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North Dakota K–6 music standards

North Dakota writes its own music standards. They are published as North Dakota Music Content Standards, adopted 2019 and are not a version of a national framework. 144 of 170 are matched to a national standard.

CSP's music family is the superseded 2000 adoption (56 rows). 14 of 170 rows are unconfirmed against the PDF; see the verification block.

Framework
North Dakota Music Content Standards
Adopted
2019
Source last checked
July 26, 2026
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170 standards, kindergarten through 6th grade

  • MU:Cn10.1.K.aK
    Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.
  • MU:Cn10.2.K.aK
    Incorporate traditional and emerging technologies to create, perform, and respond to music.
  • MU:Cn10.3.K.aK
    Analyze and evaluate the effect of technology on development of music and performance.
  • MU:Cn11.1.K.aK
    Make connections among the arts and other disciplines which strengthen learning and transfer knowledge and skills to and from other fields.
  • MU:Cn11.2.K.aK
    Explain how the arts reflect cultural trends and historical events across the world and how new directions in the arts have emerged.
  • MU:Cn11.3.K.aK
    Explore careers in and related to the arts and how they impact local and global economies.
  • MU:Cr1.1.K.aK
    With guidance, explore and experience music concepts (such as beat and melodic countour).
  • MU:Cr1.1.K.bK
    With guidance, generate musical ideas (such as movements or motives).
  • MU:Cr2.1.K.aK
    With guidance, demonstrate and choose favorite musical ideas.
  • MU:Cr2.1.K.bK
    With guidance, organize personal musical ideas using iconic notation, and/or recording technology.
  • MU:Cr3.1.K.aK
    With guidance, apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to refine personal musical ideas.
  • MU:Cr3.2.K.aK
    With guidance, demonstrate a final version of personal musical ideas to peers.
  • MU:Pr4.1.K.aK
    With guidance, demonstrate and state personal interest in varied musical selections.
  • MU:Pr4.2.K.aK
    With guidance, explore and demonstrate awareness of music contrasts (such as high/low, loud/soft, same/different) in a variety of music selected for performance.
  • MU:Pr4.3.K.aK
    With guidance, demonstrate awareness of expressive qualities (such as voice quality, dynamics, and tempo) that support the creators' expressive intent.
  • MU:Pr5.1.K.aK
    With guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performances.
  • MU:Pr5.1.K.bK
    With guidance, use suggested strategies in rehearsal to improve expressive qualities of music.
  • MU:Pr6.1.K.aK
    With guidance, perform music with expression.
  • MU:Pr6.1.K.bK
    Perform appropriately for audience.
  • MU:Re7.1.K.aK
    With guidance, list personal interests and experiences and demonstrate why they prefer some music selections over others.
  • MU:Re7.2.K.aK
    With guidance, demonstrate how specific music concepts (such as beat or melodic direction) is used in music.
  • MU:Re8.1.K.aK
    With guidance, demonstrate awareness of expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) that reflect creators' or performers' expressive intent.
  • MU:Re9.1.K.aK
    With guidance, apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music.
  • MU:Cn10.1.1.a1
    Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.
  • MU:Cn10.2.1.a1
    Incorporate traditional and emerging technologies to create, perform, and respond to music.
  • MU:Cn10.3.1.a1
    Analyze and evaluate the effect of technology on development of music and performance.
  • MU:Cn11.1.1.a1
    Make connections among the arts and other disciplines which strengthen learning and transfer knowledge and skills to and from other fields.
  • MU:Cn11.2.1.a1
    Explain how the arts reflect cultural trends and historical events across the world and how new directions in the arts have emerged.
  • MU:Cn11.3.1.a1
    Explore careers in and related to the arts and how they impact local and global economies.
  • MU:Cr1.1.1.a1
    With limited guidance, create musical ideas (such as answering a musical question) for a specific purpose.
