In the Classroom
All students begin class with:
Daily music listening example (Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soul, etc...)
Patriotic Song (America, Grand Old Flag, National Anthem, Yankee Doodle, America The Beautiful...)
Solfege appropriate to grade level
Kindergarten
Movement in Music
Steady Beat
Singing & Rhythm Games
Ear training & pitch matching
Grade 1
Solfege (Do, Re, Mi) in F Major
Ear training & pitch matching
Singing & Rhythm Games
Steady Beat
Rhythmic Dictation
Grade 2
Solfege (Do, Re, Mi, Sol, La) in F & C Major
Ear training & pitch matching
Singing & Rhythm Games
Beats-weak & strong
4/4 & 3/4 meters
Rhythmic Dictation
Grade 3
Solfege (Do, Re, Mi, So, La) in C Major
Singing & Rhythm Games
Ear training & pitch matching
Treble Staff introduction
Recorder playing (Spring Semester)
Rhythmic Dictation
Grade 4
Solfege (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do) in C major
Singing & Rhythm Games
Treble Staff reinforcement
Bass Staff introduction
Rhythmic Dictation
Introduction to Handbell ringing
Grade 5
Rhythm Sight Reading (4/4 meter)
Baroque & Classical Music History (Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven)
Video: "Bach's Fight for Freedom" , excerpts from "Amadeus"
Time Signatures, Measures & Note/Rest Value review
Rhythmic Dictation
Percussion/Handbell Ensemble
Grade 6
Rhythm Sight Reading (4/4 & 3/4 meters)
Romantic & Modern Music History (Brahms, Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Copland, Cage)
Video: "Liszt's Rhapsody"
Creating the Grand Staff -Treble & Bass together
Rhythmic Dictation
Percussion/Handbell Ensemble
Grade 7
Jazz & Broadway Music History (Ellington, Marsalis, Bernstein, Lloyd Webber)
Video: "West Side Story" & excerpts from "Phantom of the Opera"
Key Signatures
Rhythmic Dictation & Sight Reading
Percussion/Handbell Ensemble