Colorado Grade 4 Music Standards

The Grade 4 standards

Expression 3

• MU.4.1.1

  Perform/Demonstrate music that exhibits learned rhythmic, melodic, and chordal accompaniment components. Students Can: a. Demonstrate three-part vocal and/or instrumental rounds. b. Demonstrate learned melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns using expressive elements. c. Demonstrate and differentiate between songs in major and minor keys.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); Hello Am Chord Part II (5, Wk 14)

• MU.4.1.2

  Perform/Demonstrate complex notated songs with accurate pitch, rhythm, tone, harmony and expressive elements. Students Can: a. Demonstrate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns with attention to tempo, dynamics, and articulation learned from notation. b. Demonstrate tempo, dynamic and articulation indications in musical examples.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder Knight 4 - Acka Backa (4, Wk 15); Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25)

• MU.4.1.3

  Apply teacher and peer critique and self-reflection to refine individual and ensemble technique and performance of notated songs. Students Can: a. Engage in refinement and feedback processes to prepare music for performance. b. Self-evaluate to refine musical performance. c. Critique expressive elements performed by others.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25)

Creation 1

• MU.4.2.1

  Compose, improvise, and arrange musical ideas using rhythms and pitches. Students Can: a. Create and document melodic and/or rhythmic composition in known form using known rhythms and pitches. b. Generate and improvise musical ideas using known rhythms and pitches. c. Arrange a known melody by changing a musical component such as the style (e.g., students in a small group can arrange a song giving it a rap or rock ‘n’ roll feel using cymbals and drums).

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

Theory 3

• MU.4.3.1

  Identify and demonstrate extended notated melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns. Students Can: a. Melody: Identify and perform, or respond to in major/minor tonalities. b. Rhythm: Identify and demonstrate dotted quarter/eighth, eighth note triplets. c. Harmony: Identify, perform, or respond to basic harmonic patterns. (e.g., I-V, V-I).

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder Lord/Lady 2 - G to D Five Note Scale (4, Wk 19); Recorder King/Queen 2 - Introduction to Transposing (4, Wk 24); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26); Bonjour B and Sol Ti Re (K, Wk 25)

• MU.4.3.2

  Identify and demonstrate subtle differences in tempos, dynamics, and articulations. Students Can: a. Tempo: Identify and demonstrate fermata. b. Dynamics: Identify and demonstrate mezzo forte, mezzo piano, pianissimo/fortissimo. c. Articulation: Identify and demonstrate accent.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15)

• MU.4.3.3

  Identify and demonstrate complex form, meter, and timbre elements. Students Can: a. Form/Structure: Aurally identify a variety of forms including recurring themes, interludes, canons and theme/variations. b. Meter/Beat Groupings: Identify and demonstrate music in 6/8. c. Timbre: Aurally identify 2+ parts.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

Response 2

• MU.4.4.1

  Discriminate between musical and nonmusical factors in creating criteria for evaluating music. Students Can: a. Evaluate how a variety of musical elements influence musical performance and preference. b. Communicate similarities and differences in music from various historical periods with music of today.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Beet & Avocado (PK, Wk 26); Holding your Ukulele (5, Wk 5); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Harmonizing Part I (3, Wk 29)

• MU.4.4.2

  Articulate contributions of various cultures to music from American historical periods. Students Can: a. Describe vocal and instrumental timbres and their uses throughout American music history. b. Communicate similarities and differences throughout the history of American music. c. Analyze the influence of the musics of various cultures and their role in American history (Caribbean, Western European, Native American, African, etc.).

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Hello C Chord Part III (5, Wk 10)