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GEARY COUNTY USD 475 ELEMENTARY MUSIC SKILL BY GRADE LEVEL
3rd Grade
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Rhythm
o Note Values
 Sixteenth notes
 Dotted quarter note
Melody
o Pentatonic scale
 Reading Do, Re, Mi, Sol, La,
(Do^)
 Add low Sol and La
o Major/Minor Tonality (Aurally)
o Treble Notation
Harmony
o Melody with Harmony
 Singing in rounds
 Qoudlibet (Partner Songs)
Expressive Characteristics
o Accents
Form
o Repetition and Contrast
 D.C. al Fine
 Coda
 D.S. al Fine
Tone Color
o Instruments by families
 Brass
 Woodwind
 Strings
 Percussion
 Ensembles
 Chorus
 Band
 Orchestra
Style
o Basic Musical Elements
 Rhythm
 Melody
 Harmony
 Dynamics
 Tempo
o Cultural Elements
 Multicultural Music
 Jazz
o Historical Elements
 Composers
 Time Periods
Instruments
o Mallet
 Pentatonic piece only for
barred percussion, with 2
pitched ostinato (one of
these a bordun)
 Bordun
 Cross-over
 Skills acquired in Grades K2
o Recorder (Optional)
 Proper playing technique
 Notes
 B,A,G, (E and D)
Movement
o Folk Dancing
 Formations
 Circle
o Concentric
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4th Grade
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Rhythm
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o Note Values
 Eighth note, Eighth rest
 Sixteenth notes,
Sixteenth rest
 Tied notes
 Syncopation (Reading)
Melody
o Same and Different Pitches
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(aurally)
o Register
 High and low
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 Head voice
o Major Scale
 Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La,
Ti, Do
 Sing and Play
o Steps, Leaps, Repeated Tones
 Whole Steps and Half
Steps
o Treble Notation
 Sharps, Flats, and
Natural
Harmony
o Melody with Harmony
 2-part octavo
 Cadences
 Tonic and Dominant
 Counter Melody
Expressive Characteristics
o Dynamics
 Fortissimo-Pianissimo
 Crescendo and
Decresendo
 Balance
o Tempo
 Presto – Grave
 Getting faster
(Accelerando)
 Getting slower
(Ritardando)
 Fermata
o Articulation
 Accents
 Legato and
Staccato
 Attacks and Releases
 Diction
Tone Color
o Voices
 SATB
 Instruments within
families
Style
o Musical Elements
 Tone Color
Instruments
o Mallet
 Refine alternating
mallet technique
 I-V accompaniments
for diatonic songs
 Orff ensemble:
pentachordal or
hexachordal piece for
barred percussion
o Recorder
 Notes
 B,A,G,E,D,(C^1
and D^1)
5th Grade
Rhythm
o Steady Beat
o Note Values
 Triplets
o Meter
 Triple
 9/8, 12/8
 Mixed Meter
Harmony
o Melody with Harmony
 Subdominant chords
Instruments
o Mallet
 3 mallet technique
 I-IV-V accompaniments for
diatonic songs
 Orff ensemble: diatonic
piece, multiple pitched and
unpitched ostinato,
recorders, I-V harmony
change
 Skills acquired in Grades K4
o Recorder
 Proper playing technique
 Notes
 B,A,G,E,D,C^1,D^1
(F#,C,F)
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