Physical reactions to high, low, and middle sounds
Physical reactions to slow and fast music
Rhythm
Quarter note, quarter rest
Half note, half rest
Eighth note
Sixteenth note
Singing and Group Playing
Singing short melodies accompanied by percussion instruments
Following a steady beat in different tempos on different percussion instruments
Musical Elements
Applying staccato, crescendo, and accelerando to singing and playing
Instruments
Playing different percussion instruments such as the xylophone, bells, tambourine, shaker, castanet, wood block, and wood clave
Playing the C major scale on short melodies on the glockenspiel
Note Reading
Reading C major scale notes with the help of letters
Adding rhythm values to note reading
Semester 2, February – June
Movement
Physical reaction to melodic phrases and musical expressions like forte, piano, staccato, legato, crescendo, diminuendo, accelerando, and ritardando
Incorporating movement and singing
Rhythm
Combining different rhythmic patterns
Playing parallel rhythmic patterns in a group
Singing and Group Playing
Playing rhythmic and harmonic accompaniment on percussion and pitched instruments
Shaping a little orchestra: incorporating percussion and melodic instruments with melodic lines and singing while applying crescendo, diminuendo, ritardando, and accelerando to singing and playing
Orchestration
Knowing musical instrument families
Recognizing the sounds of different instruments
Instruments
Playing complete melodies on the glockenspiel
Learning G, A, B, C, D, and E on the recorder or flute and playing short melodies
Note Reading
Introduction to note reading without written alphabet names