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South Carolina K–6 music standards

South Carolina writes its own music standards. They are published as South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for Visual and Performing Arts Proficiency, adopted 2017 and are not a version of a national framework. Every one is matched to a national standard.

Proficiency-tier standards (Novice+Intermediate kept, Advanced dropped); gradeLevel K-6 is our editorial band, SC publishes no grade mapping for the arts. Manual split+filter by scripts/extract-sc-arts.mjs; re-run the extractor after any re-fetch (the CSP VPA family is excluded via subjectMap). Crosswalk to NCAS is structural by (discipline, SC anchor#).

Framework
South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards for Visual and Performing Arts Proficiency
Adopted
2017
Source last checked
August 2, 2026
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375 standards, kindergarten through 6th grade

  • CM.C.IH.8.1K–6
    I can change a musical work using the elements of music from a culture or time period.
  • CM.C.IH.9.1K–6
    I can apply concepts from other arts disciplines and content areas to my music.
  • CM.C.IH.9.2K–6
    I can research skills needed for various music careers.
  • CM.C.IL.8.1K–6
    I can examine music from multiple cultures and time periods.
  • CM.C.IL.9.1K–6
    I can apply music concepts to other arts disciplines and content areas.
  • CM.C.IL.9.2K–6
    I can demonstrate and describe the skills needed for careers in music.
  • CM.C.IM.8.1K–6
    I can research a specific culture/time period and perform a song from that culture/time period.
  • CM.C.IM.9.1K–6
    I can examine the relationship between music and specific content from another arts discipline and content area.
  • CM.C.IM.9.2K–6
    I can examine the educational requirements needed for a variety of careers in music.
  • CM.C.NH.9.1K–6
    I can demonstrate and describe the relationship between music and a concept from another subject in my school.
  • CM.C.NH.9.2K–6
    I can identify specific careers in music.
  • CM.C.NL.8.1K–6
    I can recognize that all cultures perform music.
  • CM.C.NL.9.1K–6
    I can identify the relationship between music and another subject in my school.
  • CM.C.NL.9.2K–6
    I can identify and discuss examples of musicians in my community.
  • CM.C.NM.8.1K–6
    I can recognize similar elements of music in a specific culture.
  • CM.C.NM.9.1K–6
    I can demonstrate a relationship between music and another subject in my school.
  • CM.C.NM.9.2K–6
    I can identify life skills necessary for a music career.
  • CM.CR.IH.1.1K–6
    I can combine different voices to create various tone colors in my arrange-ment.
  • CM.CR.IH.1.2K–6
    I can experiment with changes in tone color, creating variety and contrast through a combination of different voices.
  • CM.CR.IH.1.3K–6
    I can experiment with non-chord tones and chord pro-gressions.
  • CM.CR.IH.2.1K–6
    I can identify chord changes to improvise a short melody.
  • CM.CR.IH.2.2K–6
    I can improvise simple melodic phrases that correspond with chord progressions in an unfamiliar song.
  • CM.CR.IL.1.1K–6
    I can create a simple tune (monopho-nic melody) without accompaniment, within specified guidelines.
  • CM.CR.IL.1.2K–6
    I can create a melody using rhythms that are appropriate for the time signature.
  • CM.CR.IL.2.1K–6
    I can improvise my own simple rhythmic pattern using a neutral syllable.
  • CM.CR.IL.2.2K–6
    I can improvise my own simple rhythm patterns using ta-ka-di-mi or a counting system.
  • CM.CR.IM.1.1K–6
    I can develop a simple tune with accompanying parts (homopho-nic work).
  • CM.CR.IM.1.2K–6
    I can develop an original arrange-ment of a traditional canon or round.
  • CM.CR.IM.1.3K–6
    I can develop my song using I, IV, and V chord pro-gressions.
  • CM.CR.IM.2.1K–6
    I can improvise my own simple tonal patterns on a neutral syllable.
  • CM.CR.IM.2.2K–6
    I can improvise my own simple tonal patterns using solfege.
  • CM.CR.NH.1.1K–6
    I can sing a variety of pitches and rhythms and label a music staff with clef and metric symbols.
  • CM.CR.NH.1.2K–6
    I can write note and rest values on a music staff.
  • CM.CR.NH.1.3K–6
    I can write beats and rhythms within measures.
  • CM.CR.NH.2.1K–6
    I can imitate simple melodic phrases given simple chord progres-sions.
  • CM.CR.NH.2.2K–6
    I can embellish a given melodic phrase that corresponds with a simple chord progression.
  • CM.CR.NL.1.1K–6
    I can recognize long and short sounds and identify simple rhythms from notation.
  • CM.CR.NL.1.2K–6
    I can write music rhythms or sounds, using symbols.
