Singing Solfege! Students will ... 1. Continue to develop healthy singing voices 2. Sing songs in various tonalities 3. Label musical vocabulary using tonal solfege (do-re-mi) 4. Echo tonal patterns individually and as a group
Rhythm = Movement! 1. Continue to develop concept of beat and meter through chants, movement and rhythm patterns 2. Move to music with the Rudolf Laban elements of flow, weight, space and time 3. Move to both macro-beat and micro-beat in duple and triple meter 3a. Explore and play a steady beat on small percussion instruments 4. Echo rhythmic patterns in duple and triple meter using rhythmic solfege (du-de)
Improvisation, Instrumentation & Listening! 1. Perform rhythmic and tonal conversations 2. Discriminate between major and minor tonalities by audiating the resting tone 3. Discriminate between duple and triple meter 4. Use Orff instruments to accompany songs (xylophones, rhythm sticks..etc.) 5. Listen to chord roots while singing songs
Other Benifits! - Team work, partner play, physical preparation (large & small motor skills), divergent thinking skills and musical readiness