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Musical Concept
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Expressive Elements
Form
Meter
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Anacrusis
Dotted Quarter Note with Eighth Note
Fast and Slow
Four Sixteenth Notes
Half Note and Rest
Long and Short
Quarter Note, Eighth Notes, Quarter Rest
Rhythmic Ostinato: Eighth Note and Sixteenth Note Patterns
Rhythmic Ostinato: Quarter Note, Eighth Notes, and Quarter Rest
Sixteenth-Eighth-Sixteenth
Sound and Silence
Steady Beat and No Beat
Syncopation (Eighth, Quarter, Eighth)
Tie
Triplets
Two Sixteenths and One Eighth (and vice versa)
Understanding Beat and Rhythm
Whole Note and Rest
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Articulation: Accents
Articulation: Smooth or Separated
Articulation: Staccato, Legato, Slur
Dynamic: Terms (pp, mp, p, mf, f, ff)
Dynamics: Changes
Dynamics: Crescendo and Decrescendo
Dynamics: Loud or Soft
Dynamics: Piano and Forte
Musical Emotion and Feelings
Tempo Marking: Fermata
Tempo Markings: Adagio, Andante, Vivace
Tempo Markings: Largo, Moderato, Allegro, Presto
Tempo Markings: Ritardando, Accelerando
Tempo: Changes
Tempo: Fast or Slow
Tension and Release
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AA, AB, ABA, AABA
Bridge and Interlude
Call and Response
Echo
Introduction and Coda
Motif
Movements
Patterns
Phrases: Long and Short
Repeats: 1st and 2nd Endings
Repeats: D.S. and D.C. (Fine and Coda)
Repeats: Signs
Repetition
Rondo (ABACADA)
Rounds and Canons
Same and Different
Suite
Theme and Variations
Verse and Chorus
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Barlines, Measures, and Double Barlines
Complex Meters (5/4, 7/8)
Compound Groupings
Compound Meters
Cut Time
Mixed Meters
Simple Duple & Quadruple Groupings (2, 4)
Simple Triple Groupings (3)
Strong or Weak Beat
Time Signatures (2/4, 3/4, 4/4)
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Accidentals (sharp, flat, natural)
Bass Clef (Letter names on staff)
Chords: I and V
Chords: I, IV, V
Intervals
Ledger Lines
Low - Middle - High
Low or High
Major vs Minor
Melodic Contour and Direction
Repeated Notes, Steps, Skips, Leaps
Solfege: Diatonic Scale (do - do)
Solfege: Major Pentatonic (do, re, mi, sol, la)
Solfege: Minor Pentatonic
Solfege: Octaves (sol, la, do)
Solfege: Simple Patterns (sol-mi, sol-mi-la)
Staff Lines and Spaces
Treble Clef (letter names on staff)
Triads
Two-part Harmony
Whisper, Speak, Sing, Call, Inner Voice
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Barred Percussion
Body Percussion (stomp, pat, clap, snap, etc.)
Ensembles (Concert Band, Marching Band, Small Ensembles)
Found Sounds and Homemade Instruments
Head Voice and Chest Voice
Musical Styles
Non-pitched percussion
Orchestral Instruments and Families
Pitched Percussion Instruments
SAB/SSA
Same or Different
Soprano and Alto Voice
Speaking Voice or Singing Voice
Tenor and Bass Voice
Texture: Monophonic, Polyphonic, Homophonic
Tone Color/Timbre
World Instruments
NCAS Standard
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Anchor Standard 9
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Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
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Relationship Skills
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Self-Awareness
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Kindergarten: Lesson 1
We've Got the Beat
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Kindergarten: Lesson 2
Rhythm Just Can't Be Beat
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Kindergarten: Lesson 3
Fast and Slow, Away We Go!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Launch
Kindergarten: Lesson 4
Do You Hear What I See?
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Kindergarten: Lesson 5
Please Take Note
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Kindergarten: Lesson 6
Hey, Steady Eddie!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Meter
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Kindergarten: Lesson 7
1, 2, 3, Play with Me!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Meter
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Kindergarten: Lesson 8
Can You Move Like Me?
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Meter
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Kindergarten: Lesson 9
Triple Duple Fun
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Meter
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Kindergarten: Lesson 10
I Am a Great Conductor!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Meter
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Kindergarten: Lesson 11
Music Moves Me
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Kindergarten: Lesson 12
I Can Use My Voice
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Kindergarten: Lesson 13
High, Low, Which Way to Go?
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Kindergarten: Lesson 14
Patterns Everywhere
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Kindergarten: Lesson 15
Musical Masterpieces
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Kindergarten: Lesson 16
What Do You Hear?
Timbre
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Kindergarten: Lesson 17
Let's Do This!
Timbre
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Kindergarten: Lesson 18
Body Percussion or Barred Percussion?
Timbre
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Kindergarten: Lesson 19
I've Got It!
Timbre
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Kindergarten: Lesson 20
I Know This!
Timbre
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Kindergarten: Lesson 21
Same and Different
Form
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Kindergarten: Lesson 22
Rhythmic Patterns
Form
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Kindergarten: Lesson 23
Patterns All Around Us
Form
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Kindergarten: Lesson 24
Repeat After Me
Form
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Kindergarten: Lesson 25
Is It the Same or Is It Different?
