Third Grade Curriculum

Rhythm

• Pulse
• Quarter note/rest, eighth notes, half notes/rests, ties, whole note, sixteenth note groups
• Rhythm Reading
• Time Signatures
• Rhythmic Composition
• Rhythmic Dictation

Melody

• Vocal Technique (head voice)
• La-Sol-Fa-Mi-Re-Do, low La-Sol
• Trebel Clef pitch names
• Parts of the Music Staff
• Melody Sight Reading
• Melodic Composition
• Melodic Dictation
• Recorders (B, A, G)
• Recorder Compositions

Harmony

• Instrument Mallet Technique
• Ostinato (3 and 4 part)
• Major/Minor
• Canon/Round

Form

• Phrase
• Rondo

Timbre

• Identifying woodwind and brass instruments
• Dynamics
  • Forte/Piano
  • Crescendo/Decrescendo