Grade 6-8 Instrumental Music

• Improvise melodies as solo and in ensemble setting in a variety of styles
• Create rhythmic compositions

• Perform accurately, alone and in ensemble, exhibiting:
  
  • Expression
  • Blend
  • Breathing
  • Bowing
  • Phrasing
  • Dynamics
  • Interpretation
  • Articulation
  • Posture
• Develop ensemble skills
• Respond to cues of the

            conductor

• Perform music from various historical periods, genres, & cultures
• Perform chromatic scale, 3 major  scales and relative minors and arpeggios

• Identify styles and forms  of musical compositions
• Evaluate and discuss the quality and effectiveness of musical performances, compositions, and arrangements by applying student generated criteria appropriate for the style of music
• Explain historical and/or cultural significance of music being performed

• Read, interpret and explain standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression
• Sight read simple melodies
• Identify basic key signatures
• Identify basic meter or time signatures