Music

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Kindergarten
Tune
Steady beat
Difference between fast and slow
Meter
Dynamics
Basic staff elements
Rhythmic notation
Rhythmic patterns
Singing games
Basic instruments

Grade 1
Tune
Opposites in articulation
Rhythmic qualities of music
Dynamics, treble staff elements
Simple rhythmic patterns
Singing games
Music expressive of individuality
Basic instruments
Imaginative qualities of music
Simple melodies

Grade 2
Tune
Good breathing habits
Rhythms with a steady beat
High and low pitch
Ostinato
Melodies expressive of legato and staccato
Sight-singing
Musical concepts
Gradually changing dynamics
Simple note values
Kodaly hand motions 
 
Grade 3
Tune
Good breathing habits
Ascending and descending melodies
Melodic phrases
Musical concepts
Simple rhythmic notation
Orchestral instruments
Instrumental tone colors
Major scale using Kodaly
Musical math
Multicultural music 
 
Grade 4
Tune
Correct breathing
Tone quality
Simple rounds and partner songs
Complex dynamics
Themes and variation
Key signatures
Meter signature
Original compositions using the pentatonic scale
Rhythmic patterns
Recorder
Multicultural music 
 
Grade 5
Tune
Good posture
Correct breathing
Tone quality
Canons and two-part countermelody harmonies
Steps and half steps, either vocally or on instruments
Syncopation
Complex musical concepts
Dotted note values
Musical mathematics and note equivalencies
Accidentals to steps and half steps
Sight-singing
Musical instrument families
Multicultural music 
 
Grade 6
Tune
Good posture
Correct breathing
Tone color
Multiple dynamics of music
Musical symbols, inclusive of both staves
Various compositional forms
Meter signatures
Songs in different languages
Musical textures such as polyphony on instruments
Sing polyphonic harmonies
Multicultural perspectives
Original musical compositions 
 
Grade 7
Tune
Good breathing
Tone
Two-part harmony
Intervalic relationships
Major and minor keys
Musical concepts
Rhythmic patterns and math equivalencies
American musical theater
American musical styles of the 20th century
Classical composers
Research skills
Cantoring 
 
Grade 8
Tune
Good posture
Correct breathing
Tone
Rhythmic patterns
American musical styles of the 20th Century
Styles of classic historical eras
Historical composers
Musical elements
American musical theater
Multicultural music and history as it pertains to styles
Social influences of music
Cantoring