K-8 Music Curriculum
Students have Music twice a week for 30 minutes. Students will sing, speak, dance, play, and move. Each grade performs one music program every year to show family and friends the skills we are working on during Music class.
Kindergarten |
Build repertoire of 50 songs and games
Steady Beat Fast vs. Slow Loud vs. Soft High vs. Low Short vs. Long Same vs. Different Smooth vs. Jerky |
First Grade |
Heartbeat
Rhythm Ta (Quarter Note) Ti-ti (Barred Eighth Notes) Rest (Quarter Rest) Repeat Sign Four Beat Meter Two Beat Meter “So”-”Mi” “La” (slsm pattern) Introduction to Keyboard |
Second Grade |
“La” (smlsm pattern)
Too-oo (Half Note) and Half Rest “Do” “Re” Compound Meter: Ti-ti-ti, Ta-ti, Tam Continue Keyboard |
Third Grade |
Pentatonic Scale
Low “La” “La” Minor Pentatonic Low “So” Tika-Tika (Sixteenth Notes) Ti-Tika (Eighth Note and Two Sixteenth Notes) Tika-Ti (Two Sixteenth Notes and Eighth Note) 1-2-3-4 (Whole Note) and Whole Rest Notes on Staff- CBAG Single Ti (Eighth Note) First and Second Endings Introduction to Soprano Recorder Continue Keyboard |
Fourth Grade |
High “Do”
Ti-Ta-Ti (Syncopa) 1-2-3 (Dotted Half Note) Tam-Ti (Dotted Quarter Note and Eighth Note) “Fa” (sfmrd) Whole step vs. Half Step F Major- Bb altered tone Notes on Staff- DCBAGFE Continue Keyboard and Soprano Recorder |
Fifth Grade |
Low “Ti”
“La” Minor Scale G Major- F# altered tone Ti- Tam (Eighth Note Dotted Quarter Note) Ti (d’tl and d’td’) Major Scale Upbeat Three Beat Meter Tim-Ka (Dotted Eighth Note Sixteenth Note) Introduction to Guitar Continue Keyboard and Soprano Recorder |
Sixth/Seventh/Eighth Grades |
Eighth Rest
Continue Keyboard, Soprano Recorder, and Guitar D Major- C# altered tone Natural Minor Scale Bb Major and G Minor- Eb “Fi”- altered “Fa” Dorian Mode “Si”- altered “So” Harmonic Minor Scale Melodic Minor Scale Binary and Ternary Form “Te”- altered “Ti” Triplet Bass Clef Introduction to Alto Recorder Continue Keyboard, Soprano Recorder, and Guitar |