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music language & performance skills

Music Language and Performance Skills (M-L4) »
Students demonstrate understanding of expression, timbre, and form in a variety of musical contexts.

 

Students who have achieved expectations for this grade are able to

Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Expression
explore and experiment with grade-appropriate elements of musical expression

K M-L4.1

use and identify grade-appropriate elements of musical expression

1-4 M-L4.1

Appendix B: Expression
Timbre
demonstrate awareness of sounds in the natural world and explore and experiment with a variety of timbres in voice and instruments

K M-L4.2

describe characteristics of a wide variety of sounds
(include: sounds from the natural world and musical instruments)

1-2 M-L4.2

identify, describe, and classify a wide variety of sounds from the natural and constructed environment (e.g., instruments used by various cultures in Manitoba and countries around the world, orchestral instruments, electronic instruments and sound sources)

3-8 M-L4.2

Appendix C: Timbre
Form
recognize, reproduce, and create musical patterns (e.g., same, different, repeated)

K M-L4.5

use, identify, and describe grade-appropriate musical forms

1-6 M-L4.5

Appendix D: Form