Music Curriculum

4th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will perform on the recorder independently and will compose short works of music on a digital platform.

Outcomes and Components:

FA.4M.7 Students will  improvise and compose (with standard notation), including various ostinati and borduns using two and three mallets.

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Standard(s)

  FA.4M.7.1 Identify and perform level and broken borduns on a variety of percussion instruments. MU:Pr6.1.4a
  FA.4M.7.2 Compose and perform a level and a broken bordun on a barred percussion instrument, using standard notation.

MU:Cr1.1.4b, MU:Cr2.1.4b

MU:Pr6.1.4a

  FA.4M.7.3 Differentiate between borduns and ostinati, verbally and aurally. MU:Pr4.1.4b
  FA.4M.7.4 Improvise a pentatonic melody over a partner’s bordun.

MU:Cr1.1.4a, MU:Cr1.1.4b

MU:Cr2.1.4a

  FA.4M.7.5 Evaluate how classmates’ melodies and borduns fit together, based on teacher-provided guidelines. MU:Cr3.1.4a

Academic Vocabulary: Identify, Compose, Perform, Differentiate, Improvise, Evaluate

Content Vocabulary: Steady Beat, Rhythm, Instruments