Targeted Standards:
National Standards for Arts Education:
The standards outline what every K-12 student should know and be
able to do in the arts. The standards were developed by the Consortium
of National Arts Education Associations, through a grant administered
by The National Association for Music Education (MENC).
View the full text of the standards.
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Content Standard 3
Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
Achievement Standard
Proficient:
- Students improvise stylistically appropriate harmonizing parts
- Students improvise rhythmic and melodic variations on given pentatonic melodies and melodies in major and minor keys
- Students improvise original melodies over given chord progressions, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality
Advanced:
- Students improvise stylistically appropriate harmonizing parts in a variety of styles
- Students improvise original melodies in a variety of styles, over given chord progressions, each in a consistent style, meter, and tonality
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