What's Happening in Primary Music Classes?
(Grades 1, 2, and 1/2 Multi-Age)
Elementary music at the primary level is closely aligned to the national and state of Wisconsin music standards. Instruction venters around the concepts of rhythm, melody, harmony, form, expression, and music history/culture/style. To fulfill goals and objectives within these areas, children will participate in a variety of activities including singing, speech, instrument playing, body percussion, movement, reading, writing, creating, improvising, and listening. Children will begin to develop a link between music in their lives and in their environment. Objectives learned at this level provide fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for musical expression, enjoyment and success at the intermediate level.
Primary Level: Music Concepts Prepared or Learned:
Steady Beat vs. Rhythm
Accent
Long/Short
Quarter Note (tah)
Eighth Notes (ti-ti)
Eighth Note (ti)
Quarter Rest (rest)
Simple Meter 2/4 and 4/4 (Stepping Songs)
Compound Duple Meter 6/8 (Skipping Songs)
Ostinato
Measure
Bar Lines
Repeat
Tied Notes
Half Note (tah-woh)
Whole Note (tah-woh-woh-woh)
Half Rest (rest-rest)
Whole Rest (rest-rest-rest-rest)
Fermata
Improvisation in Simple Meter
High/Low
Pentatonic Solfege Syllables (sol, mi, la, re, and do)
Music Staff (lines and spaces)
Key pf F, G, and C=Do
ListeningSyncopated Rhythmic Pattern (syn-co-pa or ti-tah-ti)
Learning to Play the Guitar
(Grades 1, 2, and 1/2 Multi-Age)
Elementary music at the primary level is closely aligned to the national and state of Wisconsin music standards. Instruction venters around the concepts of rhythm, melody, harmony, form, expression, and music history/culture/style. To fulfill goals and objectives within these areas, children will participate in a variety of activities including singing, speech, instrument playing, body percussion, movement, reading, writing, creating, improvising, and listening. Children will begin to develop a link between music in their lives and in their environment. Objectives learned at this level provide fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for musical expression, enjoyment and success at the intermediate level.
Primary Level: Music Concepts Prepared or Learned:
Steady Beat vs. Rhythm
Accent
Long/Short
Quarter Note (tah)
Eighth Notes (ti-ti)
Eighth Note (ti)
Quarter Rest (rest)
Simple Meter 2/4 and 4/4 (Stepping Songs)
Compound Duple Meter 6/8 (Skipping Songs)
Ostinato
Measure
Bar Lines
Repeat
Tied Notes
Half Note (tah-woh)
Whole Note (tah-woh-woh-woh)
Half Rest (rest-rest)
Whole Rest (rest-rest-rest-rest)
Fermata
Improvisation in Simple Meter
High/Low
Pentatonic Solfege Syllables (sol, mi, la, re, and do)
Music Staff (lines and spaces)
Key pf F, G, and C=Do
ListeningSyncopated Rhythmic Pattern (syn-co-pa or ti-tah-ti)
Learning to Play the Guitar