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2016.17 Sixth Grade Beginning Instrumental Music, Quarter 3
On-Going Standards: Students will regularly demonstrate proper daily maintenance of their instruments at an age-appropriate level. They
will demonstrate understanding of historical connections to the music being performed.
Standards
Student Friendly “I Can” Statements
Proper Instrument Care and Maintenance
6.IM.2.1.1 Assemble/Disassemble instrument and demonstrate
proper storage/handling of instrument.
I can clean and maintain the playing condition of my instrument.
6.IM.2.1.2 Demonstrate proper daily maintenance routine. (i.e., corks,
slides, valves, reeds, bows, strings).
I can periodically clean and maintain the playing condition of my
instrument.
Technique
6.IM.2.3.1 Demonstrate correct posture (in sitting and/or standing
positions), proper hand position, and instrument carriage.
I can demonstrate and apply correct technique on my instrument by:
 sitting or standing with correct posture
 holding my instrument, mallets or sticks properly
 placing my fingers in the correct places to accurate
intonation
6.WCE.IM.1 Maintain a practice log and/or journal.
I can maintain a practice log and/or journal.
Historical Connections
6.IM.9.1.1 Listen to teacher-selected examples of music from a variety
of historical periods.
I can listen to and perform music from a variety of time periods.
6.IM.9.1.2 List historical periods as related to selected music
examples.
I can identify the time period of the music being rehearsed.
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Big Ideas/Key Concepts: At the beginning level, students should be able to play with correct technique level I band or strings music.
Students should be working to present a performance. Students will begin to make connections between performance music and other
disciplines.
1.0 Singing
6.IM.1.1.2 Sing a melody in unison with pitch-accuracy.
I can sing a unison melody with others.
6.IM.1.1.3 Demonstrate the singing of selected intervals and melodies
in unison.
2.0 Playing Instruments
Tuning
6.WCE.IM.4 Demonstrate the ability to use a tuner and adjust the
instrument accordingly.
I can sing ascending or descending intervals up to a 5th.
I can use a tuner to determine if I am flat or sharp.
I can adjust my instrument appropriately to correct intonation
problems.
Characteristic Tone Quality
6.IM.2.2.1 Produce a fundamental tone with correct breathing,
bowing, embouchure, fingering, articulation, and/or percussion
sticking.
I can produce a characteristic tone throughout a one octave range on
my instrument (winds and strings).
I can produce a characteristic tone on multiple percussion
instruments (including mallets, snare, timpani and auxiliary
instruments).
Technique
6.IM.2.3.2 Demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of breathing,
bowing, embouchure, fingering, articulation, and/or percussion
sticking.
I can independently apply my knowledge of fundamental techniques
to songs with multiple parts, harmonies and/or rhythms.
Pitch and Rhythms
6.IM.2.4.2 Identify, notate, and perform basic rhythms and pitches.
I demonstrate my ability to read music in the keys of Bb, Eb and F in
band or D, G and C in strings by performing beginning music and
completing written examples.
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I can demonstrate correct rhythmic performance on whole, dotted
half, half, quarter and eighth notes.
Musicality
6.IM.2.5.1 Identify and demonstrate an understanding of selected
dynamic and tempo markings.
I can demonstrate dynamic and tempo control while playing with an
ensemble.
Sight-Reading
6.IM.2.6.1 Demonstrate an understanding of basic elements
associated with successful sight-reading.
I can accurately sight-read examples from selected music genres at a
Grade 1 level.
Scales and Rudiments
6.IM.2.7.1 Explain the concept of and perform a major scale in at least
two keys/two rudiments. (pentatonic scale for band, one –octave D
scale for strings)
Winds/Mallets
I can demonstrate correct pitch and fingering for the 8 notes of the
Concert Bb, Eb and F scales.
Strings
I can demonstrate correct pitch and fingering for the one octave D,
G and C scale .
Percussion
I can perform 5 and 9 Stroke Rolls and sixteenth note patterns.
3.0 Improvising
6.IM.3.1.2 Apply the fundamental concepts of improvisation using
simple rhythmic patterns on one to three pitches.
I can improvise a unique melody using a given rhythm.
6.IM.3.2.2 Create a variation of a simple melody of no more than
three pitches.
I can create a variation of a given melody by changing at least one
pitch.
4.0 Composing
6.IM.4.1.1 Create the final two measures of for a four-measure
melody within specified guidelines.
I can compose a two-measure ending to a melody.
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5.0 Reading and Notating
6.IM.5.1.1 Use a system (e.g., syllables, numbers, letters) to read
simple pitches and rhythms.
I can accurately perform examples from a variety of musical genres
at a Grade 1 level that includes dynamic, tempo, articulation and
other expressive markings.
6.IM.5.1.2 Recognize and apply standard notation symbols for
dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression.
6.WCE.IM.2 Read and perform music incorporating appropriate
music symbols and vocabulary.
6.0 Listening and Analyzing
6.IM.6.2.1 Identify basic elements related to musical events (e.g.,
tempo, dynamics, orchestration, modulation).
I can identify musical events such as changes in tempo, dynamics
orchestration or key.
7.0 Evaluating
6.IM.7.1.2 Explain personal preferences for specific musical works and
styles using appropriate musical vocabulary/terminology.
6.IM.7.2.1 Present an oral or written evaluation of a performance of
another person using appropriate vocabulary/terminology.
8.0 Interdisciplinary Connections
6.IM.8.1.1 Name and discuss the other art disciplines.
I can understand and apply the following academic vocabulary:
 Accidental
 Phrase
 D.C al Fine
 Allegro
 Moderato
 Andante
 Largo
 Accent
 Slur/Tie (strings)
I can make informed decisions about my preferences for musical
styles or convince a reader of the quality of a musical performance
by using appropriate music terminology.
I can name the fine other arts disciplines such as theater and art.
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