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MUS-06.c2.C

BPSS-MAT-NO logo6th Grade (MUS) Targeted String Standard  
  (c2) Category 2: Musicianship Skills and Knowledge
(C) Creative Musicianship
Students demonstrate creative musicianship skills at all stages of development, including the ability to improvise variations of rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic patterns, within the traditions and standards of a variety of genres and practices: arrange and compose melodies and harmonies according to specific criteria and guidelines.

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Learning Targets

  • 2.1  Rhythmic: Students teach each other short original rhythmic phrases through call-and-response. 
  • 2.2  Tonal (Melodic and harmonic): Students use the root, third, and fifth of a chord to solo over student generated accompaniment. 
  • 2.3  Textural: Students translate a visual or experiential narrative into original sounds on their instrument (music as storytelling). 
  • 2.4  Composition: Students add traditional notation into  their original scores. 
  • 2.5  Creative Leadership: Students rehearse conducting the group with individually created hand signals.

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