4th Grade Music
Unit 2- Exploring Music
Overview
Songs:
“We Go Together” from Grease
“In the Still of the Night”
“Oh, Danny Boy”
Irish Tune From County Derry
Hungarian Dance No. 6
“The Chicken Dance”
“Somebody’s Knockin’ At Your Door”
“Rock Island Line”
“Joe Turner Blues”
“The St. Louis Blues”
“River”
“The Boatman’s Dance”
from Old American Songs
“Hashewie”
“Sourwood Mountain”
“Riqui Ran”
“Eh, Cumpari!”
“Presentation of Pairs” from
Concerto for Orchestra
“Lord Melbourne” from
Lincolnshire Posy
“Knozz-Moe-King”
“Little Birdie”
Allegro from
Concerto for Two Trumpets
“Canoe Song”
“Hey, m’tswala”
Circlesong 7
Composers/People:
The Five Satins
Boyz II Men
Percy Grainger
Johannes Brahms
Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly)
W.C. Handy
Aaron Copland
Bela Bartok
The Marsalis Family
(Wynton, Ellis, Branford, Delfeayo)
Vince Guaraldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Bobby McFerrin
Terms:
Doo-Wop
Tempo
Adagio
Moderato
Andante
Allegro
Presto
Tie
Syncopation
Time Signature
Verse
Refrain
AB Form
Interlude
Ledger Line
Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti
Timbre
Woodwind
Brass
Woodwind Quartet
Brass Quintet
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Clarinet
Saxophone
Trumpet
Trombone
French Horn
Tuba
Ostinato