M/J Orchestra 1: MU.68.S.2.2

Big Idea: Skills, Techniques, and Processes
  • Understanding: Development of skills, techniques, and processes in the arts strengthens our ability to remember, focus on, process, and sequence information.
    • Benchmark: Transfer performance techniques from familiar to unfamiliar pieces.
☆ Categorized as Essential (E) ☆ To be evaluated by Prepared Performance (P)

Students will be able to:

  • sight-read and perform rhythmic patterns that consist of note values found in level one method books.
    • sight reading
    • note values and rhythmic patterns
  • recognize good intonation, and respond to proper intonation by adjusting the fingers.
    • intonation
  • recognize whether the instrument is in tune, and tune, with assistance, using fine tuners.
    • how fine tuners adjust pitch
  • understand, apply, and transfer to new pieces the basic intonation knowledge and skills mastered in previous pieces.
  • recognize, name, and perform musical elements found in level one method books and FOA Level E repertoire, such as: bowings, expressive elements, (e.g., dynamics and tempos), key signatures and their associated finger patterns, and time signatures.
    • bowings
    • tempi
    • dynamics
  • correlate correct playing set-up and technique with proficiency on the instrument.
    • playing technique
    • playing proficiency

Students will know:

  • intonation
  • sight reading
  • playing technique
  • playing proficiency
  • bowings
  • tempi
  • note values and rhythmic patterns
  • dynamics
  • how fine tuners adjust pitch