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Music: July 2004
Music - Grade 1
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Aesthetic and Critical Analysis | Creation and Communication | Cultural and Historical Connections | Skills and Techniques
 


Skills and Techniques

PS1:
The learner will be able to sing and play instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of developmentally appropriate songs demonstrating an awareness of pitch, beat, dynamics, simple rhythmic patterns, and expressive qualities.
  
MUS.1.1.1 Voices
The learner will be able to use speaking, singing, whispering and calling voices.
  
MUS.1.1.2 Pitch
The learner will be able to perform simple sol-mi-la patterns.
  
MUS.1.1.3 Melody
The learner will be able to perform simple melodic patterns including high/low and upward/ downward.
  
MUS.1.1.4 Steady Beat
The learner will be able to demonstrate awareness of steady beat.
  
MUS.1.1.5 Harmony
The learner will be able to perform simple rhythmic patterns and borduns as accompaniment.
  
PS2:
The learner will be able to read and write simple rhythmic notation using traditional or non-traditional symbols.
  
MUS.1.2.1 Read
The learner will be able to read simple rhythmic notation including quarter notes, eighth notes and rest.
  
MUS.1.2.2 Notate
The learner will be able to notate simple rhythmic patterns including quarter notes, eighth notes and rest.
  
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Creation and Communication

PS3:
The learner will be able to improvise songs, speech pieces and simple rhythmic accompaniments on pitched and unpitched instruments to accompany songs and play activities, as well as create text for songs using non-traditional symbols.
  
MUS.1.3.1 Create
The learner will be able to create sound effects and movement to accompany songs, poems and stories.
  
MUS.1.3.2 Create Text
The learner will be able to create new text for familiar songs.
  
MUS.1.3.3 Improvise
The learner will be able to improvise simple accompaniments.
  
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Aesthetic and Critical Analysis

PS4:
The learner will be able to describe and respond to musical examples through identification of simple aspects of music.
  
MUS.1.4.1 Contrasts
The learner will be able to identify basic contrasts in music: long/ short, loud/soft, high/low, etc.
  
MUS.1.4.2 Instrument Identification
The learner will be able to identify the sounds of classroom, folk, and orchestral instruments.
  
MUS.1.4.3 Vocal Identification
The learner will be able to distinguish between speaking, singing, whispering and calling voices.
  
MUS.1.4.4 Meter
The learner will be able to develop an awareness of strong and weak beats.
  
MUS.1.4.5 Analyze Musical Elements
The learner will be able to use appropriate vocabulary top describe personal responses to listening selections.
  
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Cultural and Historical Connections

PS5:
The learner will be able to identify and compare various historical and cultural aspects of music.
  
MUS.1.5.1 Style and Culture
The learner will be able to participate in musical activities representing a variety of cultures.
  
MUS.1.5.2 Concert Etiquette
The learner will be able to practice proper concert behavior in a variety of settings.
  
PS6:
The learner will be able to understand the relationship between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
  
MUS.1.6.1 Arts Connections
The learner will be able to develop an awareness that music can inspire art forms and art forms can inspire music.
  
MUS.1.6.2 Interrelating Other Discipline
The learner will be able to develop an awareness of the relationship between music and the other disciplines.
  
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