Grade 5 - Music

Grade 5 Music

SKILLS

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Form

Expression

Demonstrates music listening skills

Identifies the human voice categories: soprano, contralto, tenor, bass

Matches names, sounds and pictures of many instruments

Identifies chord changes aurally (ukuleles and resonator bells)

Demonstrates skills in music-based movement

Moves to illustrate phrase, repetition, contrast, AB, ABA and rondo patterns, introductions, interludes and endings (codas), as appropriate to the psychomotor development of the students

Demonstrates skills in singing

Uses sol-fa skills in reading music and sight singing

Sings three- and four-part rounds and two-part soprano, alto (S.A.) songs

Extends vocal development to include phrasing, enunciation and expression

Demonstrates skills in playing instruments

Demonstrates skills on various instruments (e.g. Orff Instruments, Recorder, Handbells, etc.)

Demonstrates skills in reading and writing music

Develops ability to read parts while singing; e.g., soprano, alto

Recognises syncopated rhythms

Recognises the following chord progressions: I, IV, V and V7

Recognises ties, slurs and accidentals (sharp, flat, natural)

Reviews terms in the literature that refer to dynamics; e.g., diminuendo

Demonstrates skills in creating music

Adds original descants to songs

Uses a variety of scales to create new melodies

Attitudes - "Performance is an active process involving the development and application of musical skills, knowledge and perceptions" (from Program Rationale and Philosophy)

Demonstrates active involvement in personal development of musical skills and concepts

Demonstrates an understanding of musical concepts: rhythm, melody, harmony, form, and expression as related to skill development

Understands that duration concepts are extended to include dotted notes and combinations of patterns

Understands that accents may fall on beats that are usually unaccented (syncopation)

Understands that rhythm is created by combining beat, tempo, patterns, metre and rhythm

Understands that melodies may be based on the G and F major scales, and their related minors

Understands that a melody is changed when its rhythm is changed

Recognises that voices with different pitch ranges can be combined to create harmony

Understands that notes of a chord may be performed to accompany a melody

Understands that improvisation is part of many forms of music

Understands that repetition and contrast give unity and variety to form in music

Recognises that new sounds may be created using instruments in new ways, by inventing new instruments or by electronic methods