USA- NAfME - Grades K-12 National Standards National Association for Music Education
Grade Level:Grades 5-8
Content Standard:2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Achievement Standard:2a. Students perform on at least one instrument accurately and independently, alone and in small and large ensembles, with good posture, good playing position, and good breath, bow, or stick control
Level:Basic Level:
Performance Indicator:
1. The student is able to play pieces or passages with a level of difficulty of 1, either with the group or alone, but in more difficult music, mistakes are evident. The intonation and rhythm are generally satisfactory.
Performance Indicator:
2. The student usually demonstrates good posture and good playing position, though with evidence of lapses from time to time.
Performance Indicator:
3. The student usually demonstrates satisfactory breath, bow, or stick control (if applicable), though improvement is needed.
Performance Indicator:
5. The student is able to maintain his or her part, though there is some evidence of being distracted by the other parts.
Content Standard:5. Reading and notating music
Achievement Standard:5a. Students read whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes and rests in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 3/8, and alla breve meter signatures
Level:Basic Level:
Performance Indicator:
1. The student makes frequent errors and may stop occasionally, but is able to finish each excerpt.
6th Grade Orchestra Rehearsal
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