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 Range – d-c’
 Voice channels for speech
patterns, chants, head voice
for singing
 Quarter, eighth notes,
quarter rests in duple meter
 Experience songs in 6/8
meter
 Piano and forte dynamics
 Develop song repertoire
 DRM
 Simple borduns and ostinati
 Beat vs. rhythm
 Arrange icons
representative of sounds,
instruments, and/or form
AB, ABA, in particular
 Instrument families of the
orchestra and grouping of
instruments in their
respective families
 Hi/lo; loud/soft; fast/slow;
moving up/moving
down/staying the same
 Movement to music
 Proper audience behavior
 Exposure to various musical
styles and the music of
famous composers
 Range c-e’
 Add half notes in duple
meter and, if applicable,
dotted quarter in triple
meter
 Identify beat divisions in
2’s and 3’s; work in 2/4,
4/4, 6/8
 P, medium loud, forte
 Vocal timbre and
expression
 Ostinati and rounds
 Sing and play melodies
using DRMSL in F or G
do
 Notate, read, perform
melodies in F and G
using DRMSL
 String family, individual
instrument names,
common characteristics,
sound vs. size, family
tone color
 AB/ABA form
 Movement to music
 Audience etiquette
 Range c-e’
 Add 16th note value,
whole notes, (dotted
quarter rest in triple
meter), dotted half note,
half and whole rests
 Introduce syncopation
 2/4, ¾, 4/4, 6/8 meters
 Rounds/canons
 American folk song and
multi-cultural repertoire
 Sing and play melodies
using DRMSLD’ in FCG
pentatonic scales
 Notate melodies using
DRMSLD’ in F, G and C
do
 Question and answer
phrases
 AB/ABA/ABAC, rondo
forms
 Brass, woodwind, and
percussion families and
instruments within these
families
 Vocal timbre identification
 Begin staff note names
 Movement to music
 Audience etiquette
 Range c-e’
 Add, eighth and
sixteenth note
combinations, eighth
rests, (dotted
eighth/sixteenth notes
as enrichment)
 anacrusis
 2/4, ¾, 4/4, 6/8 meters
 Rounds/canons in 2
and 3 parts
 American Folk song
and Multi-cultural
repertoire
 Pitches of Major (add
Fa) and minor scale
(Ti) in solfege
 Pitches of staff in treble
clef notation, including
middle c and space d
 Notate and read
melodies in F, G, or C
pentatonic, in major (F,
C, G, D) and read
melodies in minor
 Theme and Variations
form
 Movement to music
 Audience etiquette
EASTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT MUSIC
Skill Development Summary