Expression

• Tempo: Allegro/Largo

• Dynamics: Piano/Forte

• Performance Expression (social/emotional connections; storytelling)

Instruments

• Un-pitched percussion

• Barred Instruments: up & down

Form

• Same/Different

Pitch & Contour

• 4 Voices: speaking, calling, whisper, singing

• Vocal Exploration

• High/Low & Sol/Mi

• Contour up & down

Timbre

• Big/Small

• Wood vs. Metal

• Scrapers vs. Shakers

Rhythm

• Steady Beat

• Long/Short-short (Ta/ta-di)

Movement

• Body Percussion

• Heavy/Light

• Free movement

• Circle games

• Direct/Indirect

• Slow/Quick

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

Expression

• Dynamics: Louder/Softer; f, p

• Tempo: Faster/Slower

Instruments

• Un-pitched percussion

• Barred Instruments:  broken bordun, chord bordun, pentatonic improvisation

• Introduction to Ensemble Instrument Families (Strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion)

Pitch & Contour

• Sol, mi, la

• do, re, mi

• Pentatonic Scale

Form

• ABC (Ternary)

• AABA

Texture

• Ostinati

Timbre

• Strike vs. scrape vs. shake

Rhythm

• Ta-a (Half Note)

• Half Rest

• Takadimi (four sixteenth notes)

Movement

• Body Percussion

• Creative Movement

• Introductory organized dance

Jazz Unit: (February)

• Jazz-specific instrumentation

• Famous Jazz Musicians

• History of Jazz in New Orleans

Expression

• Dynamics:  f, mf, p, mp

• Tempo: Faster/Slower

Instruments

• Un-pitched percussion

• Barred Instruments: pentatonic improvisation, arpeggiated bordun

• Introduction to Ensemble Instruments (with Ensemble Music Teachers)

Pitch & Contour

• Do, re, mi, sol, la

• Do'

• Pentatonic Scale

Form

• ABACA (Rondo)

• Performing & Identifying

Texture

• Ostinati

Timbre

• Instrument Families (more specific instruments)

Rhythm

• Ta-a (Half Note)

• Takadimi (four sixteenth notes)

• Sixteenth Note Variations: Ta-dimi, taka-di

• Found Sounds Project

Movement

• Leveled Body Percussion

• Organized Dance

• Folk Dance

Expression

• Dynamics:  ff, f, mf, mp, p, pp

• Tempo: Faster/Slower

Instruments

• Un-pitched percussion

• Barred Instruments: pentatonic improvisation, arpeggiated borduns, Cross-over patterns

• Instruments of the Orchestra: paired with District-wide field trip to the New York Philharmonic or Westchester Philharmonic in Spring.

Pitch & Contour

• Do, re, mi, sol, la, do'

• Low la, low sol

Form

• ABACA (Rondo)

• ABACABA (Rondo-Sonata)

Texture

• Ostinati

• Harmony

Movement

• Folk Dance

• Dances of Other cultures

Rhythm

• Takadimi Variations: 

  • Ta-dimi, taka-di, ta-mi

• Syncopa Prep (Syncopated Quarter, eighth notes)

• Whole note, whole rest

Chorus

• Beginning Chorus: Techniques & Fundamentals

• Partner Songs

• Rounds and Canons

• Unison Singing

• Easy Two-Part Harmonies

• Antiphonal Music

Expression

• Dynamics:  ff, f, mf, mp, p, pp; Crescendo, decrescendo

• Tempo: Faster/Slower

Instruments

• Barred Instruments: pentatonic improvisation, arpeggiated borduns

• Beginning Ukulele

• Classroom Instruments Project

Technology:

• Soundtrap Unit

Pitch & Contour

• Do, re, mi, sol, la, do'

• Low la, low sol

Form

• ABACA (Rondo)

• ABACABA (Rondo-Sonata)

• Verse-Refrain (paired with Music Technology & Ukulele Units)

Movement

• Folk Dance

• Dances of Other cultures

Rhythm

• Syncopa (eighth, quarter, eighth)

• Macrobeat vs. microbeat

• Compound Meter & Dotted Rhythms

Chorus

• Partner Songs

• Rounds and Canons

• Unison Singing

• Two-Part Harmonies

• Antiphonal Music

• Easy Three-Part Melody/Counter Melodies