreign Language - communication, culture, communities

    • 1AM-P2. Recognize (by sight/ear) chord structures and the chords in standard harmonic* progressions

    PO 1. Identify chord qualities (e.g., major/minor, augmented/diminished)

    PO 2. Identify chord progressions and/or modulations taken from selected musical passages

    Possible links to:

    Science - energy, physics of sound

    Art & harmony

    • lAM-P3. Demonstrate the ability to read a score of up to four staves*, in two or more clefs*

    PO 1. Identify various musical notation symbols (ie., note names, phrasing, articulation) used in a score
    PO 2. Identify chord structure (i.e., harmony) from a four-part score

    Possible links to:
    Math - count, divide, integers, place value
    Science - motion, sound
    Art - form, texture, rhythm, harmony

    • 1AM-P4. Sight-read music accurately and expressively with level of difficulty 3 on a scale of 1-6
    • 1AM-P5. Improvise stylistically appropriate harmonizing parts, rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic* melodies and melodies in major and minor keys*, and original melodies over given chord progressions, each in a consistent style*, meter* and tonality*

    PO 1. Identify the elements that define a style
    PO 2. Improvise using elements from a given style

    • 1AM-P6. Compose music in several distinct styles, demonstrating creativity in using elements of music* for expressive effect

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, conflict
    Science - cause/effect
    Foreign Language - culture, connections

    • 1AM-P7. Compose and arrange pieces for voices or instruments other than those for which the pieces were written, in ways that preserve or enhance the expressive effect of the music

    PO 1. Notate arrangements using either traditional or non-traditional notation
    PO 2. Explain technical and artistic considerations used in the score (e.g., bowing, breath marks, ranges)

    • 1AM-P8. Understand the basic concepts of music theory

    PO 1. Read music using standard notation
    PO 2. Write music using standard notation
    PO 3. Analyze selected musical excerpts

    PO 4. Identify form in music (e.g., rondo, theme and variation, binary)

    Possible links to:
    Dance - form, energy, motion, movement
    Art - form, balance, texture, symbolism
    Math - linear measurement, symmetry/asymmetry

    • 1AM-P9. Understand and demonstrate the range* and playing system of at least one instrument or demonstrate the range and expressive possibilities of the voice (e.g., soprano, alto, tenor or bass)

    Possible links to:
    Science - sound, equilibrium of force, structure, matter

    • 1AM-P10. Develop and sustain a portfolio of created work demonstrating the progression of knowledge and skills

    PO 1. Produce evidence of continued musical growth (e.g., concert program, audio/video recordings, compositions, analysis)
    PO 2. Identify personal future goals through a letter or essay

    DISTINCTION (Honors)

    • 1AM-D1. Sing/perform a large and varied repertoire of solo and ensemble* literature with level of difficulty* 5 on a scale of 1-6, with expression and technical accuracy

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, region, socialization
    Foreign Language - culture, communication, communities

    • 1AM-D2. Sing music written in more than four parts

    Possible links to:
    Science - energy, physics of sound
    Art – harmony

    • 1AM-D3. Sight-read music accurately and expressively with level of difficulty* 4 on a scale of 1-6
    • 1AM-D4. Demonstrate the ability to read a full instrumental or vocal score
    • 1AM-D5. Describe how the elements of music*, transpositions,* and clefs* are used in a full score
    • 1AM-D6. Improvise stylistically appropriate harmonizing parts in a variety of styles*
    • 1AM-D7. Improvise original melodies and harmonizing parts in a variety of styles, over given chord progressions, each in a consistent style, meter* and tonality*
    • 1AM-D8. Compose/arrange music, demonstrating imagination and technical skill in applying the principles of composition and orchestration
    • 1AM-D9. Conduct and rehearse a peer group, demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the score

    STANDARD 2: Art in Context

    Students demonstrate how interrelated conditions (social, economic, political, time and place) influence and give meaning to the development and reception of thought, ideas and concepts in the arts.

    Students know and are able to do the following:
    Note: All levels are built upon previous levels

    READINESS (Kindergarten)

    • 2AM-R1. Describe various musical styles* from diverse cultures

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history
    Foreign Language - culture, communication, communities

    • 2AM-R2. Identify and describe various moods achieved while playing classroom instruments

    PO 1. Demonstrate various moods through facial expression, body posture and/or movement
    PO 2. Use classroom instruments to create moods through various tempos and dynamics

    Possible links to:
    Comprehensive Health/Dance - bodily balance, motion, energy, movement, tempo
    Language Arts - listening, speaking

    • 2AM-R3. Identify music which creates changes in mood through listening examples

    PO 1. Demonstrate changes in mood through facial expression, body posture and/or movement

    Possible links to:
    Comprehensive Health/Dance - bodily balance, motion, energy, movement, tempo

    • 2AM-R4. Demonstrate audience behavior appropriate for the context* and style of music performed

    PO 1. Identify a variety of musical settings
    PO 2. Discuss appropriate audience behavior
    PO 3. Demonstrate appropriate audience behavior

