Music
Grade 1: Music
Grade 1: Music
• Duration: fast and slow tempi; rhythm versus beat; two and four beats per bar ( and metres); quarter note (oral prompt: “ta”), eighth note(s) (oral prompt: “ti-ti”), quarter rest; simple rhythmic ostinato (e.g., “ta, ta, ti-ti, ta”)
• Duration: fast and slow tempi; rhythm versus beat; two and four beats per bar ( and metres); quarter note (oral prompt: “ta”), eighth note(s) (oral prompt: “ti-ti”), quarter rest; simple rhythmic ostinato (e.g., “ta, ta, ti-ti, ta”)
• Pitch: high and low sounds; unison; melodic contour; simple melodic patterns using the notes “mi”, “so”, and “la” (e.g., the “so–mi–la–so–mi” pitch pattern in some children’s songs)
• Pitch: high and low sounds; unison; melodic contour; simple melodic patterns using the notes “mi”, “so”, and “la” (e.g., the “so–mi–la–so–mi” pitch pattern in some children’s songs)
• Dynamics and other expressive controls: loud, soft; a strong sound for a note or beat (accent); smooth and detached articulation
• Dynamics and other expressive controls: loud, soft; a strong sound for a note or beat (accent); smooth and detached articulation
• Timbre: vocal quality (e.g., speaking voice, singing voice), body percussion, sound quality of instruments (e.g., non-pitched and pitched percussion), environmental and found sounds
• Timbre: vocal quality (e.g., speaking voice, singing voice), body percussion, sound quality of instruments (e.g., non-pitched and pitched percussion), environmental and found sounds
• Texture/harmony: single melodic line in unison (monophony)
• Texture/harmony: single melodic line in unison (monophony)
• Form: phrase, call and response
• Form: phrase, call and response
My Body Percussion
My Body Percussion
Step outside in your backyard or wherever you have a safe area to make some noise! This activity may also take place inside. Your body is a musical instrument that can make many sounds, let’s explore them!
Step outside in your backyard or wherever you have a safe area to make some noise! This activity may also take place inside. Your body is a musical instrument that can make many sounds, let’s explore them!
Think about the following questions:
Is your body an instrument? Can your body create sounds?
Start off by clapping your hands once, stomping your feet twice, hum three times and slap your thigh four times. Continue trying to create a pattern of sounds.
Start off by clapping your hands once, stomping your feet twice, hum three times and slap your thigh four times. Continue trying to create a pattern of sounds.
There are many more sounds the human body can make.
How many more can you come up with?
How many sounds can you make at once?
What did that feel like?
Are there any animals you see outside that make noises with their body? Can you think of why animals make sounds?
Are there any animals you see outside that make noises with their body? Can you think of why animals make sounds?