NCES.8.MU.MR.1 - Understand the interacting elements to respond to music and music performances.
- NCES.8.MU.MR.1.1 - Interpret the gestures of a conductor when singing or playing an instrument
- NCES.8.MU.MR.1.2 - Identify principles of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, chords, and harmonic progressions using appropriate music terminology in analyses of music.
- NCES.8.MU.MR.1.3 - Evaluate performances, compositions, and musical ideas using a specified set of criteria (such as tone quality, intonation, blend/ balance, technique, musical effect, interpretation, and diction).