First Period Music Summary

August 23, 2018 - November 2, 2018

First Grade

·Steady Beat

· Sing In Tune

· Imitate Patterns

· Body Percussion

· Recognize Phrases

· Similar and Different Phrases

· Loud and Soft

· Fast and Slow

· High and Low

·   4 Voices (Sing, Speak, Whisper, Call)

Second Grade

·Body Percussion

· Melody and Bordun

· Recognize Phrases

· Repeat Sign

· Forte and Piano

· 4 Voices (sing, speak, Whisper, Call)

· Voice Vs. Instrument

· Half Notes

· Major and Minor

·Sol-Mi-La Patterns

Third Grade

·Pentatonic Scale

· 2/4 and 4/4

· Body Percussion

· 3-Layer Instrument Ensemble

· Major and Minor

· Whole Notes/Rests

· Introductions

· Mi-Re-Do Patterns

· Cresc. And Decresc.

· Rondo form

·Crossover Bordun

Fourth Grade

·Syncopation

· Lines and Spaces

· Q&A Phrasing

· Recorders (B, A, and G)

· Eighth Notes/Rests

· Introduction and Coda

· La-Sol-Fa-Mi-Re-Do

· Descants, Partner Songs, and Canons

· Marcato, Staccato, Accent, Fermata

Fifth Grade

·Major and Minor Scales

· Major and Minor Accompaniments

· I and V Chords

· Recorders (C, B, A, G, E)

· 2-Part Independent Harmony

· Dotted Quarter/Eighth Note Combinations

·Eighth/Sixteenth Note Combinations