Form
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Kindergarten: Lesson 26
Moving Fast and Slow
Expressive Elements
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Kindergarten: Lesson 27
Abracadabra! Presto!
Expressive Elements
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Kindergarten: Lesson 28
Smooth or Separated?
Expressive Elements
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Kindergarten: Lesson 29
Dynamic Dynamics
Expressive Elements
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Kindergarten: Lesson 30
Dynamics Move Me
Expressive Elements
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First Grade: Lesson 1
Music Can Move Fast and Slow
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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First Grade: Lesson 2
Beat and Rhythm
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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First Grade: Lesson 3
Rhythmic Ostinato and Rest
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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First Grade: Lesson 4
Rhythm: The Long and Short of It
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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First Grade: Lesson 5
Silence Is Important
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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First Grade: Lesson 6
Hammering With Johnny
Meter
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First Grade: Lesson 7
Swing, Batter, Batter
Meter
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First Grade: Lesson 8
Tap, Clap, Pat, Clap
Meter
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First Grade: Lesson 9
We Are Conductors!
Meter
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Launch
First Grade: Lesson 10
1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3
Meter
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First Grade: Lesson 11
Up, Down and All Around
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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First Grade: Lesson 12
My Voice is Powerful
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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First Grade: Lesson 13
Moving Melodies
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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First Grade: Lesson 14
I Can Use My Voice
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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First Grade: Lesson 15
Do Re Mi
, Follow Me
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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First Grade: Lesson 16
Same or Different
Timbre
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First Grade: Lesson 17
Pitched and Unpitched Percussion
Timbre
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First Grade: Lesson 18
Families of Instruments
Timbre
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First Grade: Lesson 19
The Music’s All Around Us!
Timbre
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First Grade: Lesson 20
Explore Instruments Galore
Timbre
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First Grade: Lesson 21
Can You Hear the Difference?
Form
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First Grade: Lesson 22
Musical Signs
Form
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First Grade: Lesson 23
A ‘Round’ the World
Form
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First Grade: Lesson 24
Musical Maps
Form
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First Grade: Lesson 25
Singing in Circles
Form
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First Grade: Lesson 26
Is It Smooth or Separated?
Expressive Elements
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First Grade: Lesson 27
Dynamic Ch-ch-ch-Changes
Expressive Elements
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First Grade: Lesson 28
Expressing Emotions and Dynamics
Expressive Elements
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First Grade: Lesson 29
Faster, Slower, Louder, Softer
Expressive Elements
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First Grade: Lesson 30
We're
All In
with Expression
Expressive Elements
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Second Grade: Lesson 1
Get Ready, Get Steady
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Form
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Second Grade: Lesson 2
Rhythm Boogie!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Second Grade: Lesson 3
Running Rhythms Like Clock Work
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Second Grade: Lesson 4
Awesome Ostinatos
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Second Grade: Lesson 5
Let's Sing That One More Time!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Form
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Second Grade: Lesson 6
Music Conductors ROCK!
Meter
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Second Grade: Lesson 7
Lead the Way to Duple Groupings
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Meter
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Second Grade: Lesson 8
Score a Home Run!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Meter
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Second Grade: Lesson 9
Fall Food Festival
Meter
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Second Grade: Lesson 10
Group it Together
Meter
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Second Grade: Lesson 11
Let's Sing Low, Middle, and High
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Second Grade: Lesson 12
Up and Down in Solfège
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Second Grade: Lesson 13
At Home in Music Class
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Second Grade: Lesson 14
Twist and Sing!
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Second Grade: Lesson 15
Show What You Know
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Second Grade: Lesson 16
My Voice, My Beat, My Rhythm
Timbre
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Second Grade: Lesson 17
The Colors of Sound
Timbre
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Second Grade: Lesson 18
So Many Types of Instruments!
Timbre
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Second Grade: Lesson 19
Look and Listen
Timbre
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Second Grade: Lesson 20
We Are Music Masters
Timbre
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Second Grade: Lesson 21
Around and Around It Goes
Form
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Second Grade: Lesson 22
Let's Talk Form
Form
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Second Grade: Lesson 23
That's a Rondo!
Form
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Second Grade: Lesson 24
Far Out Form
Form
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Second Grade: Lesson 25
Hero Forms
Form
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Launch
Second Grade: Lesson 26
Noticing the Differences
Expressive Elements
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Second Grade: Lesson 27
A World Full of Sounds
Expressive Elements
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Second Grade: Lesson 28
It's Dynamically Fun!
Expressive Elements
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Second Grade: Lesson 29
Articulate to Communicate
Expressive Elements
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Second Grade: Lesson 30
Am I Hearing You Right?
Expressive Elements
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Third Grade: Lesson 1
All In with Rhythm!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Third Grade: Lesson 2
Oh My Ostinato!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Third Grade: Lesson 3
Talkin’ with Rhythm!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Third Grade: Lesson 4
Let's Read Rhythm
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Third Grade: Lesson 5
A Who-o-o-ole Lot of Fun!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Third Grade: Lesson 6
Do Si Do and Around You Go!
