Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Music: Grade 4

Other Missouri Fine Arts sets

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

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    The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians’ work emerge from a variety of sources.

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      Improvise rhythmic, melodic and harmonic ideas, and explain connection to specific purpose and context (such as social and cultural).MU: Cr1A.4a

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      Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms, melodies, and simple accompaniment patterns) within related tonalities (such as major and minor) and meters.MU: Cr1A.4b

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

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    Musicians’ creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.

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      Demonstrate selected and organized musical ideas for an improvisation, arrangement, or composition to express intent, and explain connection to purpose and context.MU: Cr2A.4a

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      Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic, melodic, and simple harmonic musical ideas.MU: Cr2A.4b

Refine and complete artistic work.

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    Musicians evaluate, and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.

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      Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacherprovided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time.MU: Cr3A.4a

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    Musicians’ presentation of creative work is the culmination of a process of creation and communication.

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      Present the final version of personal created music to others, and explain connection to expressive intent.MU: Cr3B.4a

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

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    Performers’ interest in and knowledge of musical works, understanding of their own technical skill, and the context for a performance influence the selection of repertoire.

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      Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, context and technical skill .MU: Pr4A.4a

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    Analyzing creators’ context and how they manipulate elements of music provides insight into their intent and informs performance.

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      Demonstrate understanding of the structure and the elements of music (such as rhythm , pitch , and form ) in music selected for performance.MU: Pr4B.4a

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      When analyzing selected music, r ead and perform using iconic and/or standard notation.MU: Pr4B.4b

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      Explain how context (such as social and cultural) informs a performance.MU: Pr4B.4c

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    Performers make interpretive decisions based on their understanding of context and expressive intent.

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      Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre).MU: Pr4C.4a

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

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    To express their musical ideas, musicians analyze, evaluate, and refine their performance over time through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.

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      Apply teacher provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback to evaluate accuracy and expressiveness of ensemble and personal performances. MU: Pr5A.4a

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      Rehearse to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities, and address performance challenges.MU: Pr5A.4b

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

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    Musicians judge performance based on criteria that vary across time, place, and cultures. The context and how a work is presented influence the audience response.

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      Perform music, alone or with others, with expression and technical accuracy and appropriate interpretation.MU: Pr6A.4a

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      Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the context, venue, and genre MU: Pr6A.4b

Perceive and analyze artistic work

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    Individuals' selection of musical works is influenced by their interests, experiences, understandings, and purposes.

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      Demonstrate and explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.MU: Re7A.4a

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    Response to music is informed by analyzing context (social, cultural, and historical) and how creators and performers manipulate the elements of music.

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      Demonstrate and explain how responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (such as social and cultural).MU: Re7B.4a

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

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    Through their use of elements and structures of music, creators and performers provide clues to their expressive intent.

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      Demonstrate and explain how the expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre) are used in performers’ and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent.MU: Re8A.4a

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work

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    The personal evaluation of musical work(s) and performance(s) is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.

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      Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context.MU: Re9A.4a

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

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    Musicians connect their personal interests, experiences, ideas, and knowledge to creating, performing, and responding.

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      Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.MU: Cn10A.4a

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding

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    Understanding connections to varied contexts and daily life enhances musicians’ creating, performing, and responding.

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      Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.MU: Cn11A.4a

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 4
Where can I read the official document?
FINE ARTS GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

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