MUS-04.c String Standards

4th Grade (MUS) Targeted String Standard     (c1) Category 1: Executive Skills and Knowledge (C) Right Hand Skills and Knowledge Students perform with fluent bowing motion, control of variables (weight, angle, speed, and placement), in a variety of bowing techniques and articulations, with characteristic tone.

Proficiency Scale

Learning Targets

• 1.1  Perform pizzicato in guitar position
  
• 1.2  Perform pizzicato in playing position
• 1.3  Establishing initial bow hold–all instruments 
  • a. Violin/Viola
  • b. Cello/Bass (FB)
  • c. Cello/Bass (FB)
• 1.4  Perform pre-bowing exercises
• 1.5  Perform with simple connected (détaché) bow strokes.
• 1.6  Perform with simple separated (staccato) bow strokes. 
• 1.7  Direction change
• 1.8  Short slurs
• 1.9  String crossings
• 1.10  Basic bow distribution
• 1.11  Intro to weight, angle, speed, and placement (contact point and part of bow).