My Music Journal Music Teaching Method For First Grade

Download or read book My Music Journal Music Teaching Method for First Grade written by Florentina Alexandru and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The music textbook for First Grade is both a teacher and student edition. Both the teacher and the student use the same textbook. The teacher receives a curriculum outline and approximately 150 questions for First Grade assessments. Students gradually learn about rhythm, melody, tempo, tone color, dynamics, forms, harmony, texture, and style in each music textbook of My Music Journal K-8. In addition, students learn about music composers, music of other countries, orchestra instruments, sight-sing solfege, compose short melodies and rhythms, write music notation. Each textbook begins with a review of the previous years musical concepts to bring students up to speed. Check out the Table of Contents. Each musical concept, such as Rhythm, Melody, Tone Color, Tempo, Dynamics, Forms, e.t.c, has a set number of lessons. There are 36 lessons, which correlate to the 36 weeks of a school year. The first installment in the My Music Journal, designed for first grade students, will begin to teach students of the basics of music theory and how they are applied to create music. Students will learn the basics of rhythm and beats, introductory sheet music, such as quarter notes, half notes, and rests, and how notes and beats are related to one another. This textbook will teach students the basics of pitch and tone, and will apply these lessons through the use of singing select songs. Visual and audio identification of several basic instruments, such as pianos and guitars, will be taught throughout the this first course.From this first installment, students will also begin to grasp the basic concepts of tempo and dynamics, learning when music gets faster or slower as well as softer or louder. This textbook will begin to introduce students to vocabulary as it relates to lyrics, for example, chorus, verse, introduction, and coda. The students will also gain a brief introduction into music history and style, learning about music from several different cultures and time periods. These lessons will be applied as students will perform along with select instrumental and vocal pieces.