  • CM.CR.NL.1.3K–6
    I can identify same and different rhythm patterns.
  • CM.CR.NL.2.1K–6
    I can imitate rhythm using a neutral syllable (shhh, ba, etc.)
  • CM.CR.NL.2.2K–6
    I can imitate rhythm using a ta-ka-di-mi or a counting system.
  • CM.CR.NM.1.1K–6
    I can create and recognize high and low sounds to represent some pitches.
  • CM.CR.NM.1.2K–6
    I can write high and low notes on a music staff to represent pitches.
  • CM.CR.NM.1.3K–6
    I can identify same and different melodic patterns.
  • CM.CR.NM.2.1K–6
    I can produce one-phrase responses using two to three pitches on a neutral syllable (such as loo or la).
  • CM.CR.NM.2.2K–6
    I can echo simple tonal patterns using solfege.
  • CM.P.IH.3.2K–6
    I can sing 2-3 part songs with centered tone quality, in tune, while demonstrating articulation changes.
  • CM.P.IH.4.1K–6
    I can interpret a conductor's gesture with rhythmic and melodic precision.
  • CM.P.IH.4.2K–6
    I can interpret a conductor's dynamic, articulation, and phrasing cues.
  • CM.P.IH.5.1K–6
    I can perform at sight moderately complex unfamiliar musical works with accurate pitches.
  • CM.P.IH.5.2K–6
    I can notate intermediate note values and time signatures.
  • CM.P.IH.5.3K–6
    I can apply intermediate tempo markings in my music.
  • CM.P.IH.5.4K–6
    I can apply advanced expressive markings in my music.
  • CM.P.IH.7.2K–6
    I can use the elements of music to evaluate my performance or the performance of others.
  • CM.P.IL.3.1K–6
    I can sing with a resonant, centered, and free tone in harmony.
  • CM.P.IL.3.2K–6
    I can produce a centered tone in a comfortable tessitura. can sing in tune my assigned part with clear tone quality, using breath control and correct posture.
  • CM.P.IL.4.1K–6
    I can sing, observing a variety of dynamic markings in songs.
  • CM.P.IL.4.2K–6
    I can sing, observing phrasing suggestions and markings in music.
  • CM.P.IL.5.1K–6
    I can identify sharps, flats, naturals, and simple key signatures.
  • CM.P.IL.5.2K–6
    I can sight-read stepwise tonic (do, re, mi, fa, so) patterns and simple meter based (2/4, 3/4, 4/4) rhythmic patterns.
  • CM.P.IL.5.3K–6
    I can identify advanced note values and time signatures that represent syncopation and smaller beat subdivisions in my music.
  • CM.P.IL.5.4K–6
    I can identify expressive markings in my music.
  • CM.P.IL.7.2K–6
    I can describe the characteristics of a quality performance using musical terms.
  • CM.P.IM.3.1K–6
    I can sing 2-3 part songs with centered tone quality, in tune, while demonstrating dynamic changes.
  • CM.P.IM.3.2K–6
    I can sing with a centered tone and a steady tempo.
  • CM.P.IM.4.1K–6
    I can interpret a conductor's dynamic and phrasing cues when singing.
  • CM.P.IM.4.2K–6
    I can sing, observing phrasing markings and breathing appropriate-ly alone and in groups.
  • CM.P.IM.5.1K–6
    I can perform at sight simple unfamiliar musical works with accurate pitches.
  • CM.P.IM.5.2K–6
    I can sight read using reading systems such as ta-ka-di-mi, Gordon, count singing, and neutral syllables to unfamiliar melodies with tonic triad skips.
  • CM.P.IM.5.3K–6
    I can apply basic tempo markings in my music.
  • CM.P.IM.5.4K–6
    I can apply expressive markings in my music.
  • CM.P.IM.7.2K–6
    I can use the elements of music to evaluate a composi-tion.
  • CM.P.NH.3.1K–6
    I can blend my voice with others singing in tune in my head voice.
  • CM.P.NH.3.2K–6
    I can sing in tune with breath support.
  • CM.P.NH.4.1K–6
    I can demonstrate dynamic levels in response to a conductor.
  • CM.P.NH.4.2K–6
    I can respond to a conductor's gradual dynamic cues when singing.
  • CM.P.NH.5.1K–6
    I can perform simple unfamiliar rhythm patterns using music notation.
  • CM.P.NH.5.2K–6
    I can perform simple unfamiliar tonal patterns using music notation.
  • CM.P.NH.5.3K–6
    I can sing in unison and simple 2-part music.
  • CM.P.NH.5.4K–6
    I can sing simple patterns in multiple tonalities.
  • CM.P.NH.7.2K–6
    I can identify some criteria for music performance.
  • CM.P.NH.8.1K–6
    I can identify similar elements of music in different cultures.
