Beginner Choir Year at a Glance
Revised 2013-2014
1st Six Weeks: TEKS 117.33, Music, Grade 6 to be covered—1.B, 1.C, 3.A, 3.B, 3.C, 5.B,
5.D, 6.A, 6.B, 6.C
Basic concepts:
♪ Note values in 4/4 time signature
♪ Musical terms—clef, staff, measure, bar lines, beat, rhythm,
metronome, key & time signature, flat, sharp
♪ Matching pitch
♪ Solfege/Kodály—origin, how to read, how to perform
♪ Key signatures of F, C, G (location of DO & triad)
♪ Staff lines and spaces in treble clef
♪ Vocal warm-ups focusing on triads and scales
♪ Voice flexing
♪ School Song
♪ Star Spangled Banner
♪ Vowel production
♪ Rounds/Partner silly songs
2nd Six Weeks: TEKS 117.33, Music, Grade 6 to be added—1.A, 1.B, 1.C, 2.A, 2.B, 2.C,
3.A, 3.B, 3.C, 5.B, 5.C, 6.A, 6.B, 6.C
Basic concepts:
♪ Build to higher difficulty level with previously learned concepts
♪ Two-part harmony
♪ Dynamics, tempos, note lengths
♪ Music from outside the textbook—reading for concert literature
♪ Sight-reading in keys of F, C, G
♪ Vowel Production
♪ Posture
♪ Breath control
♪ Solo performance
3rd Six Weeks: TEKS 117.33, Music, Grade 6 to be added—1.A, 1.B. 1.C, 2.A, 2.B, 2.C,
3.A, 3.B, 3.C, 5.B, 5.C, 5.D, 6.A, 6.B, 6.C
Basic concepts:
♪ Build to higher difficulty level with previously learned concepts
♪ Concert etiquette—audience
♪ Concert/Stage etiquette—performer
♪ Concert evaluation
♪ Sight-read 2 part harmony in keys of F, C, G
4th Six Weeks: TEKS 117.33, Music, Grade 6 to be added—1.A, 1.B, 1.C, 2.A, 2.B, 3.B,
3.C, 4.A, 4.B, 4.D, 5.A, 5.D, 6.A
Basic concepts:
♪ Build to higher difficulty level with previously learned concepts
♪ Solo/Ensemble preparation and contest
♪ Solo/Ensemble evaluation
♪ Learn contest sight-reading procedure
♪ Focus on proper ways to mark music
♪ Intense vowel work
♪ Sixteenth note rhythms
♪ Read new contest/concert music
5th Six Weeks: TEKS 117.33, Music, Grade 6—ALL
♪ Build to higher difficulty level with previously learned concepts
♪ Intense work on contest music
♪ Contest procedures
♪ Contest etiquette
♪ Contest evaluation
6th Six Weeks: TEKS 117.33, Music, Grade 6—ALL
♪ Build to higher difficulty level with previously learned concepts
♪ 6/8 time signature
♪ Review of all musical styles
♪ Barbershop and Sweet Adeline’s style
♪ Identify all Major key signatures
♪ Minor key signatures
♪ Learn pop music for performance (show choir if time)
♪ Evaluation of this school year
♪ Discuss elective choices for next school year