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VOCAL MUSIC
Grade 1 - Program Outline
UNIT I - RHYTHM
Concepts:
1. Show steady beat
2. Recognize & respond to strong & weak beats
3. 2, 3, & 4 meter beats
4. Long & short sounds
5. Identify & perform rhythm patterns
UNIT II - MELODY
Concepts:
1. High & low pitches
2. Upward & downward melodic direction
3. Identify steps, leaps & repeated tones
4. Understand & perform melodic patterns
5. Identify & define phrases
UNIT III - HARMONY
Concepts:
1. Sing with accompaniment & a cappella
2. Perform ostinatos
UNIT IV - TONE COLOR
Concepts:
1. Vocal tone colors
2. Sounds
UNIT V - FORM
Concepts:
1. Introduction, phrases, repetition/contrast
2. AB, verse/refrain & solo chorus
UNIT VI - EXPRESSIVE QUALITIES
Concepts:
1. Styles & cultures of music
2. How music suggests mood
3. Songs, chants & rhymes
4. Degrees of dynamics
5. Degrees of tempos
UNIT VII - USING THE VOICE/SINGING SKILLS
Concepts:
1. Singing & speaking voices; match pitches (C-G)
2. Vocal range
3. Sing in tune
4. Sing with expression
5. Sing with appropriate tone quality, posture, diction & breathing
6. Songs from diverse cultures
UNIT VIII - MOVING
Concepts:
1. Locomotive movements: galloping, hopping, etc.
2. Dramatize stories
3. Maintain steady beat
4. Long/short sounds & silences
5. Simple rhythm patterns
6. Move to phrases
7. Perform action songs, singing games & dances from diverse cultures
UNIT IX - PLAYING CLASSROOM INSTRUMENTS
Concepts:
1. Steady beats using bilateral & alternating motions
2. Rhythm patterns using sounds & silences
3. Melodic patterns, ostinato & melodic fragments
4. Body percussion &/ classroom instruments
5. Add accompaniment to a song
6. Play instruments in combination
UNIT X - LISTENING
Concepts:
1. Listen to musical selections
2. Discover selections in an orchestral piece
3. Music that suggests a story or subject
4. Recognize environmental, vocal & individual instrumental sounds
5. Respond to various tempos & dynamic levels
6. Determine mood or style
7. Use "inner hearing"
8. Music from diverse cultures
9. Composers & their works
UNIT XI - CREATING
Concepts:
1. Simple sound pieces
2. Introductions
3. Sound backgrounds
4. Rhythmic accompaniment
5. Create original verse
VOCAL MUSIC
Grade 2 - Program Outline
UNIT I - RHYTHM
Concepts:
1. Show steady beat
2. Recognize & respond to strong & weak beats
3. 2, 3, & 4 meter beats
4. Longer & shorter notation
5. Rhythm patterns
6. Even & uneven rhythm patterns
UNIT II - MELODY
Concepts:
1. High & low pitches
2. Upward & downward melodic direction
3. Melodic contour
4. Steps, leaps & repeated tones
5. Melodic patterns
6. Melodic phrases
UNIT III - HARMONY
Concepts:
1. 2 or more pitches
2. Sing with accompaniment & a cappella
3. Chord changes
UNIT IV - TONE COLOR
Concepts:
1. Vocal tone colors
2. Sounds of instruments
UNIT V - FORM
Concepts:
1. Introduction & coda
2. Repeat/contrasts - AB, ABA
3. Long & short phrases
UNIT VI - EXPRESSIVE QUALITIES
Concepts:
1. Styles & cultures of music
2. Style differences
3. Degrees of dynamics
4. Degrees of tempos
UNIT VII - USING THE VOICE/SINGING SKILLS
Concepts:
1. Various uses of the voice
2. Simple ostinatos
3. Appropriate tone quality, posture, diction & breathing
4. Control of expressive singing
5. Melodic patterns
6. Songs from diverse cultures
UNIT VIII - MOVING
Concepts:
