Grade 3 Music

Elements of dynamics to be learned:

• standard symbols for soft (e.g., piano – p) and loud (e.g., forte – f)

• invented symbols for soft and loud

• articulation and expression marks encountered in music listened to, sung, and played (e.g., staccato, legato, signs for crescendo and decrescendo)

Elements of timbre to be learned:

• classification of instruments by means of sound production (e.g., sounds produced by strumming, striking, shaking, blowing)