  • CM.P.NL.3.1K–6
    I can sing some simple patterns alone and with others.
  • CM.P.NL.3.2K–6
    I can demonstrate correct singing posture.
  • CM.P.NL.4.1K–6
    I can speak, chant to the beat.
  • CM.P.NL.4.2K–6
    I can sing and move to the beat.
  • CM.P.NL.5.1K–6
    I can use non-traditional notation to identify pitches in a clef.
  • CM.P.NL.5.2K–6
    I can identify note values.
  • CM.P.NL.5.3K–6
    I can identify simple familiar rhythm patterns with correspond-ing notation.
  • CM.P.NL.5.4K–6
    I can identify simple familiar tonal patterns with correspond-ing notation.
  • CM.P.NL.7.2K–6
    I can discuss my preference for a piece of music.
  • CM.P.NM.3.1K–6
    I can identify and sing in my head and chest voices
  • CM.P.NM.3.2K–6
    I can sing songs based on the pentatonic scale.
  • CM.P.NM.4.1K–6
    I can demonstrate different tempo markings when singing and moving to the beat.
  • CM.P.NM.4.2K–6
    I can demonstrate dynamic levels when singing and moving to the beat.
  • CM.P.NM.5.1K–6
    I can sing tonal patterns using a sight-reading system.
  • CM.P.NM.5.2K–6
    I can identify basic time signatures.
  • CM.P.NM.5.3K–6
    I can sing using eighth, quarter, half and whole notes and rests.
  • CM.P.NM.5.4K–6
    I can sing a variety of tempos in music.
  • CM.P.NM.7.2K–6
    I can identify characteristics of a performance that I like/dislike.
  • CM.R.IH.6.1K–6
    I can identify advanced musical symbols, key signatures, and complex meter.
  • CM.R.IH.6.2K–6
    I can explain why advanced musical symbols, key signatures, and complex meter are used in music.
  • CM.R.IH.6.3K–6
    I can use the elements of music to offer suggestions for improve-ment.
  • CM.R.IH.7.1K–6
    I can compare my performance to the performance of others.
  • CM.R.IL.6.1K–6
    I can explain how music elements are used to communicate ideas.
  • CM.R.IL.6.2K–6
    I can describe how the elements of music affect the mood of a song.
  • CM.R.IL.6.3K–6
    I can use the elements of music to describe my emotional response to a music performance.
  • CM.R.IL.7.1K–6
    I can define all the elements of music.
  • CM.R.IM.6.1K–6
    I can identify how the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, form, and expressive elements are different in varying genres of music.
  • CM.R.IM.6.2K–6
    I can describe common elements found in various genres of music.
  • CM.R.IM.6.3K–6
    I can use the elements of music to describe why I like particular genres.
  • CM.R.IM.7.1K–6
    I can identify specific criteria I use when I critique others' perform-ances.
  • CM.R.NH.6.1K–6
    I can recognize patterns in the music that I hear.
  • CM.R.NH.6.2K–6
    I can identify common forms such as call and response, verse and refrain, ABA.
  • CM.R.NH.6.3K–6
    I can identify criteria for a music performance.
  • CM.R.NH.7.1K–6
    I can describe some of the elements of music.
  • CM.R.NL.6.1K–6
    I can identify rhythm, dynamics, pitch, harmony, tone color, texture, and form.
  • CM.R.NL.6.2K–6
    I can identify instrument families in the symphony orchestra.
  • CM.R.NL.6.3K–6
    I can identify different voice types.
  • CM.R.NL.7.1K–6
    I can recognize some elements of music, such as loud/soft, fast/slow.
  • CM.R.NM.6.1K–6
    I can identify basic music symbols and terms in written music.
  • CM.R.NM.6.2K–6
    I can apply my knowledge of musical symbols and terminology to a performance.
  • CM.R.NM.6.3K–6
    I can identify characteristics of a performance that I like/dislike.
  • CM.R.NM.7.1K–6
    I can define basic music terminology using my own words.
  • GM.C.IH.8.1K–6
    I can change a musical work using the elements of music from a culture or time period.
  • GM.C.IH.9.1K–6
    I can apply concepts from other arts disciplines and content areas to my music.
  • GM.C.IH.9.2K–6
    I can compare similarities and differences in a variety of music careers and roles of musicians in those careers.
  • GM.C.IL.8.1K–6
    I can identify similarities and differences in music from multiple cultures and time periods.
  • GM.C.IL.9.1K–6
    I can apply music concepts to other arts disciplines and content areas.
  • GM.C.IL.9.2K–6
    I can demonstrate and describe the skills needed for careers in music.
  • GM.C.IM.8.1K–6
    I can use music vocabulary terms such as form, tempo, dynamics, etc. to describe musical works from similar cultures and time periods.
