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Kindergarten
- Rhythm: beat, fast/slow, short/long
- Melody: echo singing, high/low, loud/soft
- Texture: monophonic (one voice/one melody with accompaniment)
- Form: phrase, call/response
- Expression: p, f, andante, allegro, largo
1st Grade
- Rhythm: ta, rest, ti-ti, ta-ah, half rest, ta-ah-ah, time signatures (2/4, 3/4, 4/4), barline, measure, repeat sign
- Melody: tritonic chant (la-so-mi), do pentatonic (la-so-mi-do); echo singing, solfa notation/staff notation
- Texture: monophonic
- Form: question/answer, phrases-aa and bb (same and different)
- Expression: p, mp, mf, f, andante, allegro, fine, largo, presto
- Accompaniment: simple bordun-chord and broken
2nd Grade
- Rhythm: whole note, whole rest, rest-ti
- Melody: pentatonic (do'-la-so-mi-re-do), echo singing
- Texture: vocal ostinati, speech canon (2 part)
- Form: ABA, 1st & 2nd endings
- Expression: p, mp, mf, f, andante, allegro, fine, largo, presto, accel., rit.
- Accompaniment: simple bordun-level
3rd Grade
- Rhythm: pick up note, tam-ti, ti-tah-ti (syncopated rhythm)
- Melody: pentatonic (la-so-mi-re-do-l,-s,)
- Texture: polyphonic (two or more melodies at the same time), rhythmic canon, 2 part canon
- Form: 4 bar phrases
- Expression: p, mp, mf, f, andante, allegro, fine, largo, presto, accel., rit.
- Accompaniment: appeggiated bordun, moving bordun-one instrument
4th Grade
- Rhythm: tied note, ti-ka-ti-ka
- Melody: hexatonic (do'-la-so-fa-mi-re-do-la,-so,)
- Texture: 3 part canon, partner songs, ostinati (2 part)
- Form: rondo-ABACA
- Expression: pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, andante, allegro, fine, largo, presto, accel., rit., crescento/decrescendo, subito, legato, staccato, accents
- Accompaniment: arpeggiated bordun, moving bordun-one instrument
- Piano keyboards
- Recorders
5th Grade
- Rhythm: ti-ka-ti, ti-ti-ka, teem-ka, time signature (6/8), counting/clapping/performing with numbers
- Melody: diatonic: do'-ti-la-so-fa-mi-re-do-la,-so, treble clef and absolute pitch names
- Texture: 4 part canon, octavo reading, countermelody, ostinati (3 part)
- Form: theme and variations
- Expression: pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, andante, allegro, fine, largo, presto, accel., rit., crescento/decrescendo, subito, legato, staccato, accents
- Accompaniment: I-V, I-IV-V
- Recorders
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