INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
LEVEL III
Grades 6 - 12
Level III Instrumental Music is designed for advanced middle or high school students who have mastered content from Levels I and
II. Directors of high school groups that span many grade levels may utilize the Level III content standards for students in Grades 9, 10, or
11. Content in Level III may be used to fulfill the requirements for a one-half credit or a one-credit instrumental music course. One credit
may be awarded for mastery of ALL content standards included in Level III. For a one-half credit course, content standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
11, 12, and 13 must be mastered.
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COURSE CONTENT
Subject
Grade
CS
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Level III
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CONTENT STANDARD
June 2007
Pacing Date Taught
Guide
STUDENTS WILL:
1
Produce a characteristic tone in all registers at a dynamic level of
mezzo forte.
 Demonstrating vibrato as it relates to tonal enrichment for those
instruments where vibrato is characteristic
10 days
2
Sight-read Grade III literature.
 Counting music in 2/4, 3/4, 5/5, 2/2, 3/8, 5/8, 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8
meter signatures using a counting system
 Performing music in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 2/2, 3/8, 5/8, 6/8, 9/8, and
12/8 meter signatures
 Performing music that contains the dynamic markings of
crescendo, decrescendo, pp, p, mp, mf, f, and ff
 Performing music that utilizes the articulations of tonguing,
slurring, marcato, tenuto, staccato, and accents for winds and
staccato, brush stroke, hooked bowings, matelé, marcato,
tremolo, and multiple-note slurs for strings
15 days
3
Demonstrate proper intonation during crescendo and decrescendo
passages.
15 days
4
Demonstrate proper balance when playing as a member of an
ensemble.
10 days
2
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CS
CONTENT STANDARD
5
Demonstrate building and tapering phrases on personal
instruments.
Perform major scales and their related arpeggios, including
concert C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, G, and D for wind and percussion
instruments, two octaves on flute and clarinet; concert C, F, Bb, Eb
G, D, A, and E for strings; and rudiments consisting of five-,
seven-, nine-, eleven-, thirteen-, and seventeen-stroke rolls, flam,
flam accent, flam paradiddle, flamacue, ruff, single drag, double
drag, single paradiddle, double paradiddle, single ratamacue,
triple ratamacue, and controlled long roll at all dynamic levels for
percussion.
 Demonstrating the ability to tune the timpani to the intervals
for a perfect 4th and 5th octave, major and minor 2nd, and major
and minor 3rd when given one note of the interval
Perform a chromatic scale over the practical range of a personal
instrument.
Demonstrate trill fingerings for all notes within the practical range
of an instrument.
 Demonstrating the shifting of position for strings
Demonstrate compositional skills by performing an eight-measure
melody based on a diatonic scale, including dynamic and tempo
changes
Evaluate a given musical work for aesthetic qualities using
appropriate musical terminology.
Example: comparing the tone quality of a recorded performance by
flutist Sir James Galway with the tone quality of a personal flute
performance
Evaluate in written form a live performance with respect to tone,
intonation, balance, technique, interpretation, musical effect, and
stage deportment.
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6
Level 4
3
Pacing
Guide
15 days
20 days
10 days
10 days
10 days
5 days
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Date Taught
CS
11
7
Level 4
12
13
14
15
9
Level 4
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CONTENT STANDARD
Pacing
Guide
Notate from aural dictation rhythms including sixteenth-note
patterns
Notate from aural dictation rhythms including sixteenth- note
patterns.
Name all pitches on the grand staff.
5 days
Compose a harmonic accompaniment to a given melody using the
I, V, and I chords.
Demonstrate appropriate maintenance of a personal instrument,
including checking adjustment screws, examining conditions of
pads and corks, and replacing strings.
Describe the relationship between music and society.
Examples: patriotic music helping build civic pride, music at various
athletic events motivating athletes and fans
Compose a harmonic accompaniment to a given melody using the
I, IV, and V chords.
10 days
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10 days
10 days
Date Taught