
Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Music Education


3rd Grade Standards
- 9.1.3
- Students should know and use the following elements of music:
- Duration (speeds or tempos)
- Intensity (dynamics or volumes)
- Pitch (high vs. low sounds)
- Timbre (individual sounds of various instruments)
- Students should know and use the following principles of music:
- Composition (writing music)
- Form (structure of music)
- Genre (type of music)
- Harmony (accompanying sounds in a musical piece)
- Rhythm (structured pulse of music)
- Texture (various combinations of melodies and harmonies that comprise a piece of music)
- Students should know how to review and revise original musical works.
- Students should be able to know and demonstrate the ability to:
- Sing
- Play and instrument
- Read and notate music
- Compose and arrange
- Improvise
- Students should recognize and use fundamental musical vocabulary.
- Students should understand the various styles of music. They should be able to demonstrate various styles using
instruments.
- Students should demonstrate the ability to express emotions and relate an experience through music.
- Students should recognize and identify musical performances of others.
- Students should recognize the function of rehearsals and practice sessions.
- 9.2.3
- Students should be able to know, identify and explain the historical, cultural and social context of individual
musical works.
- Students should relate musical works chronologically to historical events.
- Students should know and identify works of each musical period of history and analyze each work from its historical
and cultural perspective.
- Students should be exposed to musical works from various geographical regions of the world.
- Students should identify and explain differences in music from various historical periods and various cultures.
- Students should identify and analyze common themes and forms in musical works.
- 9.3.3
- Students should know how to communicate an informed opinion on a musical work.
- Recognize that a musicians choice of instruments, tempos, dynamics and form communicate the artists philosophy.


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