- Graham Elementary
- Music
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Dear Graham Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Parents:
Welcome to an exciting year of Musical Adventures! All Kindergarten through Fifth grade students will be having music two times a week for a total of 50 minutes each week. I look forward to sharing many exciting adventures in music through singing, instrument performance, movement, and music theory with your student.
Each year the 2nd grade students present a Musical performance. Keep your eyes open for further details concerning these performances.
Third through fifth grade students will be using recorders in music class. The recorders are a wonderful tool to strengthen musicianship abilities. A letter will go out explaining this each year.
The Graham Chorus is an ensemble available to all 4th and 5th grade students. It is a wonderful chance to explore Choral Music. Information will be sent to parents through the student members.
During the school year if there is ever a problem or question you have regarding the music program here at Graham Elementary School, please feel free to contact me at: (630) 428-6928 or kathy_muno@ipsd.org. I look forward to seeing all of you and await the chance to explore music with your student. Best wishes for a great school year!!!!
Musically yours,
Mrs. Muno
Music Instructor/Chorus Director
Concepts Covered in Each Grade
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Kindergarten
- steady beat
- long/short rhythm
- high and low
- melodies moving up and down
- distinguishing between speaking, singing, whispering, and calling voices
- same/different form
- question and answer
- fast and slow
- loud and soft
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First
- steady beat vs. the rhythm of the words
- meter in two's and three's
- quarter note, quarter rest, and eighth note
- solfeggio so and mi
- high, middle, and low
- one part ostinato
- simple bordun
- percussion instruments
- AA and AB form
- getting faster and slower
- expressive singing
- space note, line note, staff, double bar line, and treble clef
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Second
- strong and weak beat
- meter ins two's, three's, and four's
- half note and half rest
- solfeggio la, so, and mi
- string instruments
- 2-part ostinati
- verse/refrain and ABA form
- dynamics forte and piano
- getting louder and softer
- stepping, repeating, and leaping notes
- repeat sign and time signature
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Third
- sixteenth notes, dotted half note, whole note, and whole rest
- solfeggio la, so, mi, re, do
- in-tune singing
- 2-part cannon
- 3-part ostinati
- call/response
- introduction
- crescendo/decrescendo
- legato/staccato
- phrase
- bar line, measure, ritardando, D.C. al fine, 1st and 2nd endings, tempo, and do clef
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Fourth
- eighth note/sixteenth note patterns and dotted quarter notes
- solfeggio high do, la, so, mi, re, do, low la, and low so
- playing recorders
- 4-part ostinati
- partner songs
- 3-part cannon
- band/orchestra
- instrument families
- same/different
- ABC and rondo form
- dynamics ff-f-mf-mp-p-pp
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Fifth
- dotted eighth-sixteenth notes
- 6/8 meter
- major and minor scale
- playing recorders
- 4-part cannon
- orchestral instrument recognition
- ensembles
- theme and variations form
- coda
- awareness of different styles
- sharp and flat signs
- reading from a 2-part score
