All music students will continue to focus on:
Learning to keep a steady beat.
Learning high and loud vs. loud and soft.
Learning to use proper singing techniques.
Learning to move body to the beat.
Learning to use body percussion.
Learning to properly use classroom instruments.
Continuing to use proper singing techniques.
Learning to keep a steady beat.
Learning dynamics and tempos.
Learning musical form.
Learning to read and clap basic notation.
Rhythms include eighth, quarter, half, whole, dotted half and whole whole notes and corresponding rests.
3rd - 5th grade will dive deeper into:
Boomwhackers and Xylophones
Intro to Piano
Recorders
Bucket Drumming
Reading sheet music and singing in an ensemble.
Playing songs in the treble clef in large and small ensembles.