Listed below are the goals we look to achieve in each grade level. This is not an all inclusive list, but covers the major topics your student(s) will be learning in music class.
Rhythm: Steady Beat, Rhythm vs. Beat, Long vs. Short, Patterns of 2, 3, and 4.
Melody & Pitch: High vs. Low, Up vs. Down.
Form: Echo, Call and Response, Same vs. Different.
Expression: Fast vs. Slow, Loud vs. Soft.
Other: Voice Exploration, Found Sounds, Audience Etiquette, Instruments, Cultures, Composers.
Rhythm: Steady Beat, Rhythm vs. Beat, Long vs. Short, Strong Beat vs. Weak Beat, Quarter Note/Rest, Eight Notes, Patterns of 2, 3, and 4.
Melody & Pitch: High vs. Low, Up vs. Down, Sol-Mi (Solfege).
Form: Echo, Call and Response, Same vs. Different, Rounds and Canons.
Expression: Fast vs. Slow, Forte vs. Piano.
Other: Voice Exploration, Found Sounds, Audience Etiquette, Instruments, Cultures, Composers, Pitched vs. Unpitched.
Rhythm: Steady Beat, Rhythm vs. Beat, Strong Beat vs. Weak Beat, Quarter Note/Rest, Eight Notes, Half Notes/Rests, Ostinato, Meters of 2, 3, and 4.
Melody & Pitch: Sol, Mi, and La (Solfege), Steps, Skips, and Repeats.
Form: Echo, Call and Response, AB, ABA, Rounds and Canons, Phrases.
Expression: Largo, Presto, Moderato, Crescendo vs Decrescendo, Forte vs. Piano.
Other: Voice Exploration, Audience Etiquette, Instruments, Cultures, Composers, Pitched vs. Unpitched, Music Staff, Lines and Spaces, Styles, Improvisation, Notation.
Rhythm: Steady Beat, Rhythm vs. Beat, Quarter Note/Rest, Eighth Notes, Half Note/Rest, Whole Note/Rest, Meters of 2, 3, and 4.
Melody & Pitch: Sol, Mi, La, Low Do, Re (Solfege), Musical Alphabet, Leaps.
Form: Rounds and Canons, AB, ABA, Rondo.
Expression: Largo, Presto, Moderato, Crescendo vs. Decrescendo.
Other: Singing Voice, Audience Etiquette, Instruments, Cultures, Composers, Musical Staff, Lines and Spaces, Treble Clef, Styles, Improvisation, Notation, Introduction to Instrument Families.
Rhythm: Steady Beat, Rhythm vs. Beat, Quarter Note/Rest, Eighth Note/Rest, Half Note/Rest, Whole Note/Rest, Sixteenth Notes, Melodic Ostinato, Meters of 2, 3, and 4.
Melody & Pitch: Sol, Mi, La, Low La, Low Do, Re, Low Sol (Solfege).
Form: Echo, Call and Response, AB, ABA, Rondo.
Expression: Accelerando, Ritardando, Crescendo vs. Decrescendo, Mezzo-Forte, Mezzo-Piano.
Other: Head Voice vs Chest Voice, Audience Etiquette, Instruments, Cultures, Composers, Treble Clef, Meter Signs, Improvisation, Notation, Instrument Families.
Rhythm: Steady Beat, Rhythm vs. Beat, Quarter Note/Rest, Eighth Note/Rest, Half Note/Rest, Whole Note/Rest, Sixteenth Notes, 6/8 Meter, Meters of 2, 3, and 4.
Melody & Pitch: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti (Solfege), Major vs. Minor.
Form: Echo, Call and Response, AB, ABA, Rondo.
Expression: Accelerando, Ritardando, Crescendo vs. Decrescendo, Mezzo-Forte, Mezzo-Piano, Sfz, Staccato, Legato.
Other: Head Voice vs. Chest Voice, Audience Etiquette, Instruments, Cultures, Composers, Treble Clef, Bass Clef, Improvisation, Notation, Instrument Families.