  • GM.C.IM.9.1K–6
    I can examine the relationship between music and specific content from another arts discipline and content area.
  • GM.C.IM.9.2K–6
    I can examine the educational requirements needed for a variety of careers in music.
  • GM.C.NH.8.1K–6
    I can find similar elements of music in different cultures/time periods.
  • GM.C.NH.9.1K–6
    I can demonstrate and describe the relationship between music and a concept from another subject in my school.
  • GM.C.NH.9.2K–6
    I can identify specific careers in music.
  • GM.C.NL.8.1K–6
    I can recognize that all cultures and time periods use music.
  • GM.C.NL.9.1K–6
    I can identify the relationship between music and another subject in my school.
  • GM.C.NL.9.2K–6
    I can identify topics in music that interest me.
  • GM.C.NM.8.1K–6
    I can find similar elements of music within a culture/time period.
  • GM.C.NM.9.1K–6
    I can make connections between music and another subject in my school.
  • GM.C.NM.9.2K–6
    I can identify life skills necessary for a music career.
  • GM.CR.IH.1.1K–6
    I can identify key signatures in melodic phrases.
  • GM.CR.IH.1.2K–6
    I can construct a rhythmic, melodic and harmonic idea for a given mood.
  • GM.CR.IH.2.1K–6
    I can identify chord changes.
  • GM.CR.IH.2.2K–6
    I can embellish a given melodic phrase that corresponds with simple chord changes.
  • GM.CR.IL.1.1K–6
    I can explain the use of ostinato to arrange a melodic idea.
  • GM.CR.IL.1.2K–6
    I can construct arrange-ments of simple pieces for voices or instruments.
  • GM.CR.IL.2.1K–6
    I can improvise simple tonal patterns within a given key.
  • GM.CR.IL.2.2K–6
    I can improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns to create a musical phrase.
  • GM.CR.IM.1.1K–6
    I can organize rhythmic and melodic patterns into a musical phrase.
  • GM.CR.IM.1.2K–6
    I can create a melodic phrase over a given rhythmic idea.
  • GM.CR.IM.2.1K–6
    I can embellish a bass line with improvised rhythm from an instrument or music software.
  • GM.CR.IM.2.2K–6
    I can sing on a neutral syllable an improvised rhythm.
  • GM.CR.NH.1.1K–6
    I can use rhythm patterns, songs or words to create a musical idea.
  • GM.CR.NH.1.2K–6
    I can create a musical idea given specific instructions.
  • GM.CR.NH.2.1K–6
    I can improvise simple ostinati patterns within a given meter
  • GM.CR.NH.2.2K–6
    I can improvise rhythm patterns, songs or chants to create a musical idea.
  • GM.CR.NL.1.1K–6
    I can match sound and pattern.
  • GM.CR.NL.1.2K–6
    I can imitate a given music rhythm or sound using symbols.
  • GM.CR.NL.2.1K–6
    I can identify same and different rhythms patterns.
  • GM.CR.NL.2.2K–6
    I can echo simple rhythm patterns.
  • GM.CR.NM.1.1K–6
    I can identify simple forms.
  • GM.CR.NM.1.2K–6
    I can identify same and different patterns.
  • GM.CR.NM.2.1K–6
    I can identify same and different melodic patterns.
  • GM.CR.NM.2.2K–6
    I can echo simple tonal patterns.
  • GM.P.IH.3.1K–6
    I can sing phrasing while responding to a director's cues.
  • GM.P.IH.3.2K–6
    I can sight read in multiple tonalities and rhythms.
  • GM.P.IH.4.1K–6
    I can rehearse for improvement in an ensemble.
  • GM.P.IH.4.2K–6
    I can use proper technique to express music.
  • GM.P.IH.4.3K–6
    I can play my part independently while others play.
  • GM.P.IH.5.1K–6
    I can read and use key signatures.
  • GM.P.IH.5.2K–6
    I can read and use meter signatures.
  • GM.P.IL.3.1K–6
    I can sing 2-part songs.
  • GM.P.IL.3.2K–6
    I can sing with appropriate diction and articulation.
  • GM.P.IL.4.1K–6
    I can play accompaniments and songs in major and minor tonalities.
  • GM.P.IL.4.2K–6
    I can play using proper technique and posture.
  • GM.P.IL.4.3K–6
    I can play in treble and bass clefs.
  • GM.P.IL.5.1K–6
    I can read all notes in treble and bass clefs
  • GM.P.IL.5.2K–6
    I can read basic rhythms including dotted rhythms.
  • GM.P.IM.3.1K–6
    I can sing with proper intonation alone and in different ensembles.
  • GM.P.IM.3.2K–6
    I can apply dynamics and expression when I sing.
  • GM.P.IM.4.1K–6
    I can play my part independent-ly in an ensemble.
