AZ Arts Standards: General Music · 2015 · 107 standards
Arizona Elementary General Music Standards, Kindergarten to Grade 5
Every 2015 Arizona Arts Standards General Music standard for Kindergarten through Grade 5, grade by grade, with the Prodigies lesson that teaches each one.
Arizona elementary music uses the 2015 Arizona Academic Standards in the Arts: General Music, built on the National Core Arts Standards and its four artistic processes: Creating, Performing, Responding, and Connecting. ADE publishes them in K–2 and 3–5 documents.
ADE re-posted the General Music PDFs in late 2025. As far as we can tell, the standards inside are still the 2015 set.
| Official name | Arizona Academic Standards in the Arts, General Music (2015) |
|---|---|
| Published by | Arizona Department of Education |
| Adopted | 2015 |
| Grades on this page | K–5 |
| Standards on this page | 107 |
| Code format | MU.CR.1.Ka |
| Organized by | Creating, Performing, Responding, Connecting |
| Official source | azed.gov |
Arizona Kindergarten music standards
19 standards. Kindergarten page, with more lesson ideas →
Creating 6
MU.CR.1.Kaa. With appropriate guidance, explore, experience, and improvise musical concepts (e.g. beat and melodic contour).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)
MU.CR.1.Kbb. With appropriate guidance, explore musical features (e.g. movement, vocalizations, or instrumental accompaniments). Kindergarten
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Left C, Right c (K, Wk 12); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2)
MU.CR.2.Kaa. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate and choose favorite musical ideas (e.g. singing and playing instruments).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Major Chords (2, Wk 18)
MU.CR.2.Kbb. With appropriate guidance, organize personal musical ideas using notation (e.g. iconic notation and/or recording technology). Kindergarten
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
MU.CR.3.Kaa. With appropriate guidance, apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback in refining personal musical ideas.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)
MU.CR.3.Kbb. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate a final version of personal or collective musical ideas to peers.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Twinkle Twinkle (PK, Wk 28)
Performing 7
MU.PR.4.Kaa. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate and state personal interest in varied musical selections.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20)
MU.PR.4.Kbb. With appropriate guidance, explore and demonstrate musical contrasts of music selected for performance (e.g. high/low, loud/soft, same/different, and fast/slow).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
MU.PR.4.Kcc. With appropriate guidance, read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using notation (e.g. iconic notation).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28)
MU.PR.4.Kdd. With appropriate guidance, explore musical concepts (e.g. voice quality, movement, dynamics, tempo, and melodic contour).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35)
MU.PR.5.Kaa. With appropriate guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performances (e.g. technique and stage presence).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36)
MU.PR.6.Kaa. With appropriate guidance, perform music with expression (e.g. tone and tempo).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
MU.PR.6.Kbb. Perform appropriately for the audience and occasion.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34)
Responding 2
MU.RE.7.Kaa. With appropriate guidance, list personal musical interests.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19)
MU.RE.7.Kbb. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate musical concepts (e.g. beat or melodic direction). Kindergarten MU.RE.8.K a. With appropriate guidance, identify expressive attributes that reflect creators’/ performers’ expressive intent (e.g. mood and emotion). Kindergarten MU.RE.9.K a. With appropriate guidance, apply teacher-provided criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)
Connecting 4
MU.CN.10.Kaa. With appropriate guidance, express personal preferences in music.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
MU.CN.10.Kbb. With appropriate guidance, explore various uses of music in daily experiences (e.g. songs of celebration, game songs, marches, T.V., movie, and video game sound tracks, dance music, and work songs). Kindergarten
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22)
MU.CN.11.Kaa. With appropriate guidance, explore relationships between musics and other content areas (e.g. dance, visual art, dramatic arts, literature, science, math, social studies, and language arts).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18)
MU.CN.11.Kbb. With appropriate guidance, explore how context (e.g. social, cultural, and historical) can inform a performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)
Arizona Grade 1 music standards
19 standards. Grade 1 page, with more lesson ideas →
Creating 6
MU.CR.1.1aa. With appropriate guidance, improvise musical ideas (e.g. beat, meter, and rhythm).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9)
MU.CR.1.1bb. With appropriate guidance, generate musical ideas in multiple tonalities (e.g. major, minor, modal, and pentatonic) and meters (e.g. duple, triple, simple, and compound). 1st
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Solfege Slide in C Major (PK, Wk 6)
MU.CR.2.1aa. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate and discuss personal reasons for selecting musical ideas (e.g. expressive intent).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 12)
MU.CR.2.1bb. With appropriate guidance use notation to document and organize personal or collective musical ideas. 1st
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6)
MU.CR.3.1aa. With appropriate guidance, discuss and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to refine personal musical ideas.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)
