Grade 4 Music Curriculum
Thursday, 21 July 2011 08:59
from National Association for Music Education
4.MU.A Sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
4.MU.A.1 Demonstrate increased facility with solfege syllables.
4.MU.A.2 Demonstrate increased awareness of accurate pitch.
4.MU.B Perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
4.MU.B.1 Demonstrate correct hand positions.
4.MU.B.2 Demonstrate good playing positions.
4.MU.B.3 Demonstrate a quality tone production.
4.MU.B.4 Demonstrate a variety of articulations.
4.MU.C Improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4.MU.C.1 Organize 5 note patterns into original variations.
4.MU.D Compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.
4.MU.D.1 Create and notate original composition using a variety of sound sources.4.MU.E Read and notate music.
4.MU.E.1 Expand dotted rhythms.
4.MU.E.2 Expand recognition of musical symbols.
4.MU.E.3 Understand organization of a scale.
4.MU.F Listen to, analyze, and describe music.
4.MU.F.1 Recognize that not all music has a steady beat.
4.MU.F.2 Recognize that duple and triple meter can occur in the same music.
4.MU.F.3 Recognize that melodies are often repeated in a single piece of music.
4.MU.F.4 Expand knowledge of form.
4.MU.G Evaluate music and music performances.
4.MU.G.1 Extend descriptions using more advanced music terminology.
4.MU.H Understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
4.MU.H.1 Identify relationships between music and other disciplines.
4.MU.I Understand music in relation to history and culture.
4.MU.I.1 Identify and describe roles of musicians in various music setting and cultures.
4.MU.I.2 Demonstrate audience behavior appropriate for the context and style of music.
4.MU.J Express through music.
4.MU.J.1 Explore the concept that instruments make different sounds by playing them differently.
4.MU.J.2 Experiment with the human voice to produce different tone qualities.
4.MU.J.3 Discriminate that different types of music create and/or affect different moods.
4.MU.J.4 Describe how music can express a persons feelings.
4.MU.J.5 Explore how the fundamentals of music contribute to musical expressiveness.