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