MUS-09.c String Standards

9th Grade (MUS) Targeted String Standard     (c3) Category 3: Artistic Skills and Knowledge (A) Expressive Elements Students employ expressive elements of music to communicate abstract thoughts, ideas, and meaning, share the depth of the human experience, and develop expression and understanding.

Proficiency Scale

Learning Targets

• 3.1  Students perform with an expanded range of dynamics, tempos, and timbre/tone color.
  
• 3.2  Students perform with a characteristic tone at all dynamic levels.
• 3.3  Students apply knowledge of performance practice to selected repertoire.
• 3.4  Students perform with articulation corresponding to proficient-level right-hand technical skills.
• 3.5  Students use vibrato, when appropriate, to enhance timbre and tone.