  • GM.P.IM.4.2K–6
    I can play my instrument with technical accuracy.
  • GM.P.IM.4.3K–6
    I can read from notation, songs I play.
  • GM.P.IM.5.1K–6
    I can read alto/tenor clef.
  • GM.P.IM.5.2K–6
    I can identify compound, complex, and syncopated rhythms.
  • GM.P.NH.3.1K–6
    I can sing or move using a steady beat.
  • GM.P.NH.3.2K–6
    I can use good posture and breath support when I sing.
  • GM.P.NH.4.1K–6
    I can use music notation to play instruments.
  • GM.P.NH.4.2K–6
    I can play pentatonic scales on instruments.
  • GM.P.NH.4.3K–6
    I can identify rhythmic notation.
  • GM.P.NH.5.1K–6
    I can read standard notation.
  • GM.P.NH.5.2K–6
    I can read meter in 4/4, 3/4, and 2/4.
  • GM.P.NL.3.1K–6
    I can sing songs in my range.
  • GM.P.NL.3.2K–6
    I can use my voice to imitate other sounds.
  • GM.P.NL.4.1K–6
    I can use my body to make sounds.
  • GM.P.NL.4.2K–6
    I can play pitched and unpitched instruments.
  • GM.P.NL.4.3K–6
    I can follow the teacher when I use classroom instruments.
  • GM.P.NL.5.1K–6
    I can read rhythm patterns with my voice, body, and instruments.
  • GM.P.NL.5.2K–6
    I can read basic rhythms.
  • GM.P.NM.3.1K–6
    I can match pitch when I sing.
  • GM.P.NM.3.2K–6
    I can sing with my head voice and chest voice.
  • GM.P.NM.4.1K–6
    I can echo an ostinato rhythm pattern.
  • GM.P.NM.4.2K–6
    I can play melodic patterns using steps and skips.
  • GM.P.NM.4.3K–6
    I can ask and answer musical questions using instruments.
  • GM.P.NM.5.1K–6
    I can name notes in treble clef.
  • GM.P.NM.5.2K–6
    I can read simple quarter, eighth, half, whole notes and rests.
  • GM.R.IH.6.1K–6
    I can listen, identify, and explain the elements of pitch, tempo, dynamics, and style used in different cultures and time periods.
  • GM.R.IH.6.2K–6
    I can examine the use of timbre and texture in music from a variety of different genres.
  • GM.R.IH.6.3K–6
    I can examine the use of musical forms presented in a varied repertoire of music.
  • GM.R.IH.7.1K–6
    I can apply assessment tools to evaluate tone quality, intonation, articulation, rhythmic accuracy, musicality, posture, and stage presence to my personal performance.
  • GM.R.IL.6.1K–6
    I can listen, identify and explain pitch, tempo, and dynamics to describe music of different styles.
  • GM.R.IL.6.2K–6
    I can listen to and identify orchestral, band, and electronic instruments by sight and sound.
  • GM.R.IL.6.3K–6
    I can examine musical forms to describe a musical style.
  • GM.R.IL.7.1K–6
    I can describe the quality of a musical performance.
  • GM.R.IM.6.1K–6
    I can examine the elements of pitch, tempo, and dynamics in a variety of musical styles presented aurally and visually.
  • GM.R.IM.6.2K–6
    I can examine the contribution of timbre in a variety of musical instruments/voices to musical style and mood.
  • GM.R.IM.6.3K–6
    I can identify musical forms presented aurally and visually.
  • GM.R.IM.7.1K–6
    I can apply assessment tools to evaluate tone quality, intonation, articulation, rhythmic accuracy, musicality, posture, and stage presence to a live or recorded performance.
  • GM.R.NH.6.1K–6
    I can use appropriate vocabulary to describe pitch, tempo, and dynamics.
  • GM.R.NH.6.2K–6
    I can identify by sight and sound voice types and classroom instruments.
  • GM.R.NH.6.3K–6
    I can identify examples of complex musical forms.
  • GM.R.NH.7.1K–6
    I can talk and write about music using musical vocabulary.
  • GM.R.NL.6.1K–6
    I can identify dynamics and steady beat.
  • GM.R.NL.6.2K–6
    I can identify same and different sound sources.
  • GM.R.NL.6.3K–6
    I can name same and different sections.
  • GM.R.NL.7.1K–6
    I can listen and respond to music.
  • GM.R.NM.6.1K–6
    I can identify changes in dynamics, tempo and rhythm.
  • GM.R.NM.6.2K–6
    I can name voice types and instrument families.
  • GM.R.NM.6.3K–6
    I can identify examples of some basic musical forms.
  • GM.R.NM.7.1K–6
    I can model and describe audience behavior in different settings.
