Kentucky Grade 4 Music Standards

The Grade 4 standards

• MU:Cr1.1.4.a

  Improvise rhythmic, melodic and harmonic ideas and explain connection to specific purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6)

• MU:Cr1.1.4.b

  Create musical ideas within a chosen tonality and meter.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Compound Meter Part I (3, Wk 19); Seconds - Part III (3, Wk 10); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20)

• MU:Cr2.1.4.a

  Create selected and organized musical ideas for an improvisation, arrangement or composition to express intent and explain connection to purpose and context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, and A (4, Wk 17); Recorder Lord/Lady 6 - Improvisation & Composing with E, G, A, B, D (4, Wk 22); Blues in C Major (2, Wk 19); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24)

• MU:Cr2.1.4.b

  Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic, melodic and simple harmonic musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Seconds - Part I (3, Wk 8); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Rhythim Review (2, Wk 4); 5 Note Melodies (1, Wk 27)

• MU:Cr3.1.4

  Evaluate, refine and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 36)

• MU:Cr3.2.4

  Present the final version of personally created music to others and explain connection to expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13); Singing (2, Wk 21); Mi, Sol, La (1, Wk 8)

• MU:Pr4.1.4

  Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, context and technical skill.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 1 - Let Us Play E G A (4, Wk 12); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Introduction to Intervals (3, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• MU:Pr4.2.4.a

  Demonstrate understanding of the form and the Elements of Music in music selected for performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 34); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Song Form Review (2, Wk 20); Three Cs Part II (5, Wk 12)

• MU:Pr4.2.4.b

  When analyzing selected music, read and perform using iconic and/or standard notation.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Key of G Major (3, Wk 34); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); C Major Scale Review Part I (2, Wk 1)

• MU:Pr4.2.4.c

  Explain how social and cultural context informs a performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); C Major Solfege Hand-Sign Review (2, Wk 25); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13)

• MU:Pr4.3.4

  Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities including dynamics, tempo and timbre.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25); Recorder Page 1 - Basic Techniques (4, Wk 1); Recorder Page 2 - High D Shield Patterns (4, Wk 2); Recorder Page 3 - B Shield Patterns (4, Wk 3)

• MU:Pr5.1.4

  Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities and address performance challenges.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35)

• MU:Pr6.1.4.a

  Perform music, alone or with others, with expression and technical accuracy.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• MU:Pr6.1.4.b

  Demonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the context, venue and genre.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Knight 5 - Bounce High, Bounce Low (4, Wk 16); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 36); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 36)

• MU:Re7.1.4

  Explain how selected music connects to, and is influenced by, specific interests, experiences, purposes or contexts.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Ode to Joy Performance (1, Wk 33)

• MU:Re7.2.4

  Explain how responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of the Elements of Music and social and cultural context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Major Chords (2, Wk 18)

• MU:Re8.1.4

  Explain how the expressive qualities are used in performers’ and personal interpretations to reflect expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

• MU:Re9.1.4

  Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Recorder Knight 3 - Doggie, Doggie (4, Wk 14); Aloha Kakahiaka Performance (5, Wk 36); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13)

• MU:Cn10.1.4

  Compare the main idea of a piece of music to personal experiences, relationships, ideas or perspectives.

  Related Prodigies PK-5 lessons: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Fa, Sol, La (1, Wk 13); Bonjour B and Sol Ti Re (K, Wk 25)

• MU:Cn11.1.4

  Select and describe music from a specific genre or style and explain how the music relates to the culture, society, community or historical period from which the music originated.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder History - From Medieval to Modern (4, Wk 6); Recorder Lord/Lady 4 - Jingle Bells (4, Wk 21); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Types of Ukuleles (5, Wk 2)