Arts Education, Grade 4, Music, 2006
1.) Perform a varied repertoire of music using vocal technique, pure head tone, good diction, good posture, proper pitch and rhythm, and breath control.
• Singing intervals within the major pentatonic scale
• Singing legato and staccato
• Singing songs of other cultures and countries
• Singing using a variety of dynamics
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2.) Sing in rounds or canons to create harmony.
• Singing partner songs
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3.) Improvise eight-beat melodies using "sol," "mi," "la," "re," and "do" with half notes, quarter notes, quarter rests, and syncopation.
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4.) Perform simple chord progression on pitched instruments.
Example: I, V, I
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5.) Perform simple melodies on pitched instruments.
Examples: recorders, barred instruments, keyboards
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6.) Perform rhythm patterns, including syncopation and eighth- and sixteenth-note combinations on various rhythm instruments.
• Playing melodic and rhythmic ostinati
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7.) Create new words for familiar songs, indicating phrase structure.
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8.) Improvise pentatonic melodies using a variety of sound sources, including electronic sources.
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9.) Identify ledger-line notes C and B below the treble staff.
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10.) Identify theme and variations in musical selections.
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11.) Identify melodic sequences in a melody.
Example: motif from first movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
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12.) Classify orchestral instruments by family.
• Identifying individual instruments by sight
• Identifying individual instruments by sound
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13.) Recognize styles of twentieth-century music.
Examples: jazz, pop, country
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