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In the Primary grades it is recommended that both books(Step-by-Step and Supplement) be used for a solid foundation |
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Step-by-Step Classroom Music Grade 1 ISBN 978-1-897491-00-3 (1 Book, 2 CDs) $139.95
Teacher manual highlights: lessons on sounds, beat, rhythm, pitch, tempo, dynamics, singing and moving, rhythms in language, singing, chanting, a class song performance.
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Step-by-Step Classroom Music Grade 1 Supplement ISBN 978-1-897491-54-6 (1 Book, 1 CD) $169.95
Teacher manual highlights: introduces Orff, Kodály and Solfège into the lessons, creating rhythms in 2/4 and 4/4 time using note and rest values(quarter and eighth) and using Solfège and hand signs, families of instruments, pitch mapping, creating melodic ostinati
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Step-by-Step Classroom Music Grade 2 ISBN 978-1-897491-55-3 (1 Book, 2 CDs) $139.95
Teacher manual highlights: Experience beat, rhythm, mood, pitch, dynamics and tempo by listening, responding and moving, creating new lyrics to familiar songs, working with words, singing nursery rhymes and original tunes, class song performance, recognizing instruments of the orchestra, verse/chorus
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Step-by-Step Classroom Music Grade 2 Supplement ISBN 978-1-897491-55-3 (1 Book, 1 CD) $169.95
Teacher manual highlights: Staccato and legato, emotion, tone colour, marches, national anthems, continues with Orff, Kodály and Solfège , creating rhythms in 2/4 and 4/4 time using note and rest values(whole, half, quarter and eighth) and using Solfège and hand signs, families of instruments, pitch mapping, creating melodic ostinati to accompany text
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Step-by-Step Classroom Music Grade 3 ISBN 978-1-897491-02-7 (1 Book, 2 CDs) $139.95
Teacher manual highlights: moving to beat and rhythm, singing, pitch mapping, introduction and drawing quarter, half and whole notes and rests, simple rhythms, using jingle creation to explore elements of music, rhythm and language, peer evaluation, critical analysis ok known tunes, responding to music verbally, pictorially and in written form, percussion instruments and song
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Step-by-Step Classroom Music Grade 3 Supplement ISBN 978-1-897491-56-0 (1 Book, 1 CD) $169.95
Teacher manual highlights: First Nations and Latin culture and music, dotted half note and rest- 3/4 time, breathing, ostinati, rounds, canon, partner songs, ternary form, creating rhythms with 16th notes, creating rhythmic and melodic accompaniment, music as a message, professions in music
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Step-by-Step Classroom Music II - Grade 4 ISBN 978-1-897491-49-2 (1 Book, 1 CD) $169.95
Teacher manual highlights: introduction of the recorder, Pitch and articulation, treble clef and staff, notation, dynamics, form (repeats, coda, canon), syncopation, in Latin and African culture, texture, accidentals, C,G,F,D, Bb major scale, pentatonic, skips and steps, natural minor (A,D,E), major and minor tonality, ensemble instruments
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Step-by-Step Classroom Music II - Grade 5 ISBN 978-1-897491-50-8 (1 Book, 1 CD) $169.95