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - socialization, values

    FOUNDATIONS (Grades 1-3)

    • 2AM-F 1. Identify various uses (e.g., songs of celebration, game songs, marches, dance music, work songs) of music in daily experiences and describe characteristics that make certain music suitable for each use

    PO 1. Describe how music is used in daily experiences
    PO 2. List and classify songs used in different set Tings
    PO 3. Describe characteristics that make music suit-able for each setting

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history
    Foreign Language - culture, communities

    • 2AM-F2. Identify by genre* or style* examples of music from historical periods and cultures

    PO 1. Identify historical periods and cultures
    PO 2. Classify musical examples into appropriate periods and cultures

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history
    Foreign Language - culture, communication, communities

    • 2AM-F3. Identify and describe the roles* of musicians (e.g., orchestra conductor, folksinger, church organist) in various musical settings and cultures

    PO 1. Discuss the roles of different musical careers
    PO 2. List and classify a variety of musical careers that fit various settings and cultures
    PO 3. Describe the roles of musicians in various musical settings

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history

    • 2AM-F4. Explain personal preference for a specific musical work, using appropriate terminology

    PO 3. Describe characteristics that make music suit-able for each setting

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history
    Foreign Language - culture, communities

    ESSENTIALS (Grades 4-8)

    • 2AM-E1. Analyze the uses of dynamics,* pitch, duration, melodic contour, structure, timbre,* and tempo in aural* examples representing diverse genres* and cultures

    (Grades 4-5)

    PO 1. Describe characteristics of various musical genres and cultures

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Identify the musical elements (listed in above standard) used in a musical score
    PO 2. Compare/contrast the musical elements of various genres and cultures

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history

    • 2AM-E2. Describe and classify by genre and style* listening examples of high quality; explain the characteristics that cause those selections to be exemplary

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Identify characteristics of various musical genres and styles

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Identify characteristics of an exemplary performance
    PO 2. Evaluate the difference between an adequate and an exemplary performance

    • 2AM-E3. Discuss diverse functions which music serves

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Identify various settings where music is used

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Compare/contrast music& function in various settings

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history
    Foreign Language - culture, communities

    • 2AM-E4. Compare the roles* of musicians (e.g., music video performer, symphony conductor, opera soloist, gospel choir singer, recording artist, film score composer/arranger, church organist, Apache violinist) according to the various functions and the conditions under which music is performed

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Identify the roles and responsibilities of various music professions

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Describe how two or more roles could be used to achieve a performance

    PROFICIENCY (Grades 9-12)

    • 2AM-Pl. Classify by genre* or style* and by historical period or culture unfamiliar but representative aural* examples of music; explain reasoning behind their classifications

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history
    Foreign Language - culture, communication, communities

    • 2AM-P2. Identify sources of American music genres (e.g., blues, Broadway musical, swing, gospel), trace the evolution of those genres, and cite well-known musicians in each

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history
    Science - cycle, change, metamorphosis, cause/effect, evolution/adaptation, cycles/succession

    • 2AM-P3. Analyze and interpret how technological and scientific advances in music and other disciplines (e.g., history of the printing press on music publishing, instrument manufacturing, computer-assisted composition and arranging, advances in studio recording techniques*) influence the creation of work
    • 2AM-P4. Compare and describe the influence on music of economic, political, social and literacy aspects of at least two time periods or cultures
    • 2AM-P5. Identify various roles* (e.g., teacher, transmitter of cultural traditions, entertainer) that musicians perform, cite representative individuals who have functioned in each role, and describe their activities and achievements

    PO 1. List job qualifications and educational requirements of various roles
    PO 2. Identify persons in various musical fields who meet above stated qualifications

    DISTINCTION (Honors)

    • 2AM-D1. Interpret non-standard notation symbols* used by some twentieth-century composers (e.g., John Cage, Varese)
    • 2AM-D2. Identify and describe music genres* or styles* that show the influence of cultural traditions, identify the cultural source of each influence, and trace the historical conditions that produced the synthesis of influences

    STANDARD 3: Art As Inquiry

    Students demonstrate how the arts reveal universal concepts and themes. Students reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

    Students know and are able to do the following:
    Note: All levels are built upon previous levels

    READINESS (Kindergarten)

    • 3AM-R1. Identify simple music forms* when presented aurally*

    PO 1. Identify AB, ABA forms in familiar songs and recorded music
    PO 2. Identify round and canon forms

    Possible Links to:
    Dance - form
    Art - form, space, balance
    Math &; systems

    • 3AM-R2. Express personal reactions to music through media such as movement, words, painting and sculpture
    • 3AM-R3. Indicate points of musical interest (e.g., use of dynamics*, pitch, tempo, form) in stories, plays and other performances

    PO 1. Discuss elements of music and how they are applied in other performing and visual arts

    FOUNDATIONS (Grades 1-3)

    • 3AM-F1. Use appropriate terminology (e.g., tempo,* meter,* style,* tonality,* quarter notes/whole notes, types of musical instruments and voices) to describe and explain music

