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music language & performance skills

Music Language and Performance Skills (M-L2) »
Students develop skills for making music through aural, written, and visual music systems.

 

Students who have achieved expectations for this grade are able to

Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
play and/or sing by ear, reproducing melodies, rhythms, accompaniments, and harmonies with increasing accuracy, complexity, and expression

5-8 M-L2.1

read, write, and perform from music notation, as required for playing and/or singing a variety of repertoire

5-8 M-L2.2

use standard and invented rhythmic and melodic notation and expressive symbols and terms to record own and others’ musical ideas

5-8 M-L2.3

respond appropriately to non-verbal cues and gestures when making music

K-8 M-L2.4