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Prioritized Standards

MUS-HS.c1.B

BPSS-MAT-NO logoChamberth Grade (MUS) Targeted String Standard  
  (c1) Category 1: Executive Skills and Knowledge
(B) Left Hand Skills and Knowledge
Students perform with the correct placement and angle of the left arm-wrist-hand-fingers to the instrument; demonstrate position that is balanced and free of tension; play with independence of fingers, ease of motion and control of finger weight; produce characteristic tone, with vibrato (as appropriate); show understanding and ability to apply fingerings, finger patterns, shifting, extensions.

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Learning Targets

  • 4.1  Artistic development and application of vibrato.
  • 4.2  Extension of vertical technique.

MUS-HS.c1.C

BPSS-MAT-NO logoChamberth 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.

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Learning Targets

  • 4.1  Ricochet bowing
  • 4.2  Sautillé 
  • 4.3  Flying Spiccato
  • 4.4  Extension of technique related to control of bowing variables (weight, angle, speed, and placement)

MUS-HS.c2.E

BPSS-MAT-NO logoChamberth Grade (MUS) Targeted String Standard  
  (c2) Category 2: Musicianship Skills and Knowledge
(E) Ensemble Skills
Students perform in an ensemble, demonstrating sensitivity and the ability to adjust and maintain a uniform sense of rhythm, tempo, articulation, tone, blend, balance, and dynamics; understand conducting gestures, follow conductor and section leader, and are able to synchronize bowings.

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Learning Targets

  • 4.1  Students adjust pulse, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics within the ensemble.
  • 4.2  Students demonstrate: preparation, balance, blend, style, interpretation, and music sensitivity.

MUS-HS.c3.A

BPSS-MUSc3 logoChamberth 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.

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Learning Targets

  • 4.1  Students perform with consistent timbre and tone quality at all dynamic levels.
  • 4.2  Students independently interpret and perform musical selections, applying approprieate dynamics, tempi, and timbre.
  • 4.3  Students understand and perform with correct performance, practiced for selected repertoire.
  • 4.4  Students understand and perform with correct performance, practiced for selected repertoire.
  • 4.5  Students demonstrate artistic applications of vibrato.
  • 4.6  Students use ornamentation, as appropriate to the performance/practice and conventions of the period and style.