3rd, 4th & 5th Grade Recorder

In addition to learning from the Quaver Music curriculum, the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will be introduced to the recorder.

3rd, 4th & 5th Graders Learning & Recorder

During the 3rd and 4th Nine Weeks the students will learn to play the Recorder. This is an Orff Instrument. Please click on the link to learn the proper way to play. Recorder Basics BAG -Recorder Basics

If your child has their own recorder, they are encouraged to practice on it at home, but don't bring it to school. Each student will be issued their own recorder so they do not have to share with anyone else. The recorders will not be allowed to go home. If you would like to purchase your child their own recorder so they can practice, please call or go to Pecknel Music, Guitar Center, Music in Arts, or any other music store to purchase one for them. They will continue learning about music symbols, rhythms, styles, vocabulary, and history.

During the course of the year, the students will learn to sing various songs to prepare for our All School Concert, Fine Arts Concert, and other music opportunities.

The students are also learning to play various rhythms on percussion instruments, and singing / listening to various music from around the world using the Kodaly and Solfege.

Solfège is the ABC’s of music. It teaches pitch, to hear and sing harmonies, and how to write down music you create in your head. In other words, Solfège transforms you into the next Mozart or singing diva. Maybe you were introduced to Solfège briefly in a music class or from watching “The Sound of Music,” but let’s talk about what it really is. Solfège describes the musical scale using one-vowel-sound syllables that sing easier than the traditional 8-note scale names: C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C or scale numbers: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1. The Solfège scale looks like this: Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do. Solfège is not only easier to sing, but simplifies music and works with complicated scores as well. For instance, I just described a C-Major scale, but Solfège also describes minor and non-traditional scales, too.