|
MUSIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES - Grade 4
The Student:
Standard 1: sings alone or with others a varied repertoire of music.
* Sings with appropriate tone, pitch, dynamics, and rhythm alone or with accompaniment.+
* Sings and signs pentachord, including Fa.+
* Sings a variety of partner songs, descants, three-part rounds, and counter-melodies.
Standard 2: performs on instruments alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
* Performs rhythmic, melodic and chordal patterns on classroom instruments.+
* Identifies and perform I-V chords on autoharp and/or pitched instruments.
* Demonstrates the ability to play/read notes G, A, B, C, D on the recorder.
* Performs a variety of pitched and non-pitched instrumental accompaniments.
* Performs using expressive elements in tempo and dynamics with speech, song, movement, and instruments.
Standard 3: Improvises melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
* Improvise questions and answers on the recorder, pitched and non-pitched instruments, using pentatonic scales.+
* Create rondo and canon through moving, speaking, or singing.
* Create and perform two-part speech ensembles with simple ostinato and body percussion.
Standard 4: Composes music within specified guidelines.
* Composes short pieces within specific guidelines.+
* Enhance stories, rhymes, and fables with original accompaniments on instruments along with movement, speech , and chants.
Standard 5: Reads and Notates music.
* Uses standard symbols to read and notate rhythm: dotted half and dotted quarter notes.+
* Uses standard symbols to read and notate pitch: Fa+
* Uses standard time signature for 2/4, 4/4, and 3/4.
* Distinguish between tie and slur.
* Notates rhythms with stem up and stem down.
* Identifies sharps and flats.
* Uses proper names for rhythm note names and absolute pitch names.
* Uses the Treble Clef to notate and read G, A, B, C, D on the recorder.
Standard 6: Listens, analyzes, evaluates, and describes music.
* Understands and use music vocabulary: body, introduction, interlude, coda, D.S. al fine.
* Identifies and perform songs in common and cut time, and triple meter signature (3/4.
* Identifies major and minor tonalities in songs.
* Identifies the differences in vocal registers.
* Responds through movement to selected music: waltzes and dances in triple & duple meter.
* Identifies Do Clef and Treble Clef for placement of pitch on staff.
* Analyzes own performance and that of others.
Standard 7: Explores various cultures through the study of music and music history.
* Understands the role of music in various settings and cultures.+
* Demonstrates correct playing technique on soprano recorder.
* Performs, listens and studies a wide variety of songs including singing games, and cumulative, patriotic, seasonal,
simple two-part rounds, call and response, spirituals, canons/rounds, ballads, and folk songs, and hymns from various cultures.
* Classifies orchestral and band instruments by family. Recognizes Woodwind, Brass & String instruments.
|