1. HARMONY
1.1. PRACTICAL- IN SONG/PLAYING
1.1.1. 1. Two or more sounds can occur simultaneously
1.1.1.1. 2. Melodies may be accompanied by harmony.
1.1.1.1.1. 5. Two or more melodies can occur simultaneously; e.g., rounds, partner songs, descants.
1.1.1.2. 7. Pitched percussion instruments can be combined to make harmony.
1.1.1.2.1. 9. Tuned instruments can combine to make harmony.
1.2. CHORDS
1.2.1. 3. Some sounds seem to belong together and are called chords, three or more sounds together.
1.2.1.1. 4. Major and minor chords have different sounds.
1.3. APPLICABLE SKILLS
1.3.1. LISTENING
1.3.1.1. GRADE 1
1.3.1.1.1. GRADE 2
1.3.2. MOVEMENT
1.3.2.1. GRADE 1
1.3.2.1.1. GRADE 2
1.3.3. SINGING
1.3.3.1. GRADE 1
1.3.3.1.1. GRADE 2
1.3.4. PLAYING INSTRUMENTS
1.3.4.1. GRADE 1
1.3.4.1.1. GRADE 2
1.3.5. READING AND WRITING
1.3.5.1. GRADE 1
1.3.5.1.1. GRADE 2
1.3.6. CREATING
1.3.6.1. GRADE 1
1.3.6.1.1. GRADE 2
2. FORM
2.1. ORGANIZATION OF MUSIC
2.1.1. 1. Music can be organized into sections––alike or different.
2.1.1.1. 2. A section may be repeated (verse, chorus).
2.1.1.1.1. 3. Music is organized into phrases.
2.1.1.1.2. 8. Music may be accompanied by a repeated pattern (ostinato).
2.1.1.1.3. 4. A whole piece of music may be comprised of a number of sections.
2.1.1.2. 11. Improvisation is part of many forms of music.
2.1.2. 12. Repetition and contrast give unity and variety to form in music.
2.2. APPLICABLE SKILLS
2.2.1. LISTENING
2.2.1.1. GRADE 1
2.2.1.1.1. GRADE 2
2.2.2. MOVEMENT
2.2.2.1. GRADE 1
2.2.2.1.1. GRADE 2
2.2.3. SINGING
2.2.3.1. GRADE 1
2.2.3.1.1. GRADE 2
2.2.4. PLAYING INSTRUMENTS
2.2.4.1. GRADE 1
2.2.4.1.1. GRADE 2
2.2.5. READING AND WRITING
2.2.5.1. GRADE 1
2.2.5.1.1. GRADE 2
2.2.6. CREATING
2.2.6.1. GRADE 1
2.2.6.1.1. GRADE 2
3. MELODY
3.1. PITCH
3.1.1. 1. Sounds may be high or low.
3.1.1.1. 2. Sounds are also in the middle.
3.2. IN SONG/ PLAYING
3.2.1. 4. A melody is made up of sounds organized in patterns
3.2.1.1. 3. A sequence of sounds may move from low to high, high to low, or stay the same.
3.2.1.1.1. 7. Sounds that move up or down by steps or half steps within the octave are called scales. – Melodies may move by scale steps. – Melodies may move by leaps.
3.2.1.1.2. 8. A melody may have an ending home tone (tonic).
3.2.1.2. 12. A melody is changed when its rhythm is changed.
3.3. THEORY
3.3.1. 5. Melodies are based on scales: major, minor and pentatonic (5-tone).
3.3.1.1. 13. Melodies may be based on other scales; e.g., ethnic, whole tone, atonal, chromatic, modal.
3.3.2. 6. Printed symbols in music show the direction of the melody.
3.4. APPLICABLE SKILLS
3.4.1. LISTENING
3.4.1.1. GRADE 1
3.4.1.1.1. GRADE 2
3.4.2. MOVING
3.4.2.1. GRADE 1
3.4.2.1.1. GRADE 2
3.4.3. SINGING
3.4.3.1. GRADE 1
3.4.3.1.1. GRADE 2
3.4.4. PLAYING INSTRUMENTS
3.4.4.1. GRADE 1
3.4.4.1.1. GRADE 2
3.4.5. READING AND WRITING
3.4.5.1. GRADE 1
3.4.5.1.1. GRADE 2
3.4.6. CREATING
3.4.6.1. GRADE 1
3.4.6.1.1. GRADE 2
4. EXPRESSION
4.1. TEMPO
4.1.1. 1. The beat in music may be fast or slow (tempo).
4.1.1.1. 8. Music may be fast or slow and may change from one to the other suddenly or gradually (tempo).
