Benchmark 1
Playing alone or in groups a varied repertoire of music.
Indicator 1
By the end of 8th grade, students will be able to: demonstrate appropriate instrument care, assembly and proper playing position.
Indicator 2
Play pitches of increased range in tune with good tone, using proper breath support and embouchure or appropriate percussion technique.
Indicator 3
Demonstrate an understanding of intermediate level musical symbols and terms by performing accurate articulations, dynamics, rhythm and pitch with a steady pulse.
Indicator 4
Perform expressively a varied 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 8th grade, students will be able to: demonstrate pulse through physical movement while playing.
Indicator 2
Demonstrate simple conducting patterns.
Indicator 3
Demonstrate intermediate level marching rudiments.
Standard 2 Knowledge and Analyzing
Benchmark 1
Reading and notating music.
Indicator 1
By the end of the 8th grade, students will be able to: read whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes and rests in basic meters.
Indicator 2
Read mixed meters and syncopation's.
Indicator 3
Identify and define standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo articulation, and expression.
Indicator 4
Sight-read accurately and expressively at the intermediate level.
Indicator 5
Use standard notation to record their musical ideas.
Indicator 6
Read and interpret a marching drill chart.
Benchmark 2
Analyzing and evaluating music and music performances.
Indicator 1
By the end of the 8th grade, students will be able to: demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals and chords in their analyses of music.
Indicator 2
Identify the sounds of a variety of instruments.
Indicator 3
Evaluate the quality of own and others' performances by applying specific criteria appropriate for the style of the music.
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 8th 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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