About Third Grade Music
Third graders participate in music for the entire year, attending class 1 to 2 times a week. They also have a performance in combination with 2nd Grade in the spring. In class we focus on...
Pulse
Rhythm
Melody
Harmony
Tonality
Dynamics
Tempo
Tone Color
Texture
Form
Style
- Identify the distinction between beat and rhythm
- Identify the term measure
- Identify the term bar line
Rhythm
- Identify and use quarter note, 8th note pair, quarter rest, half note, and half rest with traditional notation.
- Introduce 4 16th notes
Melody
- Identify do, re, mi, sol, la
- Explore lines and spaces on the treble clef staff
- Identify melodic direction (concrete movement of notes- up/down/same)
- Explore melodic vocal exploration (iconic/non-traditional notation)
- Explore inner hearing
- Explore terms pitch, melody
- Explore steps, skips, repeats
Harmony
- Explore simple vocal harmonies with ostinati, canons, and rounds
- Explore harmonies on pitched classroom instruments
Tonality
- Explore hearing/singing in various tonalities (focus on the pentatonic scale)
Dynamics
- Explore pianissimo (pp) and fortissimo (ff)
- Introduce crescendo and decrescendo
Tempo
- Introduce terminology presto and largo
Tone Color
- Identify 4 families: woodwinds, brass, string, percussion
- Exploring vocal breath, good posture, and vocal technique
Texture
- Explore spoken and instrumental ostinati
- Explore solo/group singing and playing
- Explore rounds
Form
- Identify verse/refrain form
- Explore AB and ABA form
- Introduce call/response, introduction, phrase
- Introduce symbols for repeat sign and coda
Style
- Explore various styles of music
- Exploring the function and context of lyrics in music