| Pinellas County Essential Learnings for Band - Level 1, 2, and 3 |
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Pinellas County Schools Essential Learnings for Band - Level 1 |
Upon successful completion of this course, all students may truthfully say:
1. I can demonstrate proper assembly, care, and maintenance of my
instrument.
2. I can demonstrate proper tone production on my instrument using
correct posture, breathing, embouchure, hand position, articulation,
and releases.
3. I can demonstrate control of rhythmic pulse by myself and within an
ensemble.
4. I can accurately perform basic written rhythm values including whole,
half, quarter, eighth, dotted half, and dotted quarter notes and rests.
(Percussion only: also sixteenth notes)
5. I can identify and perform musical pitches in the clef generally used
for my instrument.
6. I can demonstrate fundamental notation skills, drawing clefs, notes,
rests, time signatures, and key signatures accurately and neatly.
7. I can accurately sightread short examples of music for my instrument
in simple meters in the keys of concert B-flat and E-flat major.
8. I can improvise short musical phrases in the keys of concert B-flat and
E-flat major.
9. I can correctly identify matching and non-matching pitches.
10. I can demonstrate proper rehearsal and concert etiquette and
understand the importance of rehearsal and concert attendance. |
Pinellas County Schools Essential Learnings for Band - Level 2 |
Upon successful completion of this course, all students may truthfully say:
1. I can demonstrate characteristic tone quality over an extended range
on my instrument.
2. I can identify in-tune and out-of-tune pitches.
3. I can perform music in the keys of concert F, B-flat, E-flat, and A-flat
major.
4. I can demonstrate mastery of the concert F, B-flat, E-flat, and A-flat
major scales and arpeggios and the chromatic scale over the achieved
range of my instrument. (Percussion only: also tap, accent, flam, and
diddle.)
5. I can accurately demonstrate basic ensemble skills (balance, blend,
precision) while performing in a variety of genres and styles.
6. I can accurately perform additional rhythmic patterns including
sixteenth and dotted eighth notes and rests and simple meters
including cut time.
7. I can sightread music of FBA grade 1 to the level that the fundamental
musical intent is understood by the listener.
8. I can compose or improvise a four measure phrase in a given key.
9. I can define and describe basic dynamic, tempo, articulation, and
expression markings commonly found in music of FBA grade 1.
10.I have performed with my band in public settings on a consistent
basis. |
Pinellas County Schools Essential Learnings for Band - Level 3 |
Upon successful completion of this course, all students may truthfully say:
1. I can demonstrate characteristic tone quality throughout the common
applied range of my instrument.
2. I can perform music in the keys of concert C, F, B-flat, E-flat, A-flat,
and D-flat major.
3. I can demonstrate proper tuning techniques on my instrument.
4. I can demonstrate mastery of concert C, F, B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, and
D-flat major scales and arpeggios and the chromatic scale with
appropriate chromatic fingerings over the commonly applied range of
my instrument. (Percussion only, also single stroke, double stroke,
five-stroke, and multiple bounce rolls; flams, drags, and paradiddles.)
5. I can accurately perform additional rhythmic values including quarter
and eighth note triplets and syncopated figures in both simple and
compound meters.
6. I can define and describe dynamic, tempo, articulation, and expressive
markings commonly found in music of FBA grade 2.
7. I can sightread music of FBA grade 1 with minimal or no technical
errors.
8. I can create and accurately notate a short musical composition when
given specific guidelines.
9. I can explain and describe the cultural and historical background and
compositional style for one or more compositions that I have
performed.
10. I can discuss the quality and effectiveness of a musical performance
using appropriate musical concepts and terminology.
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