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Standard 1: Language
of Music - The student will read, notate and interpret music.
1. Identify the elements of music:
a. Melody (steps, wide and narrow leaps, and repeated tones,
melody patterns, high and low pitches, melodic contour, same, different
and similar phrases)
b. Rhythm (strong and weak beats, steady beat, silent beat,
meter in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4, dotted rhythms)
c. Harmony (chordal harmony, chord changes, ostinato patterns,
countermelody, rounds)
d. Form (introduction, coda, repetition/contrast, solo/chorus,
AB, ABA, rondo, D.C. al fine)
e. Tone Color (classroom percussion instruments, identify
trumpet, clarinet, violin, tympani, and different tone quality of an
individual or group)
f. Pitch (higher and lower)
g. Tempo (fast and slow, faster and slower, gradual and sudden
changes in tempo)
h. Dynamics (loud and soft, gradually louder and softer,
suddenly louder and softer)
2. Recognize basic rhythm patterns by using rhythm syllables (quarter
note, eighth note, half note, whole note, dotted half note patterns).
3. Recognize basic features of familiar and unfamiliar songs:
a. Dynamics - loud and soft, gradual change of louder and
softer
b. Tempo - fast and slow, gradual change of faster and slower
c. Styles - songs, chants, rhymes, different cultures
4. Identify
instrument ensembles (brass, strings, woodwinds, percussion)
Standard 2: Music History and Culture - The student will recognize the
development of music from an historical and cultural perspective.
1. Recognize music from our country, work songs, holiday songs and
music from different countries.
2. Sing and
perform action songs, singing games and dances from a variety of cultures.
3. Identify music and instruments from different cultures. (i.e.,
bagpipe, wooden flute, koto, panpipes).
Standard 3:
Music Expression - The student will perform, imitate, compose a variety of
music within specific guidelines.
1. Participate in music through singing (echo singing, rounds and
partner songs) and/or playing instruments (body percussion and melodic
ostinatos).
2. Match pitches, sing in tune (C-scale range) and use appropriate
tone and expression.
3. Respond to the beat or rhythm in music by clapping, walking,
running, skipping, galloping, sliding, playing classroom instruments, or
chanting.
4. Play simple rhythmic patterns using sounds and silences on
classroom percussion instruments to accompany songs and rhythm activities.
5. Play simple melodies by rote on instruments, such as bells or
xylophones.
6. While listening to a musical piece, use directional hand movements
to follow the melodic contour (sound or progression of single tones).
7. Respond to unfinished short melodic patterns using voice or
classroom instruments.
8. Perform solos and in groups.
9. Sing two-part rounds, partner songs and ostinatos.
Standard 4:
Music Appreciation - The student will learn to appreciate music and expand
listening beyond music currently familiar to the student.
1. Recognize and practice appropriate audience or performer behavior
appropriate for the context and style of music performed.
2. Demonstrate respect for music performed by the student and by
other students and professional performers.
3. Use appropriate terms to explain preferences for musical works and
styles.
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