Teacher manual highlights: Critically responding to music, bass staff and notation, 6/8 metre, Rondo form, 8va, 8vb, notation, syncopation and texture in Vietnamese music, playing textures - ensemble Solfège / recorder / pitched percussion etc. sharp and flat key signatures, playing and singing major and minor scales, composing with pentatonic, harmonic minor and creating melodies over backing tracks
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Step-by-Step Classroom Music II - Grade 6 ISBN 978-1-897491-51-5 (1 Book, 1 CD) $169.95
Teacher manual highlights: Music and Inuit Culture, the grand staff, ledger lines treble and bass staves, triplets, theme and variation, I-IV-V chord progressions, intervals, syncopation in Indian music, relative minor, harmonic and melodic minor scales
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Step-by-Step Classroom Music II - Grade 7 ISBN 978-1-897491-52-2 (1 Book, 1 CD) $169.95
Teacher manual highlights: Complements vocal and instrumental programs and keeps the interest of older students: grade 7 focuses on the Blues, major and minor chord progressions, 12-bar blues, circle of 4ths and 5ths, composition over major and blues progressions
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Step-by-Step Classroom Music II - Grade 8 ISBN 978-1-897491-53-9 (1 Book, 1 CD) $169.95
Teacher manual highlights: Grade 8 uses the theme of Jazz to create major and minor triads, chord voicings, note and chord transpositions, metres: 4/5, 7/4, 9/8; scale degrees, modes
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Grade 1 Lessons
Lesson one: Appreciation of culture through music - Beautiful Rainbow World Lyric Sheet, Beautiful Rainbow World Score
Lesson two: The Hornpipe
Lesson three: Music, emotions, and special occasions - Alla Hornpipe Activity Sheet, Teacher Background Note: Alla Hornpipe
Lesson four: Tone colour and the intended message - Family of Instruments Card, Brass Family Card, Woodwind Family Card, String Family Card
Lesson five: Quarter note and a 2/4 musical measure - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Lyric Sheet, Bar Line Card, 2/4 Time Signature Card, 2/4 Quarter Note Measure Card, Rhythm Card 1 Quarter Note Clapping in 2/4 Time , Beat Card 1, Rhythm Card 2 Counting with Oral Prompts
Lesson six: Quarter Note and Rest in 2/4 Time - Quarter Note Card, Quarter Rest Card, Quarter Rest Measure Card, Rhythm Card 3: Notes and Rests in 2/4 Time, Rhythm Card 4: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Rhythm Card 5: Notes and Rests 2/4 Time with Oral Prompts
Lesson seven: Creating and performing rhythm patterns in 2/4 Time - Quarter Note/Quarter Rest Sheet, Writing Rhythm in 2/4 Time Worksheet
Lesson eight: Quarter Note and 4/4 Time - This Old Man Lyric Sheet, 4/4 Time Signature Card, 4/4 Quarter Note Measure Card, This Old Man Example Card, Beat Card 2: Quarter Note Tapping in 4/4 Time, Rhythm Card 6
Lesson nine: Quarter Notes and Rests in 4/4 Time - Rhythm Card 7: Notes and Rests in 4/4 Time , Rhythm Card 8: Notes and Rests in 4/4 Time Using Oral Prompts
Lesson ten: Eighth Notes, 4/4 Time and Simple Ostinati - I’m a Little Teapot Lyric Sheet, Pie Example Card, Eighth Note Card 1, Eighth Note Card 2, Eighth Note Measure Card in 4/4, I’m a Little Teapot Rhythm Card, Rhythm Card 9 Counting Eighth notes in 4/4 Time, Eighth Note Oral Prompts Card, Rhythm Card 10: Clapping Eighth Notes with Oral Prompts , Rhythm Card 11, Rhythm Card 12
Lesson eleven: Creating and performing rhythm patterns - Writing Rhythm in 4/4 Time Worksheet 1, Writing Rhythm in 4/4 Time Worksheet 2, Quarter Note Sheet, Quarter Rest Sheet, Eighth Note Sheet
Lesson twelve: Performing complex rhythm patterns - Pattern 1 ( Ta - ta - ta - ta ), Pattern 2 ( Ti-ti – ti-ti – ti-ti – ti-ti ), Pattern 3 ( Rest -ta- rest - ta ), Pattern 4 ( Rest- ti-ti - rest –ti-ti )