  • IM.B.P.IH.3.1K–6
    I can consistently play in tune.
  • IM.B.P.IH.4.1K–6
    I can demonstrate dynamic contrast and play four to eight bar phrases.
  • IM.B.P.IL.3.1K–6
    I can play in tune within a limited range.
  • IM.B.P.IL.4.1K–6
    I can play scales and/or rudiments with accuracy.
  • IM.B.P.IL.4.2K–6
    I can perform an expanding variety of articulations with accuracy.
  • IM.B.P.IM.3.1K–6
    I can play in tune within an expanding range.
  • IM.B.P.IM.4.1K–6
    I can play syncopated patterns, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth note rhythms in various meters.
  • IM.B.P.NH.3.1K–6
    I can play all of the pitches I've learned with a character-istic tone and in tune.
  • IM.B.P.NH.4.1K–6
    I can demonstrate correct technique for performing loud and soft dynamics.
  • IM.B.P.NH.4.2K–6
    I can shape a basic musical phrase.
  • IM.B.P.NL.3.1K–6
    I can play the first sounds on my instrument with character-istic tone quality.
  • IM.B.P.NL.3.2K–6
    I can demonstrate correct posture and playing position.
  • IM.B.P.NL.4.1K–6
    I can hold my instrument the correct way at all times.
  • IM.B.P.NL.4.2K–6
    I can play using correct fingering/sticking technique.
  • IM.B.P.NL.4.3K–6
    I can play simple scale and/or rudimental patterns.
  • IM.B.P.NM.3.1K–6
    I can play the first 3-5 pitches on my instrument with character-istic tone quality.
  • IM.B.P.NM.4.1K–6
    I can keep a steady pulse in various meters.
  • IM.B.P.NM.4.2K–6
    I can play using basic articulations.
  • IM.C.IH.8.1K–6
    I can interpret how music preferences influence personal values and attitudes.
  • IM.C.IH.8.2K–6
    I can describe how music is a vehicle of expression that inspires listener to think differently.
  • IM.C.IH.9.1K–6
    I can apply concepts from other arts disciplines and content areas to my music.
  • IM.C.IH.9.2K–6
    I can identify materials and tools needed for specific careers in music.
  • IM.C.IL.8.1K–6
    I can recognize the significance and intent of music some cultures.
  • IM.C.IL.8.2K–6
    I can identify the appropriate music for particular events.
  • IM.C.IL.9.1K–6
    I can apply music concepts and skills to other arts disciplines and content areas.
  • IM.C.IM.8.1K–6
    I can describe the significance and intent of music from a specific culture.
  • IM.C.IM.8.2K–6
    I can describe how music functions in a culture.
  • IM.C.IM.9.1K–6
    I can identify music skills that connect to specific content from another arts discipline and content area.
  • IM.C.IM.9.2K–6
    I can identify skills needed for a career in music.
  • IM.C.NH.8.1K–6
    I can describe how music is used in my life and my community.
  • IM.C.NH.8.2K–6
    I can describe how the elements of music are used in my culture.
  • IM.C.NH.9.1K–6
    I can describe the connection between music and a concept from another subject in my school.
  • IM.C.NH.9.2K–6
    I can identify careers in music.
  • IM.C.NL.8.1K–6
    I can describe how sound and music is used in my everyday life.
  • IM.C.NL.9.1K–6
    I can identify the relationship between music and another subject in my school.
  • IM.C.NM.8.1K–6
    I can recognize musical concepts and elements specific to my culture.
  • IM.C.NM.8.2K–6
    I can recognize how music is used for occasions unique to my culture.
  • IM.C.NM.9.1K–6
    I can demonstrate a relationship between music and another subject in my school.
  • IM.CR.IH.1.1K–6
    I can compose melodies with simple chord progressions.
  • IM.CR.IH.1.2K–6
    I can arrange melodies with simple chord progressions.
  • IM.CR.IH.2.1K–6
    I can identify chord changes.
  • IM.CR.IH.2.2K–6
    I can improvise simple melodic phrases that correspond with chord changes.
  • IM.CR.IL.1.1K–6
    I can adapt a melody for my instrument.
  • IM.CR.IL.1.2K–6
    I can create a variation on a given theme.
  • IM.CR.IL.1.3K–6
    I can compose using verse-refrain, AB, ABA, and theme & variation forms.
  • IM.CR.IL.2.1K–6
    I can improvise my own simple rhythm patterns on a neutral syllable, incorporating movement.
  • IM.CR.IL.2.2K–6
    I can improvise my own simple rhythm patterns using rhythmic solfege or a counting system.
  • IM.CR.IL.2.3K–6
    I can improvise my own simple rhythm patterns on my instrument.
  • IM.CR.IM.1.1K–6
    I can write basic chords in a given key.
