National Standards

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To aid the educator in determining how the study guide’s educational content meets the National Standards for Music Education, we have added a special standards tracker embedded throughout each guide and this special page listing the standards in their entirety. The special icon symbol NS designates the standard(s) being met by the content with a link to this page.

For a complete overview of the National Standards movement, we encourage you to visit the MENC website at http://www.menc.org/publication/books/summary.html. For more detailed information about the music content standards and how to best incorporate them into your music programs visit http://www.menc.org/publication/books/standards.htm. Published by the National Association for Music Education, this is an exceptional resource for K-12 educators.

National Standards for Music Education

Music Standard 1
Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

Music Standard 2
Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

Music Standard 3
Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments

Music Standard 4
Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines

Music Standard 5
Reading and notating music

Music Standard 6
Listening to, analyzing, and describing music

Music Standard 7
Evaluating music and music performances

Music Standard 8
Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts

Music Standard 9
Understanding music in relation to history and culture

Standards by Learning Styles:

Standards 1, 2 & 3 - performance based standards

Standards 4 & 5 - writing based standards

Standards 6 & 7 - analytical based standards

Standards 8 & 9 - interdisciplinary comparative based standards

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