Lesson thirteen: Performing complex rhythm patterns 2
Lesson fourteen: Correct Breathing Technique - Instruction sheet 1 (showing “marionette” stages), Teacher Note: Singing Warm up Sheet
Lesson fifteen: Recognizing and producing vocal pitches using Solfège - Teacher Reference 1 Solfège and Hand Signs, Teacher Reference 2 Curwen/Glover Hand Signs, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Lyric Sheet, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Pitch Map, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Hand Signs, Student Hand Signs I, Large Do-Re-Mi-Fa Cards), Small Do-Re-Mi-Fa Cards
Lesson sixteen: Recognizing and producing vocal pitches using Solfège 2 - Yankee Doodle Lyric Sheet, Yankee Doodle Pitch Map, So-La-Ti-Do' Student Hand Sign Sheet 2, Large So-La-Ti-Do' Cards, Small So-La-Ti-Do' Cards
Lesson seventeen: Recognizing and producing vocal pitches using Solfège 3 - Frère Jacques Lyrics Call and Response, Teacher Note: Frère Jacques Call and Response/Echo Card, Frère Jacques Pitch Map 1, Frère Jacques Pitch Map 2, Do-Re-Me-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do' Sheet
Lesson eighteen: Creating monophonic melodies using repetition - Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do Cards, Writing Melody in 4/4 Time Worksheet
Lesson nineteen: Listening and Responding - Family of Instruments Card (from lesson one), Percussion Family Card, Percussion Instrument Card, Timpani or Kettle Drum Card, Fanfare for the Common Man Activity Sheet, Fanfare for the Common Man Teacher Note
Lesson twenty: Creating non-pitched percussion instruments - Percussion Instrument Activity Sheet
Grade one CD contents:1. Beautiful Rainbow World by Daria, 2. The Sailor’s Hornpipe, 3. Handel: Water Music: Alla Hornpipe, 4. Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, 5. Greig: Morgenstemning (MorningMood), 6. Verdi: Libiamo ne'lieti calici, 7. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, 8. Tapping to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, 9. Counting Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, in 2/4 Time 10. Clapping in 2/4 Time with Oral Prompts, 11. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star with metronome, 12.Rhythm Card 3 example, 13. Rhythm Card 4 example, 14. Rhythm Card 5 example, 15. This Old Man, 16. Counting and Tapping in 4/4 Time, 17. Clapping in 4/4 Time with Oral Prompts18. Notes and Rests in 4/4 Time, 19. Notes and Rests 4/4 Time Oral Prompts, 20. This Old Man Fast, 21. I’m A Little Teapot, 22. Counting Eighth notes in 4/4 , 23. Clapping Eighth notes in 4/4, 24. Ta-ta-ti-ti-ta, 25. Ta-ti-ti-ta-ti-ti, 26. I’m a Little Teapot Fast, 27. I’m a Little Teapot Hip Hop (optional), 28. Pattern Examples, 29. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Vocal, 30. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Pitch Map excerpt, 31. Do-Re-Mi-Fa, 32. Yankee Doodle Vocal, 33. Yankee Doodle excerpt 34. So-La-Ti-Do, 35. Frère Jacques, 36. Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do', 37. Frère Jacques Call and Response
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Grade 2 Lessons
Lesson one: Legato and Staccato - Teacher Note: Legato and Staccato, Hush-A-Bye-Baby Lyrics
Lesson two: Music and Emotions - Teacher Note on 2/4 Time, Stars and Stripes Forever and Biographical Notes, March of the Toys and Biographical Notes
Lesson three: Responding to Tone Colour - Family of Instruments Card, Stars and Stripes Forever Activity Sheet
