Level I Band (Beginning)
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Standard 1: Performing Objectives
Students will:
- perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
BI.1.01 show proper instrument assembly, maintenance, hygiene and cleaning.
BI.1.02 display correct posture and instrumental playing techniques.
BI.1.03 keep a steady beat.
BI.1.04 echo rhythmic and melodic patterns.
BI.1.05 match pitches with good intonation and tone quality.
BI.1.06 perform beginning level music.
BI.1.07 play an instrumental solo.
BI.1.08 play music containing harmony
BI.1.09 play melodies containing slurs
BI.1.10 play a variety of beginning percussion instruments, e.g., snare drum, bass drum, and cymbals (percussion only).
BI.1.11 develop personal productivity through practice habits.
Standard 2: Exploring Objectives
Students will:
- read and notate music;
- listen to, analyze and describe music; and
- evaluate music and music performances
BI.2.01 identify by sound musical instruments used in beginning band.
BI.2.02 differentiate between good and poor tone quality.
BI.2.03 identify like and unlike musical phrases and/or sections.
BI.2.04 read quarter, half, whole, and eighth notes and rests in meter in 2, 3, 4, and alla breve.
BI.2.05 identify the clef and the names of the lines and spaces.
BI.2.06 play notated melodies in concert Bb and Eb major.
BI.2.07 play exercises that include single stroke rolls, five-stroke rolls, nine-stroke rolls, long rolls, and flams (percussion only)
BI.2.08 interpret the following: repeat sign, D. C. al Fine, D.S. al coda, and multiple endings.
BI.2.09 discuss criteria for evaluating music and performances.
BI.2.10 sight-read a short melody.
BI.2.11 play the B flat concert major scale.
BI.2.12 interpret piano, mezzo-forte and forte with their symbols.
Standard 3: Creating Objectives
Students will:
- improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments; and
- compose and arrnge music within specified guidelines
BI.3.01 improvise using two or three pitches.
BI.3.02 create a response to a rhythmic pattern performed by the teacher.
Standard 4: Relating Objectives
Students will:
- understand relationships between music, the arts, and disciplines outside the arts; and
- understand music in relation to history and culture
BI.4.01 describe the method of tone production for brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments as it relates to the principles of sound production.
BI.4.02 explore and perform folk songs and global music as presented in the method book.
BI.4.03 develop civic literacy through the study of patriotic selections
BI.4.04 discuss social responsibility through appropriate audience behavior.
Level II Band (Intermediate)
Standard 1: Performing Objectives
Students will:
- perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
BII.1.01 demonstrate characteristics of proper ensemble playing, e.g., balance, blend, initonation.
BII.1.02 play music containing increase range and contrasting dynamic levels.
BII.1.03 perform graded band music, using appropriate expression, articulation, posture and tone production.
BII.1.04 play timpani and perform using two-handed technique on mallet percussion (percussion only).
BII.1.05 play chromatic scale and major scales up to three sharps and three flats.
BII.1.06 play pieces in major and minor tonalities.
BII.1.07 play a minor scale.
BII.1.08 play a familiar melody by ear.
BII.1.09 play syncopated rhythms.
BII.1.10 develop accountability and personal productivity through practice habits.
Standard 2: Exploring Objectives
Students will:
- read and notate music;
- listen to, analyze, and describe music; and
- evaluate music and music performances
BII.2.01 identify and demonstrate conducting patterns in 2, 3 and 4.
BII.2.02 review and refine previously learned rhythms.
BII.2.03 identify sixteenth notes, eighth notes triplets, and dotted rhythms.
BII.2.04 play ruffs, ratamacues, five stroke rolls, nine stroke rolls, seventeen stroke rolls, flam accents, flam taps, and single and double paradiddle (percussion only).
BII.2.05 perform music in 6/8 time.
BII.2.06 interpret allegro, moderato and andante.
BII.2.07 interpret the markings for ritardando.
BII.2.08 identify key changes.
BII.2.09 interpret staccato, accents and fp
BII.2.10 interpret pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, crescendo and diminuendo.
BII.2.11 sight read in a major key.
BII.2.12 tune using an electronic tuner.
