At the beginning of April, the 4th grade music students will start a unit on recorder performance. This unit will directly address Standard E-1.b Demonstrate learned melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns using expressive elements; Standard E-1.c Demonstrate and differentiate between songs in major and minor keys; Standard E-2.a Demonstrate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns with attention to tempo, dynamics, and articulation learned from notation; Standard E-2.b Demonstrate tempo, dynamic and articulation indications in musical examples; Standard T-1.a Melody: Identify and perform or respond to in major/minor tonalities; and Standard T-3.c Timbre: Aurally identify 2+ parts.