  • MU:Cr1.1.1.b1
    With limited guidance, generate musical ideas in multiple tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters (such as duple and triple).
  • MU:Cr2.1.1.a1
    With limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal reasons for selecting musical ideas that represent expressive intent
  • MU:Cr2.1.1.b1
    With limited guidance, organize and document personal musical ideas using iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology.
  • MU:Cr3.1.1.a1
    With limited guidance, discuss and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to refine personal musical ideas.
  • MU:Cr3.2.1.a1
    With limited guidance, convey expressive intent for a specific purpose by presenting a final version of personal musical ideas to peers or informal audience.
  • MU:Pr4.1.1.a1
    With limited guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections.
  • MU:Pr4.2.1.a1
    With limited guidance, demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (such as beat and melodic contour) in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance.
  • MU:Pr4.2.1.b1
    When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns using iconic or standard notation.
  • MU:Pr4.3.1.a1
    With limited guidance, demonstrate and describe expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) that support the creators’ expressive intent.
  • MU:Pr5.1.1.a1
    With limited guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performances.
  • MU:Pr5.1.1.b1
    With limited guidance, use suggested strategies in rehearsal to address interpretive challenges of music.
  • MU:Pr6.1.1.a1
    With limited guidance, perform music for a specific purpose with expression.
  • MU:Pr6.1.1.b1
    Perform appropriately for audience and purpose.
  • MU:Re7.1.1.a1
    With limited guidance, identify and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.
  • MU:Re7.2.1.a1
    With limited guidance, demonstrate and identify how specific music concepts (such as beat or pitch) are used in various styles of music for a purpose.
  • MU:Re8.1.1.a1
    With limited guidance, demonstrate and identify expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) that reflect creators’ or performers’ expressive intent.
  • MU:Re9.1.1.a1
    With limited guidance, apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.
  • MU:Cn10.1.2.a2
    Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.
  • MU:Cn10.2.2.a2
    Incorporate traditional and emerging technologies to create, perform, and respond to music.
  • MU:Cn10.3.2.a2
    Analyze and evaluate the effect of technology on development of music and performance.
  • MU:Cn11.1.2.a2
    Make connections among the arts and other disciplines which strengthen learning and transfer knowledge and skills to and from other fields.
  • MU:Cn11.2.2.a2
    Explain how the arts reflect cultural trends and historical events across the world and how new directions in the arts have emerged.
  • MU:Cn11.3.2.a2
    Explore careers in and related to the arts and how they impact local and global economies.
  • MU:Cr1.1.2.a2
    Improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns and musical ideas for a specific purpose.
  • MU:Cr1.1.2.b2
    Generate musical patterns and ideas within the context of a given tonality (such as major and minor) and meter (such as duple and triple).
  • MU:Cr2.1.2.a2
    Demonstrate and explain personal reasons for selecting patterns and ideas for music that represent expressive intent
  • MU:Cr2.1.2.b2
    Combine, sequence and document personal musical ideas using iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology.
  • MU:Cr3.1.2.a2
    Interpret and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to revise personal musical ideas.
  • MU:Cr3.2.2.a2
    Convey expressive intent for a specific purpose by presenting a final version of personal musical ideas to peers or informal audience.
  • MU:Pr4.1.2.a2
    Demonstrate and explain personal interest in, knowledge about, and purpose of varied musical selections.
  • MU:Pr4.2.2.a2
    Demonstrate knowledge of music concepts (such as tonality and meter) in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance.
  • MU:Pr4.2.2.b2
    When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using iconic or standard notation.
  • MU:Pr4.3.2.a2
    Demonstrate understanding of expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) and how creators use them to convey expressive intent.
  • MU:Pr5.1.2.a2
    Apply teacher provided criteria to judge accuracy, expressiveness, and effectiveness of performances.
  • MU:Pr5.1.2.b2
    Rehearse, identify and apply strategies to address interpretive challenges, performance, and technical challenges of music.