1. Locomotive movements: leaping, sliding, etc.
2. Original movement stories
3. Maintain steady beat
4. Longer/shorter sounds & silences
5. Repetition/contrast: AB, ABA
6. Move to phrases
7. Perform action songs, singing games & dances from diverse cultures
UNIT IX - PLAYING CLASSROOM INSTRUMENTS
Concepts:
1. Basic mallet techniques
2. Steady & strong beats
3. Body percussion &/ classroom instruments
4. Melodies & melodic patterns
5. Melodic rhythm while singing
6. Autoharp
7. Play instruments in combination
UNIT X - LISTENING
Concepts:
1. Listen to musical selections
2. Compare 2 pieces as to style
3. Music that suggests a story or subject
4. Use "inner hearing"
5. Music from diverse cultures
6. Composers & their works
UNIT XI - CREATING
Concepts:
1. Simple rhythm pieces
2. Pentatonic scale
3. Rhythmic & melodic accompaniment
4. Introduction & codas
5. Original verse
VOCAL MUSIC
Grade 3 - Program Outline
UNIT I - RHYTHM
Concepts:
1. Steady beats & rests
2. 2, 3, & 4 meter beats
3. Read notation
4. Rhythm patterns
UNIT II - MELODY
Concepts:
1. High & low pitches
2. Melodic contour
3. Intervals
4. Melodic patterns
5. Melodic phrases
6. Tonal center
UNIT III - HARMONY
Concepts:
1. Melody & countermelody
2. Choral harmony
UNIT IV - TONE COLOR
Concepts:
1. Vocal tone colors
2. Sounds of instruments
UNIT V - FORM
Concepts:
1. Form in terms of vocabulary, phrasing, AB, ABA & rondo
2. Style differences
UNIT VI - EXPRESSIVE QUALITIES
Concepts:
1. Dynamics as an expressive choice
2. Tempo as an expressive choice
UNIT VII - USING THE VOICE/SINGING SKILLS
Concepts:
1. Vocal range upward
2. Two part harmony
3. Vocal expression
4. Songs from diverse cultures
UNIT VIII - MOVING
Concepts:
1. Locomotor & non-locomotor skills
2. Hand jives & street games
3. Folk, line, pop & circle dances
4. Dramatizations
5. Move to show beat, meter, form, contour & harmony
UNIT IX - PLAYING CLASSROOM INSTRUMENTS
Concepts:
1. Basic mallet techniques
2. Body percussion &/ classroom instruments
3. 1 or 2 chord songs on autoharp
4. Instruments in combination
UNIT X - LISTENING
Concepts:
1. Listen to musical selections
2. Program & non-program music
3. Use "inner hearing"
4. Composers & their works
UNIT XI - CREATING
Concepts:
1. Simple percussion instruments
2. Vocal & instrumental accompaniment
3. Musical settings
4. Introduction & codas
5. New verses
UNIT XII - FLUTE-O-PHONE
Concepts:
1. Notes C-D, F#, & Bb
2. Fingering technique & embouchure
3. 2 chord songs
4. Contrasting selections
5. Phrases
6. Blend sound
VOCAL MUSIC
Grade 4 - Program Outline
UNIT I - RHYTHM
Concepts:
1. Beats, offbeat, rests & fermatas
2. Strong & weak beats & meter signatures
3. Read notation
4. Rhythm patterns
5. Syncopation
UNIT II - MELODY
Concepts:
1. Definite & indefinite pitches
2. Melodic contour
3. Intervals
4. Melodic rhythm, sequence, imitation & ostinato
5. Melodic phrases
6. Tonal center
UNIT III - HARMONY
Concepts:
1. Unison/chordal harmony
2. Melody & countermelody
UNIT IV - TONE COLOR
Concepts:
1. Vocal tone colors
2. Tone colors of instruments
UNIT V - FORM
Concepts:
1. Form in terms of vocabulary, phrasing, AB, ABA, rondo & ballad
UNIT VI - EXPRESSIVE QUALITIES
Concepts:
1. Styles differences
2. Dynamics as an expressive choice
3. Tempo as an expressive choice
UNIT VII - USING THE VOICE/SINGING SKILLS
Concepts:
1. 2 & 3 part harmony
2. Vocal expression
3. Songs from diverse cultures
UNIT VIII - MOVING
Concepts:
1. Complex rhythm patterns
2. Complex locomotor & non-locomotor skills
3. Other song forms - ABC
4. 2 & 3 part rounds & countermelody
5. Conduct while walking
UNIT IX - PLAYING CLASSROOM INSTRUMENTS
Concepts:
1. Basic mallet techniques
2. Syncopate rhythms
3. Rhythm rounds
4. Body percussion &/ classroom instruments
5. 3 chord songs on autoharp
6. Instruments in combination
7. Pitched & non-pitched instruments
UNIT X - LISTENING
Concepts:
1. Music & instruments of diverse cultures & styles
2. Listen critically
3. Individual instruments & orchestra instruments
4. Orchestra & band
5. Style of 2 pieces
6. Use "inner hearing"
7. Composers & their works
UNIT XI - CREATING
Concepts:
1. Chants & percussion accompaniments
2. Simple melodies
3. Original verses
4. Call, response, introduction & coda
5. Notation
6. Rondo form
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