Students will explore rhythm, form, timbre, pitch, dynamics, and melody throughout the year.

I can identify different forms in a song ( verse/refrain, ABA, call/response).

I can use words to describe the timbre of the music (bright, dark, brassy, reedy).

I can aurally identify major/minor music.

I can aurally identify and feel the meter of a song.

I can use quarter notes, eighth notes, quarter rests, and half notes in rhythmic examples.

I can identify a barline and a measure. 

I can add barlines in appropriate places. 

I can identify and use forte, piano, fortissimo, pianissimo, crescendo and decrescendo.

I can create a melody using a pentatonic scale.

I can improvise with a pentatonic scale.

I can identify a treble clef. 

I can identify notes on a treble staff.