4th Grade Music Curriculum

Rhythm
Perform and count rhythm patterns containing two sixteenth notes and one eight note, and one
eighth note and two sixteenth notes.
Use the traditional metered counting system.
Melody
Recognize and perform melodic patterns using fa and ti.
Visually identify repeated phrases.
Harmony
Perform and label partner songs.
Recognize when chordal harmonies change.
Define a chord as 3 or more notes sounded together.
Form
Identify rondo.
Tone Color
Classify woodwind and brass instruments.
Expressive Qualities
Discriminate between pp, ff, mp, and mf.
Skills
Play the notes low E and low D on the recorder in simple songs.
Read from the treble staff and play simple pentatonic melodies on barred/keyboard instruments.
History and Culture
Listen to the Ode to Joy by Beethoven and the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky.
Identify music of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.
Identify music of the Romantic period.