Rhythm

• Demonstrate pulse

• Identify dotted quarter note, an eighth note and two sixteenth notes pair   

• Experience mixed meter, 5/4, and 7/8

• Demonstrate conducting in 4

Melody

• Develop a repertoire of songs (folk/seasonal/multicultural/patriotic)

• Demonstrates proper posture, diction, and breathing for singing in  tune

• Review treble clef lines and spaces

• Experience BAGEDC’D’F#CF on soprano recorder

• Demonstrate Question-Answer on recorder and barred instruments

• Experience mixolydian and dorian melodies

Harmony

• Demonstrate proper mallet technique

• Experience canon/round

• Experience ostinato

• Distinguish between Major/minor

• Label I-V, I-VII, and I-IV-V

• Experience 2-part and 3-part recorder

• Demonstrate part singing

Form

• Demonstrate phrase

• Experience rondo

• Label 1st and 2nd endings

• Experience additive form

• Label Theme and Variations

Timbre

• Demonstrate musical expression through speaking, singing, and moving

• Identify dynamics (pp, p, mezzoforte, f, ff, cres, decres, dim, messa di voce)

• Identify the following notation: sharp, flat, and natural

• Identify orchestra families

• Understands and uses tempo markings (largo, andante, allegro, presto)