Lesson four: Tone Colour and Message - Brass Family Card, Woodwind Family Card, Percussion Family Card
Lesson five: Rhythm and 4/4/ Time 1 - Teacher Note 1, Teacher Note 2, Teacher Note 3, Bar Line Card, 4/4 Quarter Note Measure Card, Quarter Note Card, Half Note Card, Whole Note Card, Beat Card 1, Rhythm Card 1, Rhythm Card 2, This Old Man Lyrics
Lesson six: Rhythm and 4/4/ Time 2 - Rhythm Card 3, Rhythm Card 4, Teacher Example
Lesson seven: Rhythm and 4/4/ Time 3 - Teacher Note: Rest Breakdown, Quarter Rest Card, Half Rest Card, Whole Rest Card, Rhythm Card 5, Rhythm Card 6, Teacher Example
Lesson eight: Creating Rhythmic Ostinati - Teacher Pattern Notes, Rhythm Activity Card (Ostinato), Rhythm Activity Card (Pattern 1), Rhythm Activity Card (Pattern 2), Eighth Note Card
Lesson nine: Selecting Percussion Instruments - Work Sheet 1 (ostinato), Work Sheet 2 (Pattern1), Work Sheet 3 (Pattern 2), Note and Rest Cut-Out Cards
Lesson ten: Binary Form - Teacher Note: Binary Form, Yankee Doodle Lyrics, Pop Goes the Weasel Lyrics, Skip to My Lou
Lesson eleven: Verse and Chorus - Teacher Note: Verse and Chorus Form, Oh Susanna Lyrics, Alouette Lyrics
Lesson twelve: Correct Breathing - Teacher Note, Marionette Images
Lesson thirteen: Creating and Performing Songs 1 - Teacher Reference 1: Solfège Note, Teacher Reference 2: Hand Signs Note, Teacher Reference 3: Curwen/Glover Hand Signs, Teacher Reference 4: Solmization Syllables and the Piano Keyboard, Mary Had A Little Lamb Lyric, Mary Had a Little Lamb Pitch Map, Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So Cards, Student Hand Signs I, Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So cut-out Sheets, Rhythmic Pattern Cards 1 to 4
Lesson fourteen: Creating and Performing Songs 2 - Yankee Doodle Lyrics, Yankee Doodle Pitch Map, Student Hand Signs II, So-La-Ti-Do’ Cards, So-La-Ti-Do’ cut-out Sheets
Lesson fifteen: Creating Bordun - Teacher Note: Bordun and Carl Orff, Bordun Pattern Card
Lesson sixteen: Melody and Ostinato 1 - Frère Jacques Lyrics, Baa Baa Black Sheep Lyrics
Lesson seventeen: Melody and Ostinato 2 - Creating Accompaniments for Text, Worksheet Scenario Card 1 (happy) , Worksheet Scenario Card 2 (sad), Worksheet Scenario Card 3 (angry), Worksheet Scenario Card 4 (scary), Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do’ Cut-outs
Lesson nineteen: Music and Emotions(Canadian and American National Anthems)- Teacher Note: Etiquette, O Canada Lyrics, Teacher Note 1: O Canada, Teacher Note: Calixa Lavallée, Star Spangled Banner Lyrics, Teacher Note 2: Star Spangled Banner, Teacher Note: Francis Scott Key
Grade two CD contents: 1. Hush-A-Bye-Baby Legato, 2. Hush-A-Bye-Baby Staccato, 3. John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever, 4. Victor Herbert: March of the Toys, 5. Brass Section Example, 6. Woodwind Section Example, 7. Percussion Example, 8. Beat Card 1 Example, 9. Rhythm Card 1Example, 10. Rhythm Card 2 Example, 11. This Old Man, 12. Rhythm Card 3 Example, 13. Rhythm Card 4 Example, 14. Rhythm Card 5 Example, 15. Rhythm Card 6 Example, 16. Rhythm Activity Card (Ostinato), 17. Rhythm Activity Card (Pattern 1), 18. Rhythm Activity Card(Pattern 2), 19. Yankee Doodle, 20. Pop Goes the Weasel, 21. Skip to My Lou, 22. Oh Susanna, 23. Alouette, 24. Mary Had A Little Lamb, 25. Mary Had A Little Lamb Pitch Example, 26.Rhythmic Pattern Card 1, 27. Rhythmic Pattern Card 2, 28. Rhythmic Pattern Card 3, 29. Rhythmic Pattern Card 4, 30. Yankee Doodle, 31. Yankee Doodle Pitch Example, 32. Amazing Grace, 33. Frère Jacques, 34. Baa Baa Black Sheep, 35. O Canada, 36. Star Spangled Banner