  • MU:Pr6.1.2.a2
    Perform music for a specific purpose with expression.
  • MU:Pr6.1.2.b2
    Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for purpose.
  • MU:Re7.1.2.a2
    Demonstrate and describe how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.
  • MU:Re7.2.2.a2
    Describe how specific music concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music.
  • MU:Re8.1.2.a2
    Demonstrate and identify expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) are used in performers’ interpretations to reflect expressive intent.
  • MU:Re9.1.2.a2
    Apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music for specific purposes.
  • MU:Cn10.1.3.a3
    Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.
  • MU:Cn10.2.3.a3
    Incorporate traditional and emerging technologies to create, perform, and respond to music.
  • MU:Cn10.3.3.a3
    Analyze and evaluate the effect of technology on development of music and performance.
  • MU:Cn11.1.3.a3
    Make connections among the arts and other disciplines which strengthen learning and transfer knowledge and skills to and from other fields.
  • MU:Cn11.2.3.a3
    Explain how the arts reflect cultural trends and historical events across the world and how new directions in the arts have emerged.
  • MU:Cn11.3.3.a3
    Explore careers in and related to the arts and how they impact local and global economies.
  • MU:Cr1.1.3.a3
    Improvise rhythmic and melodic ideas and describe connection to specific purpose and context (such as personal and social).
  • MU:Cr1.1.3.b3
    Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms and melodies) within a given tonality and/or meter.
  • MU:Cr2.1.3.a3
    Demonstrate selected musical ideas for a simple improvisation or composition to express intent and describe connection to a specific purpose and context.
  • MU:Cr2.1.3.b3
    Document personal rhythmic and melodic musical ideas using standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology.
  • MU:Cr3.1.3.a3
    Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback.
  • MU:Cr3.2.3.a3
    Present the final version of personal created music to others and describe connection to expressive intent.
  • MU:Pr4.1.3.a3
    Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.
  • MU:Pr4.2.3.a3
    Demonstrate understanding of the structure in music selected for performance.
  • MU:Pr4.2.3.b3
    When analyzing selected music, read and perform using standard notation..
  • MU:Pr4.2.3.c3
    Describe how context (such as personal and social) can inform a performance.
  • MU:Pr4.3.3.a3
    Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo).
  • MU:Pr5.1.3.a3
    Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate accuracy and expressiveness of ensemble performances.
  • MU:Pr5.1.3.b3
    Rehearse to refine technical accuracy, expressive qualities, and identified performance challenges.
  • MU:Pr6.1.3.a3
    Perform music for a specific purpose with expression and technical accuracy.
  • MU:Pr6.1.3.b3
    Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for context and venue.
  • MU:Re7.1.3.a3
    Demonstrate and explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by special interests, experiences, or purposes.
  • MU:Re7.2.3.a3
    Demonstrate and describe how a response to music can be influenced by structure, use of the elements of music, and context (such as personal and social).
  • MU:Re8.1.3.a3
    Demonstrate and describe how expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) are used in performers' interpretations to reflect expressive intent.
  • MU:Re9.1.3.a3
    Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria.
  • MU:Cn10.1.4.a4
    Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.
  • MU:Cn10.2.4.a4
    Incorporate traditional and emerging technologies to create, perform, and respond to music.
  • MU:Cn10.3.4.a4
    Analyze and evaluate the effect of technology on development of music and performance.
  • MU:Cn11.1.4.a4
    Make connections among the arts and other disciplines which strengthen learning and transfer knowledge and skills to and from other fields.
  • MU:Cn11.2.4.a4
    Explain how the arts reflect cultural trends and historical events across the world and how new directions in the arts have emerged.
  • MU:Cn11.3.4.a4
    Explore careers in and related to the arts and how they impact local and global economies.
  • MU:Cr1.1.4.a4
    Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas and explain connection to specific purpose and context (such as social and cultural).
