- Kyrene School District
- Music Curriculum
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Second Grade CurriculumHere is an overview of the key musical skills and concepts we will focus on this year. This is not an exhaustive list, but rather a curriculum outline for the year.After each concept is a letter in parentheses:
(I) indicates that this concept is being introduced for the first time this year;
(X) indicates that a concept, which has been introduced previously, is being further explored this year;
(M) indicates that this concept will be mastered this year. After a concept is mastered, it will be reviewed and used to introduce other, more challenging concepts.BEAT Students will:
· demonstrate a steady beat on pitched and unpitched percussion instruments, body percussion, and through movement. (M)
· demonstrate a steady beat on pitched and unpitched percussion instruments while singing a song or speaking a rhyme. (X)
RHYTHM Students will:
· distinguish between slow and fast singing and playing. (M)
· identify a "tie". (I)
· perform two-part rhythm pieces (changing rhythm + ostinato). (I)
· echo, read and compose simple rhythmic patterns using:
METER Students will:
· demonstrate an understanding of phrase length. (M)
· sing, move, and play pitched and unpitched percussion instruments in 2/4, 4/4 and 6/8 time. (M)
FORM Students will:
· find repetition and contrast in AB and ABA forms. (I)
· perform pieces in two-part form. (M).
· arrange pieces using contrasting sections. (M)
· compose and perform sections using word chains. (M)
MELODY Students will:
· identify upward and downward melodic movement. (M)
· improvise and compose melodies on pitched percussion instruments. (I)
· sight-sing simple melodies using the solfege syllables "do", "re", "mi", "so" and "la". (I)
· use Curwen-Glover hand signs for do", "re", "mi", "so" and "la". (I)
HARMONY Students will:
· experience singing two-part harmony (melody + ostinato). (I)
· experience singing one melodic line, while playing simple borduns, drones and pedal points on pitched percussion instruments. (M)
· experience singing one melodic line while playing an alternate bordun on pitched percussion instruments. (I)
· perform group melodic improvisations on pitched percussion instruments. (X)
EXPRESSION Students will:
· demonstrate forte (loud) and (piano) quiet singing and playing. (M)
· demonstrate "crescendo", "diminuendo" and "fermata". (I)
TIMBRE Students will:
· identify pitched percussion instrument groups (xylophones, metalophones, glockenspiels, bass bars) by their sound alone. (M)
· identify unpitched percussion instruments by their sound alone. (M)
STYLE Students will:
· perform and move to cultivated and vernacular music from various historic periods and world cultures. (X)