Grade 4 students are currently concluding Unit 3 in their music studies, which focuses on the central idea, 'Musical elements have different functions & connect together!'
We have been exploring the roles of rhythm, melody, harmony and dynamics within music compositions. Students have had fun with having a go at a range of instruments and we are ending the unit by bringing all 4 musical elements together in a whole-grade xylophone piece.
As a result, grade 4 will have covered the following benchmarks by the end of Unit 3-
MU1.4.H Echo short rhythms
and melodic patterns on classroom instruments.
MU1.4.I Perform on
instruments, in groups, matching dynamic levels.
MU3.4.A Read quarter,
eighth, half and sixteenth notes and rests in traditional rhythmic notation.
MU3.4.B Read simple pitch notation on the treble
clef.
Soon, we will be starting Unit 4, which will focus on the central idea, 'Musicians can be organised into communities for effective performance.' We will explore-
- The organisation of an orchestra- the different instrumental
groups & looking at what they are made of and how that influences sound.
- Practical performance- how to organise people into a choir-
grade 4 will focus on singing with the aim to perform at an assembly in the
near future.
Stay tuned for more blog posts of what your children are learning through CIS PYP Music!!
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