Government of Manitoba
Creative Musical Expression

Creative Expression in Music (M-C1) »
Students generate and use ideas from a variety of sources for creating music.

 

Students who have achieved expectations for this grade are able to

Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
generate multiple ideas for music making through constructive experimentation with music and sound

5-8 M-C1.1

demonstrate understanding of experimentation and improvisation as a valuable component of the music-making process

5-8 M-C1.2

generate multiple ideas, themes, and/or motifs for music making from personally meaningful and relevant sources (e.g., feelings, memories, imagination, observations, associations; learning in other subject areas; cultural traditions; personal responses to current events, social and environmental issues, media and technology)

5-8 M-C1.3

generate and extend ideas for music making in response to own analyses of music

5-8 M-C1.4

collect and explore a wide range of resources (e.g., sound recordings, visuals, stories, poems) for stimulating and developing own musical ideas

5-8 M-C1.5