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Teaching Music in The Elementary Grades

The document outlines the course objectives and requirements for a music education course on teaching music in elementary grades. The key objectives are to understand basic musical elements like pitch, rhythm, melody, harmony; learn to read simple musical notations; play instruments; select age-appropriate music; and integrate music into the elementary curriculum. The course will cover musical concepts, developing lesson plans, and students will do peer teaching and written assignments.

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Teaching Music in The Elementary Grades

The document outlines the course objectives and requirements for a music education course on teaching music in elementary grades. The key objectives are to understand basic musical elements like pitch, rhythm, melody, harmony; learn to read simple musical notations; play instruments; select age-appropriate music; and integrate music into the elementary curriculum. The course will cover musical concepts, developing lesson plans, and students will do peer teaching and written assignments.

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Teaching

Music in the
Elementary
Grades
Understanding basic musical elements

Reading simple musical notations

Playing percussion and classroom


instruments
Course
Objectives
Selecting age appropriate musical material
for children

Planning classroom musical activities

Identifying teaching musical concepts


related to the materials
 Singing with a class and leading classroom
activities 
 Integrating music into various areas of the
elementary curriculum

 Designing activities using musical

Course 
instruments

Objectives  Providing appropriate music listening


materials for listening activities

 Identifying characteristics and using different


music methods: Kodaly, Orff and Dalcoze

 Writing sample lesson plans on a variety of


musical concepts
Regular attendance and successful
participation in class activities
Classroom Performance

Mini- lessons (10-15 minutes) in a peer


Requirements teaching setting
Written Exams (prelim, midterm, final
exam)
Timely completion of written assignments
Self-Introduction

What are
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• Pitch - The highness or lowness that we hear
in a sound
• Tone – A sound that has a definite  pitch 
• Interval - The distance in pitch between any
two tones.
TONAL Melody – is a series of single notes which add
ELEMENT up to a recognizable whole. A melody begins,
moves, and ends; it has direction, shape, and
continuity. The linear and horizontal
presentation of pitch. Melody can be
described as conjunct (smooth; easy to play
and sing) and disjunct (disjointedly ragged or
jumpy; difficult to sing and play)
• Key signatures – consists of sharps and flats. A
Sharp (#) has a slightly higher pitch (half step
higher) than the natural pitch, and a flat (b) has
a slightly lower pitch (half step lower) 
• Harmony – is the simultaneous sounding of a
group of tones. The vertical relationship
between a melody and its accompanying chords
or between melodies simultaneously. Often,
harmony is thought of as the art of combining
pitches into chords.
• Chord – A musical sonority consisting of three
or more tones sounded simultaneously.
• Timbre – tone color is
the unique quality of sound and can be
described by words like bright, dark,
brilliant mellow and rich.

Tone Color • Changes in tone color creates variety


and contrast: for example, the same
melody will have different expressive
effects when it is played by a violin and
then played by another instrument like
flute or saxophone.
The classification
Soprano  Highest range for women 
of the range of a
singer’s voice Mezzo soprano  Lower than the soprano but darker. It is the
middle female singing voice 

alto  Lowest singing voice for female 

tenor  Highest  

Baritone  Middle range for male and has a deep rich sound 

Bass  The lowest vocal range of all voice types. Husky,


velvety, rich, deep voice. 
Musical instruments are usually classified in
six broad categories
String Instruments  Violin, viola, cello, double bass and guitar 

Woodwind Instruments (traditionally made of wood)  Flute, clarinet, oboe, English horns bassoon  

Brass Instruments  Trumpet, French horn, trombone, and tuba 

Percussion Instruments  (Definite pitch) - timpani, glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes 


(Indefinite pitch) – snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, triangle,
cymbals, gong, (tam-tam) 

Keyboard Instruments  Piano, harpsichord, organ, and accordion 

Electronic Instruments  Synthesizers are electronic systems that can generate, modify, and
control huge variety of music sounds and noises, they give the
composers complete control over pitch, tone color loudness and
duration 
• Rhythm is the flow or movement of music through time. 
TEMPORAL • Beat - the regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music
ELEMENT into equal units of time
• Meter – the organization of beats into regular groups.
(DURATION) • Simple Meter – is division of time where the fundamental
pulses subdivide into groups of two, four etc. (4/4, 3/4,
2/4)
• Compound Meter – is a division in which the fundamental
pulses subdivide into groups of three, eight, twelve
(3/8,6/8, 12/8)
• Polymeter- is double meter to indicate that two meters
are combined or there is constant change from one meter
to the other back and both.
• Time Signatures – consist of two numbers that the upper
number indicates the number of beats for every measure and the
lower number indicates what kind of note receives one beat. (4/4 =
the upper number indicates that there should be 4 counts in
each measure, and the lower number indicates that a quarter
note receives one count)

• Rhythmic Pattern – is the division of beats into patterns of sound.


A combination of notes and rests found in one measure of a given
time signature.
Tempo Markings
TERM  MEANING 

Largo  Very slow, broad 


Grave  Very slow, solemn 
Adagio  Slow 
Andante  Moderately slow, a walking pace 
Moderato  Moderate 
Allegretto  Moderately fast 
Allegro  Fast 
Vivace  Lively 
Presto  Very fast 
Prestissimo  As fast as possible 
Accelerando  Becoming faster 
Ritardando  Becoming slower 
• Syncopation – is a musical process that involves adding an unexpected
element to the basic beat of a musical composition. A dislocation of the
strong accents within a measure. (uneven rhythms as in jazz, yet the
beat remains steady.
• Accent – stress or added emphasis given to a note.
• Tempo – rate or speed in music. We associate fast tempos with
energy, drive, and excitement, and slow tempos with solemnity, lyricism,
or calmness.
• A tempo indication is usually  at the beginning of a piece.

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