1st Grade

Expression

• Dynamics: Soft/Loud

• Tempo: Fast/Slow

• Music and connection with self

• Performance Expression (social/emotional connections; storytelling)

Instruments

• Un-pitched percussion

• Barred Instruments: up & down, chordal bordun

Pitch & Contour

• Sol, mi (beginning of year review)

• La

• Contour up & down

Form

• AB (Binary)

• ABA (Rounded Binary)

Timbre

• Metals vs. Woods vs. Skins

• Scraper, shaker, striker

Rhythm

• Steady Beat

• Ta, ta-di (quarter note, two eighth notes)

• Ta-Rest (quarter rest)

• Ta-a (Half note) - end of year prep

Movement

• Body Percussion

• Organized Games

• Circle Games