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Standard 1 Performing

Benchmark 1

Playing along or in groups a varied repertoire of music.

Indicator 1

By the end of the 12th grade, students will be able to: demonstrate appropriate instrument care, assembly and proper playing position.

Indicator 2

Play pitches of extended range in tune with good tone using proper breath support and embouchure or appropriate percussion technique.

Indicator 3

Demonstrate an understanding of complex music symbols and terms by performing accurate articulations, dynamics, rhythm, and pitch with a steady tempo.

Indicator 4

Perform expressively a large repertoire of music representing diverse genres and styles.

Indicator 5

Demonstrate proper stage presence and performance etiquette.

Benchmark 2

Expressing music through movement.

Indicator 1

By the end of the 12th grade, students will be able to: demonstrate pulse through physical movement while playing.

Indicator 2

Demonstrate complex conducting patterns.

Indicator 3

Demonstrate advanced marching rudiments.

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Standard 2 Knowledge and Analyzing

Benchmark 1

Reading and notating music.

Indicator 1

By the end of the 12th grade, students will be able to: read and notate advanced rhythms.

Indicator 2

Identify and define standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo articulation and expression.

Indicator 3

Sight-read accurately and expressively at the advanced level.

Indicator 4

Use standard notation to record their musical ideas.

Indicator 5

Read and interpret a marching drill chart.

Benchmark 2

Analyzing and evaluating music and music performances.

Indicator 1

By the end of the 12th grade, students will be able to: demonstrate extensive knowledge of the basic principles of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, and chords in their analysis of music.

Indicator 2

Identify the sounds of a variety of instruments.

Indicator 3

Evaluate a performance, composition, or arrangement by using specific criteria for making informal or critical evaluation of it's quality.

Benchmark 3

Understanding the relationships between music, history, culture, the other arts, and other disciplines outside the arts.

Indicator 1

By the end of the 12th grade, students will be able to: understand the historical and cultural background of the repertoire studied.

Indicator 2

Understand ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines are interrelated with those of music.

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