Music Curriculum

Kindergarten

Course Purpose:

Students will explore the fundamental elements of music physically and aurally on a variety of instruments, and begin to analyze how music is connected to their home, community, and lived experiences.

Outcomes and Components:

 FA.KM.7 Students will improvise and perform (with iconic notation) level borduns and melodic patterns (same/different, high/low), in AB and ABA form, on both pitched and unpitched instruments.

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Component Code

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Standard(s)

  FA.KM.7.1 Demonstrate proper playing technique on both pitched and unpitched percussion. MU:Pr6.1.Ka
  FA.KM.7.2 Choose an instrument and demonstrate how to play a rhythm on it for classmates. MU:Pr6.1.Ka
  FA.KM.7.3 Choose instruments to add to a song and justify those choices. MU:Pr6.1.Ka
  FA.KM.7.4 Imitate teacher rhythms on a percussion instrument. MU:Pr6.1.Ka
  FA.KM.7.5 Create 4-beat rhythms, using iconic notation, to share with the class. MU:Cr2.1.Kb
  FA.KM.7.6 Combine known songs and student-composed rhythms into various musical forms.

MU:Cr2.1.Kb,

MU:Cr.3.1.Ka

Academic Vocabulary:  Demonstrate, Choose, Imitate, Create, Combine

Content Vocabulary: Musical forms, 4-beat rhythm, Iconic notation, Instruments