Byram Hills Central School District

This information has been taken directly from the Accelerate U - Standards and Resource Guides (with approval) from the K-12 Education, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT site. No information in this document has been changed.

Standard 2: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources

2. Students will use traditional instruments, electronic instruments, and a variety of nontraditional sound sources to create and perform music. They will use various resources to expand their knowledge of listening experiences, performance opportunities, and/or information about music. Students will identify opportunities to contribute to their communities' music institutions, including those embedded in other institutions (church choirs, industrial music ensembles, etc.). Students will know the vocations and avocations available to them in music.

Students:

use classroom and nontraditional instruments in performing and creating music (a)
construct instruments out of material not commonly used for musical instruments (b)
use current technology to manipulate sound (c)
identify the various settings in which they hear music and the various resources that are used to produce music during a typical week; explain why the particular type of music was used (d)
demonstrate appropriate audience behavior, including attentive listening, in a variety of musical settings in and out of school (e)
discuss ways that music is used by various members of the community (f).

This is evident, for example, when students:

use common items (e.g., keys, classroom blinds, measuring sticks) as "found sounds" to improvise a group composition
make a shaker from a paper tube to accompany a Native American dance or Latino song
change pitch or timbre of a sound on the synthesizer
keep a log of locations where they hear music in the community or home
exhibit appropriate behavior when listening to music in the school's auditorium
describe in class the ways music is used at home and in their community.