Music Standards Gr 9-12 Goal 1 .
Students listen to and analyze music critically, using the vocabulary and language of music .
Students analyze an aural example of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse genres and cultures by describing the uses of elements of music and expressive devices. Students develop a technical vocabulary of music through essays and dialogue about the uses of elements of music in master compositions and contemporary works. Students read and notate music. Students read an instrumental or vocal score of up to four staves and describe how the elements of music and the standard notation symbols are used. Students sing or perform on instruments a varied repertoire of music.