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