  • MU:Cr1.1.4.b4
    Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and simple accompaniment patterns) within related tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters.
  • MU:Cr2.1.4.a4
    Demonstrate selected and organized musical ideas for an improvisation, arrangement, or composition to express intent and explain connection to purpose and context.
  • MU:Cr2.1.4.b4
    Document personal rhythmic, melodic, and simple harmonic musical ideas using standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology.
  • MU:Cr3.1.4.a4
    Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time.
  • MU:Cr3.2.4.a4
    Present the final version of personal created music to others and explain connection to expressive intent.
  • MU:Pr4.1.4.a4
    Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, context, and technical skill.
  • MU:Pr4.2.4.a4
    Demonstrate understanding of the structure and elements of music (such as rhythm, pitch, and form) in music selected for performance.
  • MU:Pr4.2.4.b4
    When analyzing selected music, read and perform using standard notation..
  • MU:Pr4.2.4.c4
    Explain how context (such as social and cultural) informs a performance.
  • MU:Pr4.3.4.a4
    Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre).
  • MU:Pr5.1.4.a4
    Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate accuracy and expressiveness of ensemble and personal performances.
  • MU:Pr5.1.4.b4
    Rehearse to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities, and address performance challenges.
  • MU:Pr6.1.4.a4
    Perform music for a specific purpose with expression and technical accuracy and appropriate interpretation.
  • MU:Pr6.1.4.b4
    Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for context, venue, and genre.
  • MU:Re7.1.4.a4
    Demonstrate and explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by special interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.
  • MU:Re7.2.4.a4
    Demonstrate and describe how responses to music are informed by structure, use of the elements of music, and context (such as social and cultural).
  • MU:Re8.1.4.a4
    Demonstrate and describe how expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre) are used in performers' and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent.
  • MU:Re9.1.4.a4
    Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to context.
  • MU:Cn10.1.5.a5
    Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.
  • MU:Cn10.2.5.a5
    Incorporate traditional and emerging technologies to create, perform, and respond to music.
  • MU:Cn10.3.5.a5
    Analyze and evaluate the effect of technology on development of music and performance.
  • MU:Cn11.1.5.a5
    Make connections among the arts and other disciplines which strengthen learning and transfer knowledge and skills to and from other fields.
  • MU:Cn11.2.5.a5
    Explain how the arts reflect cultural trends and historical events across the world and how new directions in the arts have emerged.
  • MU:Cn11.3.5.a5
    Explore careers in and related to the arts and how they impact local and global economies.
  • MU:Cr1.1.5.a5
    Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas and explain connection to specific purpose and context (such as social, cultural, and historical).
  • MU:Cr1.1.5.b5
    Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and accompaniment patterns) within related tonalities, meters, and simple chord changes.
  • MU:Cr2.1.5.a5
    Demonstrate selected and developed musical ideas for improvisations, arrangements, or compositions to express intent, and explain connection to purpose and context.
  • MU:Cr2.1.5.b5
    Document personal rhythmic, melodic, and two-chord harmonic musical ideas using standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology.
  • MU:Cr3.1.5.a5
    Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time, and explain rationale for changes.
  • MU:Cr3.2.5.a5
    Present the final version of personal created music to others that demonstrates craftsmanship and explain connection to expressive intent.
  • MU:Pr4.1.5.a5
    Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, context, as well as their personal and others' technical skill.
  • MU:Pr4.2.5.a5
    Demonstrate understanding of the structure and elements of music (such as rhythm, pitch, form, and harmony) in music selected for performance.
  • MU:Pr4.2.5.b5
    When analyzing selected music, read, identify by name standards symbols for rhythm, pitch, articulation, and dynamics, and perform using standard notation..
  • MU:Pr4.2.5.c5
    Explain how context (such as social, cultural, and historical) informs a performance.
  • MU:Pr4.3.5.a5
    Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, timbre, and articulation/style).