MU.CR.3.1bb. With appropriate guidance, present a final version of personal or collective musical ideas to peers or informal audience.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
Performing 7
MU.PR.4.1aa. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate and state personal interest in varied musical selections (e.g. knowledge, purpose).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 2 - Breath Technique (4, Wk 13)
MU.PR.4.1bb. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate knowledge of musical concepts in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance (e.g. beat and melodic contour).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Tuning your Ukulele (5, Wk 4); Recorder Squire 2 - Warm Up #1 (4, Wk 8)
MU.PR.4.1cc. With appropriate guidance, read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using notation (e.g. traditional notation).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 28); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33)
MU.PR.4.1dd. Explore and describe musical concepts (e.g. voice quality, movement, dynamics, tempo, and melodic contour).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15)
MU.PR.5.1aa. With appropriate guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)
MU.PR.6.1aa. With appropriate guidance, perform music with expression (e.g. dynamics).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
MU.PR.6.1bb. Perform appropriately for the audience and occasion.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
Responding 2
MU.RE.7.1aa. With appropriate guidance, list personal musical interests.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19)
MU.RE.7.1bb. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate musical concepts in various styles of music (e.g. beat and pitch). 1st MU.RE.8.1 a. With appropriate guidance, identify expressive attributes that reflect creators’/performers’ expressive intent (e.g. dynamics). 1st MU.RE.9.1 a. With appropriate guidance, apply teacher-provided criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Dynamics (2, Wk 23)
Connecting 4
MU.CN.10.1aa. With appropriate guidance, express personal preferences in music.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
MU.CN.10.1bb. With appropriate guidance, explore various uses of music in daily experiences (e.g. songs of celebration, game songs, marches, T.V., movie, and video game sound tracks, dance music, and work songs). 1st
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); G Major Chord (1, Wk 22)
MU.CN.11.1aa. With appropriate guidance, explore relationships between musics and other content areas (e.g. dance, visual art, dramatic arts, literature, science, math, social studies, and language arts).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18)
MU.CN.11.1bb. With appropriate guidance, explore how context (e.g. social, cultural, and historical) can inform a performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)
Arizona Grade 2 music standards
12 standards. Grade 2 page, with more lesson ideas →
Creating 6
MU.CR.1.2aa. Improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns and musical ideas (e.g. beat, meter, and rhythm).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4)
MU.CR.1.2bb. With appropriate guidance, generate musical ideas in multiple tonalities (e.g. major, minor, modal, and pentatonic) and meters (e.g. duple, triple, simple, and compound). 2nd
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
MU.CR.2.2aa. Demonstrate and explain personal reasons for selecting musical ideas (e.g. patterns and ideas).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Strumming Bonus Tip (5, Wk 23)
MU.CR.2.2bb. Use notation to document personal or collective musical ideas (e.g. sequencing). 2nd
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)
MU.CR.3.2aa. Interpret and apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback to revise personal music.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Color Coding Your Ukulele (5, Wk 7)
MU.CR.3.2bb.Present a final version of personal or collective musical ideas, utilizing elements of expression, to peers or informal audience.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Singing (2, Wk 21); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29)
Responding 2
MU.RE.7.2aa. List and explain personal musical interests.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19)
MU.RE.7.2bb. Demonstrate and identify how specific musical concepts are used in various styles of music (e.g. meter and tonality). 2nd MU.RE.8.2 a. Demonstrate knowledge of expressive attributes and how they support creators’/ performers’ expressive intent (e.g. tempo, dynamics, mood, and emotion). 2nd MU.RE.9.2 a. Apply teacher-provided criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)
Connecting 4
MU.CN.10.2aa. Express personal preferences in music.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
MU.CN.10.2bb. Explore various uses of music in daily experiences (e.g. songs of celebration, game songs, marches, T.V., movie, and video game sound tracks, dance music, and work songs). Anchor Standard #11 - Re 2nd
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: C Major Scale Review Part II (2, Wk 2); C Major Songs - What song is it? (2, Wk 27)
MU.CN.11.2aa. Explore relationships between musics and other content areas (e.g. such as dance, visual art, dramatic arts, literature, science, math, social studies, and language arts).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24)
MU.CN.11.2bb. Explore how context (e.g. social, cultural, and historical) can inform a performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Welcome (5, Wk 1)
Arizona Grade 3 music standards
19 standards. Grade 3 page, with more lesson ideas →
Creating 6
MU.CR.1.3aa. Improvise rhythmic and melodic ideas (e.g. beat, meter, and rhythm).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Pizza Rhythms (2, Wk 9)
MU.CR.1.3bb. Generate musical ideas (e.g. rhythms and melodies) within specified tonality and/or meter. Anchor Standard #2 - 3rd
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20)
