7. Evaluating music and music performances.
Grades K-4
a. devise criteria for evaluating performances and compositions
b. explain, using appropriate music terminology, their personal preferences for specific musical works and styles
Grades 5-8
a. develop criteria for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of music performances and compositions and apply the criteria
in their personal listening and performing
b. evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own and others' performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations
by applying specific criteria appropriate for the style of the music and offer constructive suggestions for improvement
Grades 9-12
Proficient:
a. evolve specific criteria for making informed, critical evaluations of the quality and effectiveness of performances,
compositions, arrangements, and improvisations and apply the criteria in their personal participation in music
b. evaluate a performance, composition, arrangement, or improvisation by comparing it to similar or exemplary models
Advanced:
c. evaluate a given musical work in terms of its aesthetic qualities and explain the musical means it uses to evoke feelings
and emotions
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