  • MU:Pr5.1.5.a5
    Apply established criteria and feedback to evaluate accuracy and expressiveness of ensemble and personal performances.
  • MU:Pr5.1.5.b5
    Rehearse to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities to address challenges and show improvement over time.
  • MU:Pr6.1.5.a5
    Perform music for a specific purpose with expression, technical accuracy, and refined interpretation.
  • MU:Pr6.1.5.b5
    Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for context, venue, genre, and style.
  • MU:Re7.1.5.a5
    Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, how selected music connects to and is influenced by special interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.
  • MU:Re7.2.5.a5
    Demonstrate and explain, citing evidence, how responses to music are informed by structure, use of the elements of music, and context (such as social, cultural, and historical).
  • MU:Re8.1.5.a5
    Demonstrate and explain how expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, timbre, and articulation) are used in performers' and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent.
  • MU:Re9.1.5.a5
    Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to context, citing evidence from elements of music.
  • MU:Cn10.1.6.a6
    Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.
  • MU:Cn10.2.6.a6
    Incorporate traditional and emerging technologies to create, perform, and respond to music.
  • MU:Cn10.3.6.a6
    Analyze and evaluate the effect of technology on development of music and performance.
  • MU:Cn11.1.6.a6
    Make connections among the arts and other disciplines which strengthen learning and transfer knowledge and skills to and from other fields.
  • MU:Cn11.2.6.a6
    Explain how the arts reflect cultural trends and historical events across the world and how new directions in the arts have emerged.
  • MU:Cn11.3.6.a6
    Explore careers in and related to the arts and how they impact local and global economies.
  • MU:Cr1.1.6.a6
    Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrases within AB and ABA forms that convey expressive intent.
  • MU:Cr2.1.6.a6
    Select, organize, and construct personal musical ideas for arrangements and compositions within AB or ABA form that demonstrate effective beginning, middle, and ending, and convey expressive intent.
  • MU:Cr2.1.6.b6
    Document personal rhythmic, melodic phrases, with simple chord progressions, using standard and/or iconic notation and/or audio/video recording.
  • MU:Cr3.1.6.a6
    Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying student-developed criteria.
  • MU:Cr3.2.6.a6
    Present the final version of personal composition or arrangement, using craftsmanship to demonstrate an effective beginning, middle, and ending, that conveys expressive intent.
  • MU:Pr4.1.6.a6
    Apply established criteria for selecting music to perform for a specific purpose and/or context and explain why each was chosen.
  • MU:Pr4.2.6.a6
    Demonstrate and explain how the structure and elements of music are used in music selected for performance.
  • MU:Pr4.2.6.b6
    When analyzing selected music, read, identify musical elements by name or function.
  • MU:Pr4.2.6.c6
    Identify how cultural and historical context inform performances.
  • MU:Pr4.3.6.a6
    Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, timbre, articulation/style, and phrasing).
  • MU:Pr5.1.6.a6
    Identify and apply established criteria (such as correct interpretation of notation, technical accuracy, originality, and interest) to rehearse, refine, and determine when a piece is ready to perform.
  • MU:Pr6.1.6.a6
    Perform music for a specific purpose with technical accuracy to convey creator's intent..
  • MU:Pr6.1.6.b6
    Demonstrate refined performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for context, venue, genre, and style.
  • MU:Re7.1.6.a6
    Select or choose music and explain connections to specific interests or experiences for a specific purpose or context.
  • MU:Re7.2.6.a6
    Demonstrate how elements of music and expressive qualities relate to structure of pieces.
  • MU:Re7.2.6.b6
    Identify context of music from a variety of genres, cultures, and historical periods.
  • MU:Re8.1.6.a6
    Describe a personal interpretation of how creators' and performers' application of elements of music and expressive qualities, within genres and cultural and historical context, convey expressive intent.
  • MU:Re9.1.6.a6
    Apply established criteria to evaluate musical works or performances and explain appropriateness to context, citing evidence from elements of music.

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