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