4th Grade

Musical Concepts & Vocabulary

• Reading Notes hands separately and hands together on the Grand Staff

• Landmark Notes (Treble G, Middle C, Bass F)

• Time Signatures

• Articulation

• Repeat Sign

• Ritardando

• Crescendo

• Diminuendo

• Scale

• Pentascale

• Major, Minor

• Major Scale

• Chords

• Arpeggio

• Tonic 

• Dominant

• Staccato

• Quarter Rest

• Half Rest

• Whole Rest

• Dotted Half Note

• Eighth Notes (paired)

• Legato

• Tie

• Slur

• Grand Staff

• Intervals of 2nd, 3rd, 4th 5th

• Dynamics

• Piano

• Forte

• Mezzo Piano

• Mezzo Forte 

• Pedal Technique

• Opposite Motion

• Parallel Motion

• Melody and Accompaniment

• Broken Chord

• Block Chord

• Middle C Position

• C Position

• Octave

• Duet and Solo playing

• Developing Coordination abilities to play contrasting notes and rhythms simultaneously, in different hands.