BII.2.13 identify AB and ABA forms.
BII.2.14 evaluate personal performances and performances by others.
Standard 3: Creating Objectives
Students will:
- improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments; and
- compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.
BII.3.01 create a response to a melodic pattern performed by the teacher.
BII.3.02 improvise a musical phrase according to parameters provide by the teacher.
BII.3.03 compose a simple melody.
Standard 4: Relating Objectives
Students will:
- understand relationships between music, the arts, and disciplines outside the arts; and
- understand music in relation to history and culture.
BII.4.01 relate note subdivision to simple mathematics.
BII.4.02 perform music from different global cultures and historic periods.
BII.4.03 analyze the style and characteristics of musical genres, styles and cultures studied in band.
BII.4.04 use information and communication technology to examine musical careers.
BII.4.05 discuss and demonstrate social responsibility through appropriate audience behavior.
BII.4.06 develop civic literacy through the performance of patriotic selections.
Level III Band (Advanced)
Standard1: Performing Objectives
Students will
- perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music:
BIII.1.01 perform in large ensembles, e.g., concert band, wind ensemble, marching band.
BIII.1.02 refine characteristics of good ensemble playing.
BIII.1.03 perform graded music.
BIII.1.04 play triplets and swing eighth notes.
BIII.1.05 play melodies with changing meters.
BIII.1.06 play rubato passages
BIII.1.07 play conducted tempo and dynamic changes.
BIII.1.08 play ornaments, e.g., grace notes, trills, and turns.
BIII.1.09 play staccato, marcato, and legato.
BIII.1.10 demonstrate different combinations of articulation.
BIII.1.11 demonstrate proper playing techniques on a variety of percussion instruments, e.g., drum set, accessories, world percussion (percussion only).
BIII.1.12 interpret an instrumental solo passage with proper style.
BIII.1.13 demonstrate accountability and personal productivity through practice habits.
Standard 2: Exploring Objectives
Students will
- read and notate music;
- liten to, analyze, and describe music; and
- evaluate music and music performances
BIII.2.01 play and notate scales up to four sharps and four flats.
BIII.2.02 play major and minor arpeggios.
BIII.2.03 play rudiments, including, but not limited to, the 26 standard American drum rudiments (percussion only).
BIII.2.04 play and sight-read melodies in major and minor keys up to four sharps and four flats.
BIII.2.05 identify and interpret musical symbols, terms, dynamic changes and odd and/or mixed meters.
BIII.2.06 perform a piece using non-standard notation symbols.
BIII.2.07 explain how tempo terms relate to metronome markings.
BIII.2.08 identify counter melodies.
BIII.2.09 describe how the elements of music are used in a given work to make it unique, interesting and expressive.
BIII.2.10 discuss how the elements in a given musical work elicit an emotional response.
BIII.2.11 develop a list of criteria to be used in the evaluation of musical performances.
BIII.2.12 compare student performances with those of professional groups.
BIII.2.13 compare and contrast different musical selections analyzing the form, style, musical era, etc.
Standard 3: Creating Objectives
Students will
- improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments; and
- compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.
BIII.3.01 create melodic variations on a given melody.
BIII.3.02 perform an improvisation, e.g., jazz, blues, aleatoric.
BIII.3.03 improvise backgroud "fills" (percussion).
BIII.3.04 compose, notate and perform a melody.
Standard 4: Relating Objectives
Students will- understand relationships between music, the arts, and disciplines outside the arts; and
- understand music in relation to history and culture.
BIII.4.01 explain the acoustical properties of particular instruments.
BIII.4.02 identify and compare musical characteristics of a variety of genres, styles, historical periods, and culatures.
BIII.4.03 discuss how the elements of music compare with those of the other arts, e.g., balance, form, mood, etc.
BIII.4.04 analyze and explain how the elements of music can be used to evoke feelings or to describe places or events.
BIII.4.05 assess the importance of major American musicians.
BIII.4.06 analyze and explain the style and historical contest of American musical selections performed in band.
BIII.4.07 discuss and demonstrate social responsibility through appropriate audience behavior in a given setting.
BIII.4.08 develop civic literacy through the performance of the National Anthem.