MU.CR.2.3aa. Demonstrate selected musical ideas for a simple improvisation or composition.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17)
MU.CR.2.3bb. Use notation to document personal or collective rhythmic and melodic musical ideas (e.g. sequencing). Anchor Standar 3rd
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Recorder Page 5 - B A G Shield Patterns (4, Wk 5)
MU.CR.3.3aa. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate and revise personal musical ideas.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Perfect Intervals Review (3, Wk 23); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)
MU.CR.3.3bb. Present the final version of personally or collectively created music to others and explain their creative process.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Fifths Part II (3, Wk 18)
Performing 7
MU.PR.4.3aa. With appropriate guidance, demonstrate and state personal interest in varied musical selections.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hot Cross Buns (PK, Wk 19); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20)
MU.PR.4.3bb. Demonstrate knowledge of musical concepts in music from a variety of cultures selected for performance (e.g. meter and tonality).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10)
MU.PR.4.3cc. Read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using notation.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Rhythm (2, Wk 22); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31)
MU.PR.4.3dd. Demonstrate an understanding of musical concepts (e.g. physical, verbal, or written response-- understanding of musical concepts and how creators use them to convey expressive intent).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
MU.PR.5.3aa. Apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7)
MU.PR.6.3aa. Perform music with appropriate expression and technique (e.g. posture, tone, and breath support).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
MU.PR.6.3bb. Perform appropriately for the audience and occasion.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
Responding 2
MU.RE.7.3aa. Explain how music listening is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
MU.RE.7.3bb. Demonstrate and explain how musical concepts and contexts affect responses to music (e.g. personal and social). Anchor Standard 3rd MU.RE.8.3 a. Demonstrate knowledge of expressive attributes and how they support creators’/ performers’ expressive intent. Anchor Standa 3rd MU.RE.9.3 a. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)
Connecting 4
MU.CN.10.3aa. Identify pieces of music that are important to one's family
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Melodies with Low C and High c (5, Wk 27)
MU.CN.10.3bb. Explore various uses of music in daily experiences (e.g. songs of celebration, game songs, marches, T.V., movie, and video game sound tracks, dance music, and work songs). elate artistic ideas and wo 3rd
Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Thirds Part I (3, Wk 11); Compound Meter Part III (3, Wk 21)
MU.CN.11.3aa. Explore and describe relationships between musics and other content areas (e.g. dance, visual art, dramatic arts, literature, science, math, social studies, and language arts).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17); Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18)
MU.CN.11.3bb. Describe how context (e.g. social, cultural, and historical) can inform a performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Welcome (5, Wk 1)
Arizona Grade 4 music standards
19 standards. Grade 4 page, with more lesson ideas →
Creating 6
MU.CR.1.4aa. Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas (e.g. beat, meter, rhythm, harmony, and tonality).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)
MU.CR.1.4bb. Generate musical ideas (e.g. rhythms, melodies, and simple accompaniment patterns) within related tonalities (e.g. major and minor) and meters. - Organize and develop ar 4th
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Semitones (3, Wk 32); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19)
MU.CR.2.4aa. Demonstrate selected and organized musical ideas for an improvisation, arrangement, or composition.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22)
MU.CR.2.4bb. Use notation to document personal or collective rhythmic, melodic, and simple harmonic musical ideas (e.g. chords). rd #3 - Refine and comple 4th
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8)
MU.CR.3.4aa. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate, revise, and document changes in personal musical ideas over time.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
MU.CR.3.4bb. Present the final version of personally or collectively created music to others and explain their creative process.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9)
Performing 7
MU.PR.4.4aa. Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)
MU.PR.4.4bb. Demonstrate understanding of the form in music selected for performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20)
MU.PR.4.4cc. Read and perform using notation (e.g. syncopation).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1)
MU.PR.4.4dd. Demonstrate an understanding of musical concepts (e.g. physical, verbal, or written response-- understanding of musical concepts and how creators use them to convey expressive intent). Develop and refine artistic
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
MU.PR.5.4aa. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate personal and ensemble performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)
MU.PR.6.4aa. Perform music with appropriate expression, technique, and interpretation.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
MU.PR.6.4bb. Demonstrate performance and audience decorum appropriate for the occasion.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34)
Responding 2
MU.RE.7.4aa. Explain how music listening is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)
