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LOWER
GRADES
K-3
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In music classes, students learn:
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Basic music theory,
including notes, rests, rhythms, intervals, scales and music terminology
through a variety of activities, games and manipulatives.
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Music history, including
compositional periods, composers and styles, through visual and auditory
examples and musical stories and flow charts.
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Vocal technique,
including pitch-matching, standard children's repertoire and church music
through classroom singing and outside performance.
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Visual and auditory
recognition of intervals and chords.
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Relationships among the
arts, in particular between music and painting; observing form (or
"shape") in music as it relates to patterns and sequences around them.
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Improvising and reading
basic rhythm patterns using instruments and voices.
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Terms in music-related
languages such as Italian and Latin.
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Basic Kodaly syllables
and rhythm patterns.
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UPPER
GRADES
4-8 |
In music classes, students learn:
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Intermediate music
theory, including review of basic notation, rhythms, intervals, and
terminology, adding chords, time signature, key signatures and chromatic
intervals.
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Music history, including
compositional periods, composers and styles, through visual and auditory
examples and musical stories and flow charts.
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Vocal technique,
including part singing, standard children's repertoire and church music
through classroom singing and outside performance as groups and
individuals.
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Visual and auditory
recognition of intervals and chords.
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Relationships among the
arts, in particular between music and painting; observing form (or
"shape") in music as it relates to patterns and sequences around them.
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Improvising and reading
basic rhythm patterns using instruments and voices.
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Notating rhythm patterns
through rhythmic dictation exercises.
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