Fifth Grade

In Fifth Grade, students will build upon previously learned concepts. In addition, grade five students will:

* Sing two part songs

* Read and understand eighth note and sixteenth note combinations

* Sing Do to Do in solfege syllables

* Begin to understand the use of syncopation

* Introduce Italian tempo terms: Allegro, Andante, Presto, Largo, and Adagio

* Introduce accidentals : sharp, flat, natural

* Discuss alternate counting and rhythmic syllables

* Compose using known forms, AB, ABA, and begin to discuss Rondo form