    PO 1. Identify various musical terms
    PO 2. Describe a piece of music using appropriate terminology

    • 3AM-F2. Explain personal preferences for specific musical works and styles
    • 3AM-F3. Identify and discuss the similarities and differences in music produced by themselves and others, using technology* as one means of communicating personal ideas in a variety of forums (e-mail, internet, MIDI technology, web pages)
    • 3AM-F4. Describe criteria for evaluating performances and compositions

    PO 1. List constructs of performance (i.e., diction, articulation, style, genre)
    PO 2. Outline, which constructs occurred in a given performance
    PO 3. Evaluate a given performance based upon the criteria from PO 2

    • 3AM-F5. Identify ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with music

    PO 1. Identify various principles of music
    PO 2. Identify various principles of other disciplines
    PO 3. Describe the interrelationship of principles from PO 1 and PO 2

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history
    Art - color, line, form, space, texture, balance, rhythm, harmony, emotional, meaning
    Comprehensive Health/Dance - time, force, energy, rhythm, motion, movement, kinesiology,
    Science - equilibrium of force and structure, sound, cycle, chance, cause/effect, energy, balance, theory
    Math - numbers, count, add, divide, measurement, time, geometry, line
    Foreign Language - culture, communication, communities

    ESSENTIALS (Grades 4-8)

    • 3AM-E1. Devise and apply criteria for evaluating performances and compositions

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Identify criteria used in evaluating performances and compositions

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Compare/contrast performances of similar and different musical genre

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, socialization, values

    • 3AM-E2. Describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with music

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Describe elements of subject matter in other disciplines
    PO 2. Compare/contrast elements from PO 1 with the elements used in music

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Describe how the various musical elements could foster learning in other disciplines (e.g., periodic table)

    Possible links to:
    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history
    Art - color, line, form, space, texture, balance, rhythm, harmony, emotional, meaning
    Comprehensive Health/Dance - time, force, energy, rhythm, motion, movement, kinesiology,
    Science - equilibrium of force and structure, sound, cycle, chance, cause/effect, energy, balance, theory
    Math - numbers, count, add, divide, measurement, time, geometry, line
    Foreign Language - culture, communication, communities

    • 3AM-E3. Analyze and demonstrate the use of the elements of music* (e.g., in live and recorded performance, verbal discussion)

    (Grades 4-5)
    PO 1. Analyze how music is used to reflect particular moods and feelings
    PO 2. Demonstrate a story utilizing the elements of music

    (Grades 6-8)
    PO 1. Create a story utilizing the elements of music

    PROFICIENCY (Grades 9-12)

    • 3AM-P1. Demonstrate extensive knowledge of musical terminology by comparing those terms with terms and usage in literature, history and the other arts

    Possible links to:

    Social Studies - culture, race, region, location, history

    Art - color, line, form, space, texture, balance, rhythm, harmony, emotional, meaning

    Comprehensive Health/Dance - time, force, energy, rhythm, motion, movement, kinesiology,

    Science - equilibrium of force and structure, sound, cycle, chance, cause/effect, energy, balance, theory

    Math - numbers, count, add, divide, measurement, time, geometry, line

    Foreign Language - culture, communication, communities

    • 3AM-P2. Identify and explain compositional devices and techniques* (e.g., unity and variety, tension* and release) in a musical selection; give examples of other works that make similar uses of these devices and techniques

    Possible links to:

    Art - color, line, form, space, texture, balance, rhythm, harmony, emotional, meaning

    Comprehensive Health/Dance - time, force, energy, rhythm, motion, movement, kinesiology

    • 3AM-P3. Explain ways in which the principles and subject matter of various disciplines outside the arts are interrelated with those of music

    PO 1. Identify skills needed in other disciplines
    PO 2. Identify skills needed for student discipline
    PO 3. Compare/contrast previously identified skills (e.g. science and acoustics, breathing and anatomy, tone color and visual arts)

    • 3AM-P4. Identify specific criteria for making informed, critical evaluations of the quality and effectiveness of performances, compositions, arrangements and improvisations*; apply these criteria to personal participation in music
    • 3AM-P5. Compare the materials, technologies, media and processes* of music with those of other arts disciplines and subject areas to create and analyze art-works
    • 3AM-P6. Evaluate a performance, composition, arrangement or improvisation by comparing it to similar or exemplary models

    DISTINCTION (Honors)

    • 3AM-D1. Interpret musical selections through original writing, original dance movement or original visual art
    • 3AM-D2. Demonstrate independent artistic judgment in devising criteria for evaluating one's own performances and compositions
    • 3AM-D3. Compare ways in which musical materials are used in a given example to ways in which they are used in other works of the same genre* or style*
    • 3AM-D4. Evaluate a given musical work in terms of its aesthetic qualities* and explain the musical means used to evoke feelings and emotions
    • 3AM-D5. Compare the uses of characteristic elements, artistic processes*, and organizational principles among music forms* and the other arts disciplines in different historical periods and different cultures