Vocal Music
Mrs. Webb
Mrs. Webb's Vocal Music Classes are off to a great start! We have so much to look forward to in the year ahead.
Each week, students in grades K through 3 participate in vocal/general music for one 30-minute class. Students in grades 4 through 5 participate in vocal/general music once a week for 30 minutes, plus a 45-minute chorus class, where they continue to develop listening skills, rhythm reading skills and where they learn to sing in a large group. In all settings, children are learning to become better and more creative musicians!
Here’s a look at the concepts and skills each grade will be learning throughout the year:
Kindergarten
Introduction to:
- Steady Beat
- Using Appropriate Singing Voice
- Loud/Soft Dynamics
- High/Low Pitch
- Fast/Slow Tempo
- Simple Rhythms
- Movement Through Music
- Classroom Rhythm Instruments
First Grade
Expanding on concepts such as:
- Steady Beat
- Using Appropriate Singing Voice
- Fast/Slow Tempo
- Simple Rhythms
- Movement Through Music
- Classroom Rhythm Instruments
Introduction to:
- Melody
- Steps and Skips in Pitch
- Quarter Notes and Paired Eighth Notes
- Xylophone
- Instruments of the Orchestra
Second Grade
Expanding on concepts such as:
- Steady Beat
- Using Appropriate Singing Voice
- Simple Rhythms
- Melody
- Instruments of the Orchestra
Introduction to:
- The Staff
- The Major Scale
- Partner Singing
- Partner Dancing
- Solfege
- Form
- Whole Notes and Half Notes
Third Grade
Expanding on concepts such as:
- Steady Beat
- Simple Rhythms
- Steps and Skips
- Melody
- Staff
Introduction to:
- The Flutophone
- Note Reading
- Recognizing Rhythm
- Pitch Production
- Signs and Symbols of the Music Staff
Fourth Grade
Expanding on concepts such as:
- Note Values
- Simple Rhythms
- Melody
- Note Reading
- Signs and Symbols of the Music Staff
- Form
- Instruments of the Orchestra
- Tempo
- Dynamics
Introduction to:
- Harmony
- Rhythmic Dictation (rhythm writing)
- Aural Skills (rhythm recognition by listening)
- Responding Critically to Advanced Works
- Triple and Duple Meter
- Articulation
- Composers
Fifth Grade
Expanding on concepts such as:
- Note Values
- Simple Rhythms
- Melody
- Note Reading
- Signs and Symbols of the Music Staff
- Instruments of the Orchestra
- Form
- Tempo
- Dynamics
- Harmony
- Aural Skills (rhythm recognition by listening)
- Responding Critically to Advanced Works
- Composers
Introduction to:
- Opera
- Jazz
- Blues
- Complex Rhythm
- Syncopation
- Composition