September:
Yearly Plan
Music
1. Rhythm/Beat
a. Steady Beat
2. Dynamics (Loud/Soft)
3. Melody (S,M etc.)
4. Naming Notes in the treble (4TH – 6TH Grades)
October:
1. Major/ Minor modes
a. Pentatonic scales
i. Major…Do pentatonic
ii. Minor…La pentatonic
2. Tempo (Fast/slow)
3. Rhythm/Beat
4. Melody
a. Dorian mode
5. Playing the Recorder (Upper Grades)
6. Improvisation
December:
1. Form
a. Binary (AB)
b. Ternary (ABA)
2. Note Value
3. Melody
a. Pentatonic Scale (Review)
b. Do and La pentatonic scale
4. Rhythm/Beat
a. Whole rest, half rest, single eighth note
5. Improvisation
6. Multicultural songs and dances
January:
1. Rhythm. Beat
a. Complex rhythmic patterns
2. Melody
a. Natural minor
b. Sol mi la
3. Meter: 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4
4. Form
a. Call and Response
5. Key signature
6. Upbeat
February
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Rhythm/Beat
a. Compound rhythmic patterns
Melody
a. Sol pentatonic
b. La pentachord
Naming notes
Note Value
Melody
a. Low ti
b. Harmonic minor
March
1. Rhythm/Beat
a. Dotted rhythm
2. Melody
a. High Do
b. Re pentatonic
c. Fa
3. Naming notes
4. Note value
5. Review Dorian mode (6th grade)
6. Form
a. Theme and Variation
April
1. Rhythm/Beat
a. Whole note
2. Melody
a. High ti
b. I IV V7 chords
3. Naming notes
4. Note value
5. Review natural and harmonic minor and dorian mode… compare the
Difference
6. Composing/arranging music with specific guidelines
May
1. Rhythm./Beat
a. Review dotted rhythm
2. Melody
a. Do pentachord
b. Do hexachord
c. Half and whole steps
3. Notes of the bass clef
4. Improvisation …melodies, movement
June
1. Review all concepts
Year Sequence of Music Elements
Kindergarten:
1. Matching pitch and tuneful singing
2. Repertoire of at least 50 songs
3. Feel the steady beat
4. Fast and slow
5. Loud and soft
6. High and low
7. Short and long
8. Same and different
9. Smooth and jerky
10. Improvisation ( movement and text)
First Grade:
1. Matching pitch
2. Different voices (singing, whisper, speaking, shouting)
3. Rhymes and songs (difference between)
4. Ta (Quarter note)
5. Ti-ti (Two eighth notes)
6. Rest (Quarter rest)
7. Two beat rhythm ostinato
8. Two beat meter ( measure, bar line, double bar line and repeat sign)
9. Sol and mi
10. La in a sol-la-mi pattern
Second Grade:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Review all first grade concepts
La in a sol-mi-la-sol-mi pattern
Half note
Four beat meter
Do
Re
Pentatonic scale
Third Grade:
1. Review all second grade concepts
2. Dotted half note
3. Treble clef
4. Do pentatonic (major)
5. La pentatonic (minor)
6. Tika tika paired 16th notes
7. Low la
8. Low sol
9. Treble staff… absolute pitch names of B A G and F E D and C
10. Rounds, canons, partner songs,
Fourth Grade:
1. Review all third grade concepts
2. High do
3. Ti-ta-ti (Syn-co-pa)
4. La pentatonic
5. Whole note
6. Half rest
7. Sol pentatonic
8. Dotted quarter note (tam-ti) and a single eighth note
9. Fa
10. Half and whole steps
11. Key signatures of G major and F major
12. Call and response songs
Fifth Grade:
1. Review all fourth grade concepts
2. Re pentatonic scale
3. Do pentachord and do hexachord
4. Whole rest
5. Low ti
6. Ti-tam (single eighth note and dotted quarter note)
7. Ti
8. Upbeat
9. Three beat meter
10. Tim-ri (dotted eighth note and sixteenth note)
11. Playing high register on the soprano recorder
12. Composing a piece with specific guidelines (Zoo Tunes)
13. Songs with melodic ostinati
Sixth Grade:
1. Review all fifth grade concepts
2. Eighth rest
3. Major scale
4. Key signature of D
5. Compound rhythms
6. Six eight meter
7. Natural minor
8. Harmonic minor
9. Dorian mode
10. Binary and ternary form
11. Key signature of B flat major and G minor
12. Playing soprano and alto Recorder
13. Playing guitar
14. Learning the notes of the bass clef
15. I IV V7 chord progression
16. La pentachord
17. Singing art songs