Instrumental Music Content Standards and Objectives

WV.1.1 play conducted dynamic changes.
WV.1.2 play staccato, marcato, and legato.
WV.1.3 play triplets and swing eighth notes.
WV.1.4 play grace notes and trills.
WV.1.5 play solos, duets, trios, and quartets.
WV.2.1 play melodies in major keys up to and including 4 sharps and 5 flats.
WV.2.2 apply musical definitions, symbols, and terms.
WV.2.3 sight-read music with a level of difficulty of 2, on a scale of 1 to 6.
WV.2.4a play from memory and notate major scales from C through 4 flats.
WV.2.4b play a drag paradiddle number 1, number 2, and a flam paradiddle (percussion only).
WV.2.5 demonstrate the relationship of tempo indications to metronome markings.
WV.2.6 play odd and/or mixed meter.
WV.2.7 identify the characteristics of the melody, harmony, texture, and rhythm of performance examples.
WV.2.8 develop a list of criteria to be used in the evaluation of a musical performance through oral discussion or a written report.
WV.2.9 compare student performances with those by professional groups.
WV.3.1 improvise a simple melody.
WV.4.1 explain the physical properties of sound.
WV.4.2 identify and compare characteristics of music of a variety of genres, styles, historic periods and cultures.

WVI.1.1 perform in an ensemble, demonstrating well-developed ensemble skills.
WVI.1.2 play standard jazz band rhythms on drum set (percussion only).
WVI.1.3 play in a mixed-instrument small ensemble with one person on a part.
WVI.1.4 play a turn.
WVI.2.1 play melodies in major keys up to and including five sharps and six flats.
WVI.2.2 identify and interpret musical symbols and musical terms.
WVI.2.3 play from memory and notate major scales through five sharps and six flats.
WVI.2.4 sight-read grade level III music.
WVI.2.5 describe the formal structures, tempos, dynamics, and timbres of performance examples.
WVI.2.6 using evaluative criteria explain differences between "good" and "great" performances.
WVI.2.7 compare 2 or more compositions by the same composer.
WVI.3.1 improvise melody over teacher selected chord changes.
WVI.4.1 explain physical characteristics of particular instruments.
WVI.4.2 identify the importance of major American musicians.
WVI.4.3 trace the evolution of music in America.
WVI.4.4 classify unfamiliar aural examples of music by genre, style, historical period, and culture.

WVII.1.1 demonstrate precise rhythmic articulation.
WVII.1.2 demonstrate proper techniques of playing chimes and gong along with proper techniques of playing World percussion instruments (percussion only).
WVII.1.3 play rubato passages.
WVII.1.4 play melodies with changing meters.
WVII.1.5 play melodies with vibrato where applicable.
WVII.2.1 interpret dynamic changes.
WVII.2.2 play at sight melodies in major and minor keys;
WVII.2.3 identify form used in performed examples;
WVII.2.4 describe timbres created by the use of unique combinations of instruments
WVII.2.5 perform a piece using nonstandard notation symbols.
WVII.3.1 compose, notate and perform a simple melody.
WVII.4.1 compare the uses of characteristic elements of the arts in different cultures.
WVII.4.2 list characteristics of music representing the major historical periods.
WVII.4.3 discuss how the elements of music can be used to evoke emotion or to describe places or events.

WVIII.1.1 play conducted tempo changes.
WVIII.1.2 demonstrate different combinations of articulation.
WVIII.1.3 interpret contrasting dynamics.
WVIII.1.4 interpret an instrumental solo passage with proper style.
WVIII.2.1 identify counter melodies.
WVIII.2.2 play at sight a melody having metric modulations.
WVIII.2.3 play and notate all major and relative minor scales.
WVIII.2.4 play arpeggiated all major and minor triads.
WVIII.2.5 compare musical forms from different eras.
WVIII.2.6 analyze emotions evoked by the use of the elements of music in a given musical work.
WVIII.2.7 describe how the elements of music are used in a given work to make it unique, interesting, and expressive.
WVIII.3.1 improvise background "fills" (percussion).
WVIII.3.2 improvise a countermelody.
WVIII.4.1 identify and explain the stylistic features of a given musical work that serves to define its aesthetic tradition and its historical context.
WVIII.4.2 compare the uses of characteristic elements of the arts in different historical periods.