Kindergarten
- In tune singing
- Beat & Rhythmic Feeling
- Musical Opposites: fast/slow, loud/soft, high/low
- Creative movement
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3rd grade
- Beginning part singing - rounds, ostinatos
- Melodic learning - low la, low so, high do
- Rhythmic notation - sixteenth notes, syncopation
- Absolute note names (A,B,C,D,E,F,G)
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1st grade
- In tune singing
- Melodic learning - mi, so, la
- Rhythmic notation - ta, ti-ti, rest
- Creative movement to classical music
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4th grade
- Part singing - two part harmony, rounds
- Melodic learning - fa, ti (half vs. whole steps)
- Rhythmic notation - dotted quarter notes
- Beginning key signatures
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2nd grade
- In tune singing
- Melodic learning - do, re, mi, so, la (pentatonic scale)
- Rhythmic notation - half note, sixteenth notes
- Creative movement and improvisation
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5th grade/6th grade
- Part singing - chordal harmony
- Melodic learning - major/minor scales
- Advanced key signatures
- Listening and Analyzing art music
- Composition - Theme and Variations
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