  • IM.CR.IM.1.2K–6
    I can write a basic chord progression in a given key.
  • IM.CR.IM.1.3K–6
    I can write a basic harmonic accompany-ment in a given key.
  • IM.CR.IM.2.1K–6
    I can improvise my own simple tonal patterns on a neutral syllable.
  • IM.CR.IM.2.2K–6
    I can improvise my own simple tonal patterns using tonal solfege or pitch names.
  • IM.CR.IM.2.3K–6
    I can improvise on my own simple tonal patterns on my instrument.
  • IM.CR.NH.1.1K–6
    I can write a simple melody within a given key, tonality, and meter.
  • IM.CR.NH.2.1K–6
    I can imitate simple melodic phrases given simple chord changes.
  • IM.CR.NH.2.2K–6
    I can embellish a given melodic phrase that corresponds with simple chord changes on my instrument.
  • IM.CR.NL.1.1K–6
    I can choose various note values to represent simple rhythm patterns.
  • IM.CR.NL.1.2K–6
    I can write simple rhythm patterns using standard music notation.
  • IM.CR.NL.2.1K–6
    I can echo simple rhythm patterns on a neutral syllable, incorporating movement.
  • IM.CR.NL.2.2K–6
    I can echo simple rhythm patterns using rhythmic solfege or a counting system.
  • IM.CR.NL.2.3K–6
    I can echo simple rhythm patterns on my instrument.
  • IM.CR.NM.1.1K–6
    I can choose various pitches to represent simple melodic patterns.
  • IM.CR.NM.1.2K–6
    I can write simple melodic patterns using standard music notation.
  • IM.CR.NM.2.1K–6
    I can echo simple tonal patterns on a neutral syllable.
  • IM.CR.NM.2.2K–6
    I can echo simple tonal patterns using tonal solfege on pitch names.
  • IM.CR.NM.2.3K–6
    I can echo simple tonal patterns on my instrument.
  • IM.O.P.IH.3.1K–6
    I can perform using appropriate finger placement associated with extensions and shifting.
  • IM.O.P.IH.3.2K–6
    I can play in tune in higher positions, making accurate shifts.
  • IM.O.P.IH.3.3K–6
    I can play using specific contact points on my instrument and bow to create dynamics.
  • IM.O.P.IH.3.4K–6
    I can move my left hand using primary vibrato skills.
  • IM.O.P.IH.4.1K–6
    I can perform using dynamic expression.
  • IM.O.P.IH.4.2K–6
    I can perform lyrically shaped dynamics using appropriate bow control.
  • IM.O.P.IL.3.1K–6
    I can play in tune within an ensemble on an appropriate level of music.
  • IM.O.P.IL.3.2K–6
    I can identify notes that are higher or lower than first position on my instrument.
  • IM.O.P.IL.4.1K–6
    I can perform using correct hand positions to reach appropriate registers of my instrument.
  • IM.O.P.IL.4.2K–6
    I can perform with increasing tempo using precise finger placement and bow movement.
  • IM.O.P.IM.3.1K–6
    I can perform appropriate scales that use expanded registers, in tune.
  • IM.O.P.IM.3.2K–6
    I can move my left hand position to execute basic extensions and shifting finger patterns, in tune.
  • IM.O.P.IM.4.1K–6
    I can perform rhythms using a developing knowledge of note and rest values.
  • IM.O.P.IM.4.2K–6
    I can perform a variety of articulations.
  • IM.O.P.IM.4.3K–6
    I can perform music containing compound duple and triple time signatures.
  • IM.O.P.NH.3.1K–6
    I can play with my left hand in position using correct finger patterns on the fingerboard.
  • IM.O.P.NH.3.2K–6
    I can move the bow using detached and connected bow stroke techniques.
  • IM.O.P.NH.3.3K–6
    I can listen and adjust my finger placement to match a given pitch.
  • IM.O.P.NH.4.1K–6
    I can demonstrate loud and soft dynamics.
  • IM.O.P.NH.4.2K–6
    I can play musical phrases within my repertoire.
  • IM.O.P.NL.3.1K–6
    I can hold my bow correctly.
  • IM.O.P.NL.3.2K–6
    I can move the bow on open strings.
  • IM.O.P.NL.4.1K–6
    I can hold my instrument correctly at all times.
  • IM.O.P.NL.4.2K–6
    I can hold my instrument with appropriate posture.
  • IM.O.P.NL.4.3K–6
    I can pay my instrument using correct bow hold and bow movement.
  • IM.O.P.NM.3.1K–6
    I can move my bow, both up and down, while playing a selection of notes.
  • IM.O.P.NM.3.2K–6
    I can identify whole and half steps, placing my fingers on my strings accordingly.
  • IM.O.P.NM.4.1K–6
    I can perform basic rhythms, keeping a steady pulse.