4.2. DYNAMICS
4.2.1. 2. Music may be soft (p) or loud (f), dynamics.
4.2.1.1. 9. Music dynamics may change suddenly (accent <) or gradually. [ crescendo; decrescendo (diminuendo)]
4.2.1.1.1. 10. Changes in dynamics add to the effect of music
4.3. MUSIC AS AN ART/ COMMUNICATION FORM
4.3.1. 3. Music may express our feelings.
4.3.1.1. 6. Music reflects our feelings about holidays, seasons, our country and cultural heritage.
4.3.1.1.1. 7. The words of a song are very important to the understanding of the song (text).
4.4. TAMBRE
4.4.1. 4. Musical instruments have different tonal qualities.
4.4.1.1. 11. Musical instruments produce tone colour by being blown, bowed, plucked, strummed, struck, scraped or shaken.
4.4.1.1.1. 14. Musical instruments have distinctive tonal qualities and may be grouped according to families.
4.4.2. 5. The human voice has different tonal qualities.
4.4.2.1. 16. The human voice, which has the potential of being used as an expressive instrument, has different timbral qualities
4.5. APPLICABLE SKILLS
4.5.1. LISTENING
4.5.1.1. GRADE 1
4.5.1.1.1. GRADE 2
4.5.2. MOVEMENT
4.5.2.1. GRADE 1
4.5.2.1.1. GRADE 2
4.5.3. SINGING
4.5.3.1. GRADE 1
4.5.3.1.1. GRADE 2
4.5.4. PLAYING INSTRUMENTS
4.5.4.1. GRADE 1
4.5.4.1.1. GRADE 2
4.5.5. READING AND WRITING
4.5.5.1. GRADE 1
4.5.5.1.1. GRADE 2
4.5.6. CREATING
4.5.6.1. GRADE 1
4.5.6.1.1. GRADE 2
5. RHYTHM
5.1. BEAT
5.1.1. 1. Music may move to a steady beat.
5.1.1.1. 2. Music may move evenly or unevenly. ( — — — or — — — — — )
5.1.1.1.1. 12. Some music does not have a steady beat
5.1.1.2. 4. There are strong and weak beats in music.
5.1.1.2.1. 8. Beats may be grouped by accent (a stress in music)
5.1.2. 7. Rhythm patterns are made up of the beat and divisions of the beat
5.1.2.1. 6. Rhythm patterns can accompany melody.
5.1.2.1.1. 13. A time signature tells how beats are grouped in a measure
5.1.2.1.2. 19. Rhythm is created by combining beat, tempo, patterns, metre and duration.
5.2. NOTATION
5.2.1. 3. Music is made up of long sounds, short sounds and silences.
5.2.1.1. 5. Long sounds, short sounds and silences may be grouped to form rhythm patterns. Ta, ti–ti, rest = symbols in POS
5.2.1.1.1. 9. Sounds and silences have specific duration [quarter note (ta), eighth note (ti–ti), half note (ta–a), and whole note (ta–a–a–a) with the corresponding rests]. Look at POS for corresponding symbols
5.3. APPLICABLE SKILLS
5.3.1. LISTENING
5.3.1.1. GRADE 1
5.3.1.2. GRADE 2
5.3.1.3. GRADE 3
5.3.1.4. GRADE 4
5.3.1.5. GRADE 5
5.3.1.6. GRADE 6
5.3.2. MOVING
5.3.2.1. GRADE 1
5.3.2.2. GRADE 2
5.3.2.3. GRADE 3
5.3.2.4. GRADE 4
5.3.2.5. GRADE 5
5.3.2.6. GRADE 6
5.3.3. SINGING
5.3.3.1. GRADE 1
5.3.3.2. GRADE 2
5.3.3.3. GRADE 3
5.3.3.4. GRADE 4
5.3.3.5. GRADE 5
5.3.3.6. GRADE 6
5.3.4. PLAYING INSTRUMENTS
5.3.4.1. GRADE 1
5.3.4.2. GRADE 2
5.3.4.3. GRADE 3
5.3.4.4. GRADE 4
5.3.4.5. GRADE 5
5.3.4.6. GRADE 6
5.3.5. READING AND WRITING
5.3.5.1. GRADE 1
5.3.5.2. GRADE 2
5.3.5.3. GRADE 3
5.3.5.4. GRADE 4
5.3.5.5. GRADE 5
5.3.5.6. GRADE 6
5.3.6. CREATING
5.3.6.1. GRADE 1
5.3.6.2. GRADE 2
5.3.6.3. GRADE 3
5.3.6.4. GRADE 4
5.3.6.5. GRADE 5
5.3.6.6. GRADE 6