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Grades 5-8 Music Syllabus
(Other units are added on while choir keeps going for performance reasons)
The following is a list of some of the things we will cover throughout the year depending on time, equipment, participation and performance.
6th-8th Grades
Unit 1 -Choir
- Basic vocal techniques
- Blend
- Harmony
- Sight singing
Unit 2- Rhythm Instruments/Rhythm Games
- Rhythm Sticks
- Boomwhackers
- Hand drums
- Bucket drums
- Basic drumline rhythms and syncopations
Unit 3- Guitar/bass/ukulele
- Hand position
- Picking
- Basic chords
- Tuning
- Easy songs
Unit 4 – Music Appreciation/History
- Early music
- Historical Periods of music
- Contemporary Christian Music
- “Stomp”,”Blast”, “Blueman Group” ,
“Marching Bands”’ “ Michael Jacksons- This is it”
5th Grade
Recorders……Technique, singing, counting, clapping, note reading, sight reading, performance, sequential movement through the course book “ Be a Recorder Star”. Other Lessons from the above list will be added as time permits.
Grades K-4 learn songs, rhythm, beat, voice, and other things to grow their appreciation of music.