Meter
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Third Grade: Lesson 7
Conduct With Me!
Meter
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Third Grade: Lesson 8
Broadway Bound!
Meter
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Launch
Third Grade: Lesson 9
Two by Two
Meter
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Third Grade: Lesson 10
Let's Work Together
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Meter
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Third Grade: Lesson 11
Lines, Spaces, and Smiles on Our Faces
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Third Grade: Lesson 12
You and Me in Harmony
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Third Grade: Lesson 13
Sailing High, Middle, and Low
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Third Grade: Lesson 14
Chords, of Course!
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Third Grade: Lesson 15
Sing Sol La Mi with Me
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Third Grade: Lesson 16
Music Style Time!
Timbre
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Third Grade: Lesson 17
I Found a Sound!
Timbre
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Third Grade: Lesson 18
Sopraaaaaano and Aaaalto Voices
Timbre
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Third Grade: Lesson 19
Our 3rd Grade Ensemble
Timbre
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Third Grade: Lesson 20
Instruments Are Fun!
Timbre
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Third Grade: Lesson 21
ABA Feels Way OK!
Form
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Third Grade: Lesson 22
Making My Own Variations
Form
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Third Grade: Lesson 23
Let's Build a Bridge
Form
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Third Grade: Lesson 24
Introducing....Introductions!
Form
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Third Grade: Lesson 25
Mastering Call and Response
Form
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Third Grade: Lesson 26
The Loud and Soft of Music
Expressive Elements
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Third Grade: Lesson 27
Destination Articulation
Expressive Elements
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Third Grade: Lesson 28
Time for Tempo!
Expressive Elements
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Third Grade: Lesson 29
This Time, with Feeling!
Expressive Elements
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Third Grade: Lesson 30
Let’s Show What We Know!
Expressive Elements
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 1
Time for Rhythm!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 2
Let's Play the Tri-pl-et
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 3
Exploring More Uneven Sounds!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Meter
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 4
Picking Up Anacrusis
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 5
I Am the Rhythm Master!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 6
Organizing Beats in Music
Meter
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 7
Practicing Different Time Signatures
Meter
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 8
Macro & Micro Beats
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Meter
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 9
Compound & Complex Meters
Meter
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Launch
Fourth Grade: Lesson 10
Let's Get Organized
Meter
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 11
Fireworks in the Land of Pentatonic
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 12
Awesome Teamwork Singing
Sol
,
La
,
Do
!
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 13
Thankful for the Harmony!
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 14
Rocking Triads!
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 15
Boogie with Intervals and Bass Clef!
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 16
Band Together!
Timbre
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 17
Voices of Humans and Instruments
Timbre
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 18
The Voice Parts are Fugue-ing
Timbre
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 19
Let’s Travel With Instruments
Timbre
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 20
Instruments and Texture Around the World
Timbre
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 21
All Signs Point to Form
Form
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 22
Is It a Bridge or an Interlude?
Form
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 23
Suite Form
Form
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 24
Rounds and Suites and Movements, Oh My!
Form
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 25
Variations of Patriotic Music
Form
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 26
Music with Feelings
Expressive Elements
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 27
Rockin' Tempo
Expressive Elements
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 28
The Drama of Tension and Release
Expressive Elements
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 29
Getting Faster or Getting Slower?
Expressive Elements
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Fourth Grade: Lesson 30
Shine and Be Expressive!
Expressive Elements
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 1
We Go Together in Music
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 2
Rhythm Rhythm Rhythm
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Form
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 3
It's About Time
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 4
Give It A Rest!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 5
Level Up Rhythm!
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 6
Sailing with Time Signatures
Meter
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 7
Better When I’m Dancin’ with More Meters
Beat-Duration-Rhythm
Meter
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 8
Big Beautiful Planet
Meter
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 9
Makin' Music Outside the Box!
Meter
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Launch
Fifth Grade: Lesson 10
Meter Is All About Grouping
Meter
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 11
Listen to the Music
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 12
Intervals Lead the Way
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 13
Scales and Triads and Chords, Oh My!
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 14
It's Just a Minor Thing
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 15
Accidentals Add Flavor!
Pitch-Melody-Harmony
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 16
Oh, I Like that Musical Style!
Timbre
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 17
Listen to My Head Voice and Chest Voice
Timbre
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 18
Meet Our Musical Ensembles
Timbre
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 19
Joyful Singing Continues in Homophony!
Timbre
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 20
‘Hallelujah,’ Melodies Can Intertwine!
Timbre
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 21
Dance Through the Day
Form
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 22
Just Like Clockwork
Form
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 23
A Slight Variation
Form
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 24
Suite, Dude!
Form
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 25
Movements and Dancin'
Form
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 26
Awesome Articulation!
Expressive Elements
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 27
Setting the Tempo
Expressive Elements
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 28
Hold It Right There, Fermata!
Expressive Elements
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 29
Recognizing Tempo Changes
Expressive Elements
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Fifth Grade: Lesson 30
Express Yourself
Expressive Elements
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