Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Grade 8

Other North Carolina Arts: Music sets

CONNECT: Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.CN

  • 1

    Relate musical ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.8.CN.1

    1. 1

      Identify the influence of North Carolinian styles and musicians on the broader music community.8.CN.1.1

    2. 2

      Explain how musical skills and processes can be applied to solve a variety of problems.8.CN.1.2

    3. 3

      Choose music that evokes specific personal emotions.8.CN.1.3

  • 2

    Explore advancements in the field of music.8.CN.2

    1. 1

      Explain how musical skills, characteristics, and behaviors contribute to success in a broad range of careers.8.CN.2.1

    2. 2

      Describe various tools, innovations, or processes that could be used in the creation of musical works.8.CN.2.2

CREATE: Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.CR

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    Create original musical ideas and works, independently and collaboratively.8.CR.1

    1. 1

      Improvise extended melodies over a rhythmic or harmonic accompaniment.8.CR.1.1

    2. 2

      Compose original rhythmic ideas and melodic ideas using simple musical forms through notation or recording that incorporate grade-level appropriate rhythms and pitches.8.CR.1.2

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    Adapt original musical ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists, independently and collaboratively.8.CR.2

    1. 1

      Arrange a melodic or harmonic accompaniment to go with an existing piece of music.8.CR.2.1

    2. 2

      Explain how to share works of music legally and ethically in both physical and digital spaces.8.CR.2.2

PRESENT: Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.PR

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    Perform music from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres.8.PR.1

    1. 1

      Apply feedback from peers or self based on provided criteria to refine musical presentations, compositions, or ideas.8.PR.1.1

    2. 2

      Read standard notation to perform or produce music with ledger lines and all previously learned rhythms in new metrical contexts, including 3/8 and alla breve.8.PR.1.2

    3. 3

      Perform or produce a variety of music in two or three-part harmony with polyphonic textures.8.PR.1.3

    4. 4

      Demonstrate the meaning of symbols and terminology for changes in tempos, dynamics, and articulations in an expanded range of forms with appropriate technique when performing or producing music.8.PR.1.4

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    Develop musical presentations.8.PR.2

    1. 1

      Develop criteria for selecting music and production elements for a distinct purpose or context.8.PR.2.1

    2. 2

      Make recommendations to improve active listening and etiquette for various music performances.8.PR.2.2

RESPOND: Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.RE

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    Analyze musical works from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres including response through moving, singing, playing instruments, or content-specific vocabulary.8.RE.1

    1. 1

      Analyze symbols and terminology for changes in tempos, dynamics, and articulations in an expanded range of forms in aural and written musical works.8.RE.1.1

    2. 2

      Explain how a musician's artistic choices are influenced by culture and environment.8.RE.1.2

    3. 3

      Describe the customary instrumental and vocal timbres heard in diverse traditional, contemporary, and world music.8.RE.1.3

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    Evaluate musical works using content-specific vocabulary.8.RE.2

    1. 1

      Explain how personal preferences are influenced by culture, environment, and commercial music.8.RE.2.1

    2. 2

      Evaluate musical presentations, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations by applying specific criteria appropriate for the style of the music.8.RE.2.2

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 8
Where can I read the official document?
NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY K - 12 Music

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