The Music Standards of Learning identify the essential knowledge and skills required in the music curriculum for each grade level or course in Virginia’s public schools. The standards outline the minimum criteria for a sequential course of study within a comprehensive music education program. The standards are designed to be cumulative, progressing in complexity by grade level from kindergarten through several sequences of high school courses. (Board of Education Commonwealth of Virginia, 2020)
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6.12The student will read and notate music. a) Identify tonal, rhythmic, and melodic patterns containing steps, skips, and leaps. b) Recognize diatonic intervals. c) Identify and notate melodies on the musical staff. d) Read and notate rhythmic patterns that include whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and corresponding rests. e) Identify the meaning of the upper and lower numbers of time signatures. | |
6.15The student will read, count, and perform rhythmic patterns. a) Use a counting system. b) Include patterns that suggest duple and triple meter. c) Use instruments, body percussion, and voice. d) Include whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and corresponding rests. | |
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7.1The student will demonstrate creative thinking by composing and improvising original music. a) Improvise eight-measure melodic and rhythmic phrases. b) Compose eight-measure melodies and rhythms. c) Arrange an existing musical antecedent phrase and consequent phrase. | |
7.12The student will read and notate music. a) Identify and perform tonal, rhythmic, and melodic patterns containing steps, skips, and leaps. b) Notate melodies on the treble and bass staves. c) Read melodic patterns using the diatonic scale. d) Read and notate rhythmic patterns that include sixteenth notes, dotted notes, and corresponding rests. | |
7.15The student will read, count, and perform rhythmic patterns. a) Use a counting system. b) Include patterns that suggest duple and triple meter. c) Use instruments, body percussion, and voice. d) Include sixteenth notes, dotted notes, and corresponding rests. | |
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8.1The student will demonstrate creative thinking by composing and improvising original music. a) Improvise sixteen-measure melodic and rhythmic phrases. b) Compose sixteen-measure melodies and rhythms. c) Arranging an existing musical tune. | |
8.12The student will read and notate music. a) Identify and perform melodic patterns using specific interval names (e.g., third, fifth). b) Read and notate rhythmic patterns of increasing complexity, including tied rhythms, eighth note triplets, syncopation. | |
8.15The student will read, count, and perform rhythmic patterns. a) Use a counting system. b) Include patterns that suggest duple and triple meter. c) Use instruments, body percussion, and voice. d) Include complex rhythms and syncopation. | |
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