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 Range – d-c’
 Voice channels for speech
patterns, chants, head voice for
singing
 Read, perform and notate
quarter, eighth notes, quarter
rests in duple meter
 Experience songs in 6/8 meter
 Experience piano and forte
dynamics
 Experience major scale, five line
staff
 Develop song repertoire
 Sing,play,read,write 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
 Range c-e’
 Read, perform and notate half
notes in duple meter and, if
applicable, dotted quarter in
triple meter
 Identify duple and triple
meters; work in 2/4, 4/4, 6/8
 P, medium loud, forte
 Vocal timbre and expression
 Ostinati and rounds
 Sing, play, read and notate
melodies using DRMSL in F or
G do
 String family, individual
instrument names, common
characteristics, sound vs. size,
family tone color
 AB/ABA form
 Range c-e’
 Read, perform and notate 16th
note value, whole notes,
(dotted quarter rest in triple
meter), dotted half note, half
and whole rests
 Experience syncopation
 2/4, ¾, 4/4, 6/8 meters
 Experience expressive
elements (cresc.,decresc.,
accel., rit. etc.)
 Rounds/canons
 Sing, play, read and notate
melodies using DRMSLD’ in
FCG pentatonic scales
 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
 Range c-e’
 Read, perform and notate
pick-up note (anacrusis),
syncopated rhythm patterns
 2/4, ¾, 4/4, 6/8 meters
 Experience expressive
elements (staccato, legato,
dynamics)
 Rounds/canons in 2 and/or
3 parts
 Experience major vs. minor
 Pitches of staff in treble clef
notation, including middle c
and space d
 Sing, play, read and notate
melodies using all pitches in
the major scale
 Theme and Variations form
 Movement to music
 Audience etiquette
 Music of great composers
 Exploration of musical styles and
periods
 American folk song and multicultural repertoire
 Movement to music
 Audience etiquette
 Music of great composers
 Exploration of musical styles
and periods
 American folk song and multicultural repertoire
 Movement to music
 Audience etiquette
 Music of great composers
 Exploration of musical styles
and periods
 American folk song and multicultural repertoire
 Movement to music
 Audience etiquette
 Music of great composers
 Exploration of musical styles
and periods
 American folk song and
multi-cultural repertoire
EASTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT MUSIC
Skill Development Summary