Beginning Orchestra

Full Year (19237)
Level
Middle School
Content Area
Arts Education
Grade(s)
8

Students will:

  • Demonstrate proper care and holding position for a musical instrument and bow.
  • Demonstrate correct playing technique to produce a characteristic sound, including pizzicato and basic bowing techniques.
  • Understand the basics of reading music and corresponding musical interpretation for accurate performance of pitch, rhythm, time signature, key signature, tempo, and expressive markings.
  • Develop the skill to play a range of one octave (first position) and double stops on open strings and use these skills as a member of the ensemble.
  • Develop the ability to tune the instrument using a tuner.
  • Create simple rhythmic or melodic improvisations, 1 to 2 measures in length.
  • Play with a steady beat using a metronome and in response to conducting gestures.
  • Demonstrate learning through appropriate performances and presentations.
Schools
Gunston Middle School
Kenmore Middle School
Dorothy Hamm Middle School
Swanson Middle School
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Williamsburg Middle School