MU.RE.7.4bb. Demonstrate and explain how musical concepts and contexts affect responses to music. #8 - Interpret intent and meanin 4th MU.RE.8.4 a. Demonstrate and describe expressive attributes and how they support creators’/ performers’ expressive intent. ard #9 - Apply criteria to evaluate 4th MU.RE.9.4 a. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36)
Connecting 4
MU.CN.10.4aa. Identify pieces of music that are important to one's family or cultural heritage.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)
MU.CN.10.4bb. Describe the roles and impact various musics plays in one's life and the lives of others. orks with societal, cultura 4th
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1)
MU.CN.11.4aa. Explore and describe relationships between musics and other content areas (e.g. dance, visual art, dramatic arts, literature, science, math, social studies, and language arts).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Fifths Part I (3, Wk 17)
MU.CN.11.4bb. Describe how context (e.g. social, cultural, and historical) can inform a performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21)
Arizona Grade 5 music standards
19 standards. Grade 5 page, with more lesson ideas →
Creating 6
MU.CR.1.5aa. Improvise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas (e.g. beat, meter, rhythm, harmony, and tonality).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22)
MU.CR.1.5bb. Generate musical ideas (e.g. rhythms, melodies, and accompaniment patterns) within related tonalities, meters, and simple chord changes. rtistic ideas and work 5th
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Theory Part III (5, Wk 32); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21)
MU.CR.2.5aa. Demonstrate selected and developed musical ideas for improvisations, arrangements, or compositions.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)
MU.CR.2.5bb. Use notation to document personal or collective rhythmic, melodic, and two- or three-chord harmonic musical ideas (e.g. chords). ete artistic work 5th
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6)
MU.CR.3.5aa. Describe the rationale for making revisions to the music based on evaluation criteria and feedback from their teacher.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello F Chord Part II (5, Wk 17); Recorder Dragon 6 - Baby Shark (4, Wk 33)
MU.CR.3.5bb. Present the final version of personally or collectively created music to others and explain their creative process.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Seconds - Part II (3, Wk 9)
Performing 7
MU.PR.4.5aa. Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)
MU.PR.4.5bb. Demonstrate understanding of the form in music selected for performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Three Cs Part II (5, Wk 12); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30)
MU.PR.4.5cc. Read and perform using notation (e.g. syncopation).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Introduction to Music Class (3, Wk 1)
MU.PR.4.5dd. Demonstrate an understanding of musical concepts (e.g. physical, verbal, or written response-- understanding of musical concepts and how creators use them to convey expressive intent). c work for presentation
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)
MU.PR.5.5aa. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to evaluate personal and ensemble performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)
MU.PR.6.5aa. Perform music with appropriate expression, technique, and interpretation.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)
MU.PR.6.5bb. Demonstrate performance and audience decorum appropriate for the occasion.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36)
Responding 2
MU.RE.7.5aa. Explain how music listening is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35); Welcome (5, Wk 1)
MU.RE.7.5bb. Demonstrate and explain how musical concepts and contexts affect responses to music. ng in artistic work 5th MU.RE.8.5 a. Demonstrate and describe expressive attributes and how they support creators’/ performers’ expressive intent. e artistic work 5th MU.RE.9.5 a. Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria to evaluate musical works and performances.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)
Connecting 4
MU.CN.10.5aa. Explain why particular pieces of music are important to one's family or cultural heritage.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Melodies with Low C and High c (5, Wk 27); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 35)
MU.CN.10.5bb. Describe the roles and impact various musics plays in one's life and the lives of others. al, and historical context t 5th
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Strumming Bonus Tip (5, Wk 23); Welcome (5, Wk 1)
MU.CN.11.5aa. Explain relationships between musics and other content areas (e.g. dance, visual art, dramatic arts, literature, science, math, social studies, and language arts).
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Chord Progressions Part I (5, Wk 18); Chord Theory Part I (5, Wk 30)
MU.CN.11.5bb. Describe how context (e.g. social, cultural, and historical) can inform a performance.
Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6)
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What are the Arizona music standards called?
Arizona Academic Standards in the Arts, General Music (2015), published by the Arizona Department of Education (2015).
How many elementary music standards does Arizona have?
This page lists 107 standards: 19 in Kindergarten, 19 in Grade 1, 12 in Grade 2, 19 in Grade 3, 19 in Grade 4, 19 in Grade 5.
Does Arizona use the National Core Arts Standards?
Yes. The AZ Arts Standards: General Music are built on the NCAS artistic processes, with Arizona's own codes and wording.
Where can I find the official document?
The official source is https://www.azed.gov/standards-practices. This page copies the standard text word for word and adds grade-by-grade navigation and lesson matches.
Is there a music curriculum aligned to the Arizona standards?
Prodigies PK-5 has a lesson for 103 of the 107 standards on this page (96%). Every lesson is tagged to these codes. Try it free for 30 days.