Kindergarten is all about taking those first steps into music and learning the comparatives! In Kindergarten, we learn:

• The 4 voices

• Steady Beat vs Rhythm

• Fast and Slow

• Loud and Quiet

• High and Low

• Long and Short

In 1st Grade, we take the first steps into literacy, moving away from only iconic representation and reading music just like the big musicians! In 1st Grade we learn:

• Quarter Notes and Eighth Notes

• Sol and Mi

• Quarter Rest

• La

In 2nd Grade, we practice what we learned in 1st grade and add a few more advanced concepts! In 2nd Grade, we learn:

• Do

• Half Note/Tie

• Re

• Barline, Measure, Repeat Sign

Third grade is SO FUN! We start getting into super advanced concepts and really push our rhythmic an tonal learning! In 3rd Grade, we learn:

• Sixteenth Notes

• High Do

• Sixteenth and Eighth Note combinations

Fourth Grade is going to be a wonderful adventure this year! This will be our first year doing recorders, on top of all of our other fun stuff! Students this year also have the opportunity to join the campus choir after school! In 4th Grade, we learn:

• Syncopation (Eighth-quarter-eighth)

• Low Sol and Low La

• Absolute Pitch on the Staff

• Recorders!

In 5th Grade, students have the opportunity of joining the 5th grade orchestra or staying in Music and Art! Our 5th graders also have the opportunity to audition for the Denton ISD 5th Grade Honor Choir! In 5th Grade, we learn:

• Fa and Ti (Full Diatonic Scale)

• Ledger Lines with Absolute Names

• Major and Minor

• How to play the ukulele and read tabs!