Music Curriculum

3rd Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will engage in the practice and preparation of music, with guidance, on the recorder and master more complicated folk and cultural dances.

Outcomes and Components:

FA.3M.3 Students will play a basic pentatonic scale (D, E, G, A, B), improvised, and written music on a soprano recorder with proper technique.

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Component Code

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Standard(s)

  FA.3M.3.1 Identify the extended notes on the treble clef (e.g. C4, D4, G5, and A5) and perform simple melodic phrases using these notes on a variety of instruments. MU:Cr4.2.3b
  FA.3M.3.2 Analyze known rhythms by applying numbers for counting.

MU:Pr4.2.2a

MU:Cr4.2.3b

  FA.3M.3.3 Identify and perform sixteenth notes (tikitiri) and syncopated rhythms on a variety of instruments. MU:Cr4.2.3b
  FA.3M.3.4 Compose and perform a 4-8 beat rhythm using known rhythms, sixteenth notes, and syncopated rhythms.

MU:Cr2.1.3a, MU:Cr2.1.3b,

MU:Pr4.2.3a

  FA.3M.3.5 Create and perform a simple 8-beat melodic phrase using digital or physical media.

MU:Cr2.1.3a, MU:Cr2.1.3b,

MU:Pr4.2.3a

Academic Vocabulary: Identify, Perform, Analyze, Identify, Compose

Content Vocabulary: Tempo, Dynamic, Steady Beat