Maine K–6 music standards

Compare, contrast, and describe music ideas using appropriate terminology for music elements.

Explore music elements that convey the song’s purpose.

Demonstrate and explore skills and concepts that are similar across disciplines.

Describe and explore how the study of music integrates with other disciplines and professions. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Advanced

With guidance, explore vocal range, pitch flexibility, and types of voices (i.e., whisper, speak, sing, call/shout, thinking/audiate.)

With guidance, explore a variety of classroom instruments.

With guidance, perform simple songs and echo phrases.

With guidance, explore vocal flexibility and songs within an appropriate vocal range.

With guidance, use movement to explore pulse in duple and triple meter.

With guidance, explore music opposites (e.g., loud/soft, high/low, fast/slow, etc.)

Describe and interpret music ideas using appropriate terminology for music elements.

Explore the personal, cultural, and historical background of an artist to gain perspective on their intent.

Justify the use of music in specific artistic works that combine the other arts.

Evaluate the impact of music on other disciplines and professions.

With guidance, sing in head voice and demonstrate types of voices.

With guidance, perform on a variety of classroom instruments with proper posture and basic techniques.

With guidance, perform a variety of melodies and call- and-response songs.

With guidance, show melodic contour and echo a variety of tonal patterns and/or fragments vocally.

With guidance, maintain a steady pulse in duple and triple meter.

With guidance, identify music opposites using applicable descriptors.

Sing in head voice with proper posture.

Perform on a variety of classroom instruments with appropriate hand placement.

Explore and perform basic forms in music (i.e., binary, ternary, rondo, etc.)

With guidance, recognize familiar tonal patterns and songs performed instrumentally and/or on a neutral syllable.

With guidance, recognize rhythms of familiar songs and poems, performed instrumentally and/or on a neutral syllable.

With guidance, discuss expressive qualities of music using applicable descriptors.

Sing in head voice with increasing pitch accuracy using proper posture.

Perform songs on a variety of classroom instruments with appropriate technique, and in various tonalities and meters.

Explore and perform music in basic forms with increasing technical accuracy at a consistent tempo.

With guidance, echo and decode, with increasing accuracy, a variety of tonal and rhythmic patterns and songs performed instrumentally and/or vocally.

Discuss and describe expressive qualities of music using applicable descriptors.

Sing in head voice with increasing pitch accuracy using proper posture and breath support.

Perform songs on a variety of classroom instruments with appropriate technique in various tonalities and meters, and with appropriate dynamics.

Explore and perform music in basic forms with increasing accuracy, proper technique, and at a consistent tempo.

Echo and decode, with accuracy, a variety of tonal and rhythmic patterns and songs performed instrumentally and/or vocally. With guidance, read a variety of tonal and rhythmic patterns patterns.

Identify (visually and aurally) and describe common expressive musical symbols and elements.

Sing in head voice with increasing pitch accuracy, with proper posture, breath support, and appropriate tone.

Perform songs on a variety of classroom instruments with appropriate technique, in various tonalities and meters, with appropriate dynamics and articulations.

Perform a rich and diverse repertoire with increasing technical accuracy and proper technique at a consistent tempo.

Echo, decode, and read, with accuracy, a variety of tonal and rhythmic patterns and songs performed instrumentally and/or vocally.

Identify (visually and aurally), describe, and demonstrate musical terms and elements.

Explore music examples and analyze the music through the lens of the elements of music.

Reflect on the personal, cultural, and historical contexts of a music example and/or composer/performer to enhance personal connection and understanding of the music. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Advanced

Identify and describe the distinguishing characteristics of musical works from a variety of genres, styles, historical periods, and cultures.

Compare and contrast, in various cultures and historical periods, the functions of music, the roles of musicians, and the conditions under which participation in music typically occurs.

Explore unfamiliar musical works by genre, style, historical period, and/or culture and defend the classification. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Advanced

Explore the function of the voice/instrument to support healthy singing/playing habits.

Accurately and expressively sing and/or play a rich and diverse repertoire of music using appropriate skills throughout a limited range.

Perform a rich and diverse repertoire of music that includes changes in tempo, key, and meter. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Advanced

Read the terms and symbols for a piece of music to inform a performance or critique.

Apply musical terms and symbols to express musical ideas to other musicians. Grades 9-Diploma Proficient Grades 9-Diploma Advanced