Our little musicians are growing daily through the Quaver Music curriculum. Here is a brief overview of what the grade levels are learning:
Pre K: Second Grade: 5th Grade General Music:
Rules Steady beat Meter review
Steady Beat Strong and weak beats Rhythm review
Feeling the Beat Meter review Syncopation
Fast and Slow Beat Beat against rhythm Dotted note rhythms
Being Polite (high/low sounds) Ostinatos Descants
Sharing (sol and mi) Singing solfege Music from other lands
Places (ocean, land, sky, outer space) Melodic phrases and direction Sharps and flats
Loud and soft The Baroque Period Major scales and key signatures
Same and different sounds, styles, and patterns Note and rest durations Improvisation of Major scales
Accent marks Impressionist Period
Kindergarten:
Beat/Steady Beat Third Grade:
Whisper, talk, shout, and sing Meter sign
Sing, play, and move to rhythm Ostinatos
High and Low Identifying different voices
Pitches and singing Rounds and canons
Up and Down Lines and spaces
Patterns of 2,3, and 4 Melodic movement
Instrument families The Classical Period
Loud and soft Sixteenth notes, whole notes, and whole rests
Fast and slow Dynamics
First Grade: Fourth Grade:
Steady Beat Triplets
Strong and Weak Beats Sixteenth notes
Meters of 2,3, and 4 Octaves, Descants, and Patriotic songs
Sing, play, and move to rhythm Singing triads
Four different voices Major and minor melodies
Intro to lines and spaces Dotted quarter notes; tied notes
Pitches and intervals Articulation review
Melodic patterns Timbre
Tempo (fast/slow) Recorder (Woodwinds, Blues, Tempo, Chords and harmony)
Dynamics (loud/soft)
Pre K: Second Grade: 5th Grade General Music:
Rules Steady beat Meter review
Steady Beat Strong and weak beats Rhythm review
Feeling the Beat Meter review Syncopation
Fast and Slow Beat Beat against rhythm Dotted note rhythms
Being Polite (high/low sounds) Ostinatos Descants
Sharing (sol and mi) Singing solfege Music from other lands
Places (ocean, land, sky, outer space) Melodic phrases and direction Sharps and flats
Loud and soft The Baroque Period Major scales and key signatures
Same and different sounds, styles, and patterns Note and rest durations Improvisation of Major scales
Accent marks Impressionist Period
Kindergarten:
Beat/Steady Beat Third Grade:
Whisper, talk, shout, and sing Meter sign
Sing, play, and move to rhythm Ostinatos
High and Low Identifying different voices
Pitches and singing Rounds and canons
Up and Down Lines and spaces
Patterns of 2,3, and 4 Melodic movement
Instrument families The Classical Period
Loud and soft Sixteenth notes, whole notes, and whole rests
Fast and slow Dynamics
First Grade: Fourth Grade:
Steady Beat Triplets
Strong and Weak Beats Sixteenth notes
Meters of 2,3, and 4 Octaves, Descants, and Patriotic songs
Sing, play, and move to rhythm Singing triads
Four different voices Major and minor melodies
Intro to lines and spaces Dotted quarter notes; tied notes
Pitches and intervals Articulation review
Melodic patterns Timbre
Tempo (fast/slow) Recorder (Woodwinds, Blues, Tempo, Chords and harmony)
Dynamics (loud/soft)