Detrick, Leslie - Music / Syllabus

Glenhope Elementary

First Grade Syllabus - Music

4th Nine Weeks

RHYTHM

~ Steady beat

~ Strong vs. weak beat

~ quarter note; quarter rest; eighth note

MELODY

~ La-Sol-Mi

~ Compose 4-8 beat melodic patterns

~ Spatial relations - playing patterns on Orff instruments

~ High/Low = Right/Left

HARMONY/TEXTURE

~ Large vs. small ensemble (group or solo)

~ Indentifying one sound/more than one sound

~ Identifying accompanied/not accompanied

~ Simple bordun on Orff instruments to accompany songs

FORM

~ ABA

TIMBRE/EXPRESSION

~ Awareness of orchestral instrument sounds

~ Listening examples: "Carnival of the Animals" "Peter and the Wolf"