Singing Solfege! Students will ... 1. Continue to develop healthy singing voices (posture and breath control) 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 both macrobeat and microbeat in duple and triple meter 2a. Explore and play a steady beat on small percussion instruments 3. Echo rhythmic patterns in duple and triple meter using rhythmic solfege (du-de)
Identifying Music Terminology, Instrumentation & Listening! 1. Make generalizations about rhythmic and tonal patterns using solfege 1a. decide whether a pattern is tonic or dominant 2. Discriminate between major and minor tonalities by audiating the resting tone 3. Discriminate between duple and triple meter 4. Discuss melodic structure-resting tone, tonality, phrases, repeated patterns 5. Learn basic instruments technique (xylophones, djembes..etc.) 6. Identify chord changes within a song 5a. play chord roots on instruments
Other Benefits! - Team work, partner play, physical preparation (small motor skills), divergent thinking skills and musical readiness