  • IM.O.P.NM.4.2K–6
    I can perform music in simple duple and triple meters.
  • IM.O.P.NM.4.3K–6
    I can play using basic articulations.
  • IM.P.IH.5.1K–6
    I can perform at sight moderately complex unfamiliar musical works with accurate pitches.
  • IM.P.IH.5.2K–6
    I can perform at sight moderately complex unfamiliar musical works with accurate pitches and rhythms.
  • IM.P.IH.5.3K–6
    I can perform at sight moderately complex unfamiliar musical works with accurate pitches and rhythms at a steady tempo.
  • IM.P.IL.5.1K–6
    I can identify advanced key signatures in the clef appropriate to my instrument.
  • IM.P.IL.5.2K–6
    I can identify advanced note values and meter signatures that represent syncopation and smaller beat subdivisions in my music.
  • IM.P.IL.5.3K–6
    I can identify technical, expressive, and formal indications in my music.
  • IM.P.IM.5.1K–6
    I can perform at sight simple unfamiliar musical works with accurate pitches.
  • IM.P.IM.5.2K–6
    I can perform at sight simple unfamiliar musical works with accurate pitches and rhythms.
  • IM.P.IM.5.3K–6
    I can perform at sight simple unfamiliar musical works with accurate pitches and rhythms at a steady tempo.
  • IM.P.NH.5.1K–6
    I can perform simple unfamiliar rhythm patterns using music notation.
  • IM.P.NH.5.2K–6
    I can perform simple unfamiliar tonal patterns using music notation.
  • IM.P.NH.5.3K–6
    I can perform simple unfamiliar tunes using music notation.
  • IM.P.NL.5.1K–6
    I can identify the pitches in the clef appropriate to my instrument.
  • IM.P.NL.5.2K–6
    I can identify accidentals and simple key signatures.
  • IM.P.NL.5.3K–6
    I can identify note values in familiar patterns and tunes.
  • IM.P.NL.5.4K–6
    I can identify simple familiar rhythm patterns with correspond-ing notation.
  • IM.P.NM.5.1K–6
    I can perform simple familiar rhythm patterns using music notation.
  • IM.P.NM.5.2K–6
    I can perform simple familiar tonal patterns using music notation.
  • IM.P.NM.5.3K–6
    I can perform simple familiar tunes using music notation.
  • IM.R.IH.6.1K–6
    I can explain the use of melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, form, and expressive elements in varying genres of music.
  • IM.R.IH.6.2K–6
    I can describe how the elements of music function in different genres.
  • IM.R.IH.6.3K–6
    I can identify forms used in varying genres.
  • IM.R.IH.7.1K–6
    I can compare my performance to performance of others.
  • IM.R.IH.7.2K–6
    I can evaluate my compositions using specific criteria.
  • IM.R.IL.6.1K–6
    I can recognize melodic themes in music that I hear.
  • IM.R.IL.6.2K–6
    I can recognize form in music that I hear and see.
  • IM.R.IL.6.3K–6
    I can recognize call and response in music that I hear and see.
  • IM.R.IL.7.1K–6
    I can describe what contributes to a quality performance
  • IM.R.IM.6.1K–6
    I can identify how the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, form, and expressive elements are different in varying genres of music.
  • IM.R.IM.6.3K–6
    I can identify major and minor tonalities.
  • IM.R.IM.7.1K–6
    I can identify criteria used to evaluate performance of others.
  • IM.R.IM.7.2K–6
    I can describe the elements of music that I hear in perform-ances.
  • IM.R.NH.6.1K–6
    I can explain how repetition is used in music.
  • IM.R.NH.6.2K–6
    I can describe similarities and differences in the music that I hear.
  • IM.R.NH.6.3K–6
    I can identify key signatures as they appear in music that I see.
  • IM.R.NH.7.1K–6
    I can describe some of the elements of music that I hear in a performance
  • IM.R.NH.7.2K–6
    I can identify my personal criteria for evaluating music perform-ances.
  • IM.R.NL.6.1K–6
    I can name the instruments that I hear.
  • IM.R.NL.6.2K–6
    I can identify tempo and rhythm.
  • IM.R.NL.6.3K–6
    I can identify melody, harmony, and form.
  • IM.R.NL.7.1K–6
    I can actively listen to music performances.
  • IM.R.NM.6.1K–6
    I can describe what I hear in a piece of music using musical vocabulary.
  • IM.R.NM.6.2K–6
    I can identify musical terms in written music that I perform and rehearse.
  • IM.R.NM.6.3K–6
    I can identify musical symbols in my music.
  • IM.R.NM.7.1K–6
    I can use basic music terminology to describe what I am hearing.
  • IM.R.NM.7.2K–6
    I can summarize my personal preferences of music.

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