Welcome to Transitional Kinder Music!
| Solfege | Singing solfege syllables (do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do) Using all accompanying hand signals |
| Dynamics | Understanding, identifying, and using forte (f) and piano (p) |
| Listening | Daily listening to a wide range of composers from the baroque, classical, and romantic music eras. Identifying how the music makes us feel, if the piece is major or minor, identifying fast or slow tempos and loud or soft dynamics. Learning about composers. Identifying past daily listening pieces. |
| Music notation | Identifying and being able to clap or play rhythms including quarter notes, quarter rests, half notes, whole notes |
| Note Names | Locating and naming the spaces in the treble clef (F,A,C,E) |
| Instruments | Rhythm sticks, rhythm ribbons, egg shakers, tambourines, hand drums, frame drums |
| Vocabulary | Tempo, beat, pitch, percussion, instrument families, strings, woodwinds, brass, rhythm, melody, composer, dynamics, forte, piano, treble clef, major, minor, baroque, classical, romantic, time signature |