MS Music Guide

Topic 2: Music Reading & Literacy Level 1: Instrumental Music

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS:

-Perform with outstanding accuracy. -Keep correct pulse/meter/notes used throughout the performance. -Demonstration of aural skills. -Demonstrate ability to refine/improvise phrases or musical ideas.

Examples of Learning Intention and Success Criteria

Learning Intention: I am learning to read & perform music and correctly identify & define musical terms and symbols. Success Criteria : I know I’ll have it when, ● I can read level 1 music in standard notation with little to no help from the teacher.

Example of Learning Progression

● Develop a sense of beat and be able to identify and perform a steady pulse. ● Learn/memorize music symbols that represent durations of beats.

● Apply beats to a specific sequence of musical symbols. ● Names of notes & their relationship to each other. ● How to play the specific note (Fingerings) for a particular instrument. ● Identify and interpret specific musical symbols and terms. ● Create an authentic and expressive performance by independently interpreting music notation and applying expression markings.

CONCEPTS:

PRIORITIZED VOCABULARY:

SKILLS:

Rhythm Pulse/Beat Staff Music Symbols Correct finger and hand positions for musical notes Articulation Dynamics

Dynamics: Forte, piano, crescendo, diminuendo Rhythm Note & Rest Values: whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth Tempo: ritardando, rallentando, a tempo, allegro, largo, andante, moderato Parts of a Staff: grand staff, ledger

Feel the pulse/steady beat. Correctly count rhythmic symbols in standard notation. Identify and define all relevant parts of students' selected staff. Sight read