This is Teacher Charity,

and welcome to your course home page for

Music Zone Level 1!

 
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 Our last few weeks we’ll try out a different kind of activity.

 

Getting Started

First things first!

Introductions

What to Expect

 

Unit 1: The Orchestra

Instruments are grouped by families.

 

Strings Family

Brass Family

Woodwinds Family

 

Unit 2: Percussion

There are hundreds of different percussion instruments.

 

Percussion Family

The Band

World Music

 

Unit 3: Form

Music is organized into patterns.

 

Same or Different?

Loud or Quiet?

Staccato or Legato?

 

Unit 4: Steady Beat

Steady beat is the heart beat of music.

 

Heart Beat

Tempo Terms

Dynamic Changes

 

Unit 5: Short or Long?

Music has short sounds and long sounds.

 

Beat Vs Rhythm

Shorts & Longs

 

Unit 6: High or Low?

Music has high sounds and low sounds.

 

The Music Alphabet

 

Unit 7: The Staff

The staff shows how high or how low the pitches are.

 

So-La-Mi

So-La-Mi-Do

Music Notation

 

Unit 8: Rhythmic Notation

Beats are organized into measures.

 

Quarter & Eighth

 

Unit 9: Pitch Notation

The staff can show several octaves.

 

Treble Clef

Bass Clef

Grand Staff

 

Unit 10: Composition Project

You can be a composer.

 

Lyrics & Rhythm