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Grade 3 Lessons
Lesson one: Music and First Nations Culture - Teacher Note: The First Nations, The Importance of the Drum
Lesson two: Music and the Latin Culture - La Cucaracha Lyrics , La Cucaracha Score
Lesson three: Correct Breathing Technique - Teacher Note: Correct Breathing Technique, Singing Warm-ups, Marionette Images
Lesson Four: Singing Solfège - Teacher Reference 1: Solfège and Hand Signs, Teacher Reference 2: Curwen/Glover Hand Signs, Teacher Reference 3: Keyboard/Glover Hand Signs, Student Hand Signs I, Student Hand Signs II, Large Hand Signs
Lesson Five: Dotted Half Note and Dotted Half Rest in 3/4 Time - Bar Line Card, 3/4 Time Signature Card, Note Breakdown, 4/4 time Note Value Comparison, Hush-A-Bye Baby Lyric Sheet, Dotted Half Note Card, Rest Breakdown, Dotted Half Rest Card, Card 1: Beat, Card 2: Rhythm 1, Card 3: Rhythm 2, Card 4: Rhythm 3
Lesson six: Creating an Ostinato - Card 5: Sample Rhythm Card, Card 6: Rhythm Activity Card (Ostinato), Card 7: Rhythm Activity Card (Pattern 1), Card 8: Rhythm Activity Card (Pattern 2), Card 9: Rhythm Activity Card (Pattern 3)
Lesson seven: Rounds - Rounds Note, Row, Row, Row Your Boat Round Example, Baa, Baa Black Sheep Round Example , Row, Row, Row, Your Boat Lyrics, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Lyrics, Pop Goes the Weasel Lyrics, Hot Cross Buns Lyrics, Hush-A-Bye Baby Lyrics
Lesson eight: The Canon - Canon Note
Lesson nine: Partner Songs - Partner Song Note
Lesson ten: Ternary Form - Ternary Form Note, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Lyrics, Baa Baa Black Sheep Lyrics , Alouette Lyrics
Lesson eleven: Performing Rhythm Patterns Using Sixteenth Notes - Note Breakdown, Pie Example Card, Sixteenth Note Card 1, Sixteenth Note Card 2, Sixteenth Note Measure Card in 4/4, Card 10: Counting and Clapping Sixteenth Notes in 4/4 Time, Card 11: Rhythm 1, Card 12: Rhythm 2
Lesson twelve: Creating Rhythmic Onomatopoeia - Sample Card 1 (Heart beat), Sample Card 2 (second hand of a stopwatch), Sample Card 3 (Dripping faucet)
Lesson thirteen: Creating Melodies Using Melodic Ostinati 1
Lesson fourteen: Creating Melodic Ostinati 2
Lesson fifteen: Music as a Medium for Message - We’ve Got the Whole World In Our Hands Lyric Sheet, We’ve Got the Whole World In Our Hands Score
Lesson sixteen: Creating a Rhythmic Accompaniment
Lesson seventeen: Creating a Melodic Accompaniment - Hand Sign Cut-outs
Grade three CD contents: 1. Lenape Nan (I am Lenape) by Seven Cedars, 2. La Cucaracha by Daria, 3. Do to Do' vocals, 4. Hush-a-Bye Baby, 5. Row, Row, Row, Your Boat, 6. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, 7. Pop Goes the Weasel, 8. Hot Cross Buns, 9. J. Pachelbel: Canon in D Major, 10. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, 11. Alouette, 12. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, 13. Counting and Clapping Sixteenth Notes in 4/4, 14. (Ta-ta- ti-ka-ti-ka- ta), 15. (Ti-ka-ti-ka ti-ti- ti-ka-ti-ka ta), 16. Rhythms in Our Environment, 17. Heart beat, 18. Second Hand, 19. Dripping faucet, 20. We’ve Got the Whole World In Our Hands by Daria
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Grade 4 Lessons
Lesson one: Pitch and Articulation - Teacher Note: Pitch and Articulation, Identifying Pitch and Articulation Worksheet, Identifying Pitch and Articulation Answer Sheet
Lesson two: Pitch and the Treble Clef - Treble Clef Sheet, Treble Clef Practice Sheet
Lesson 3: Pitch and the Treble Staff - Teacher Note: Notes on the Treble Staff, Treble Spaces Card, Treble Lines Card, Treble Staff Alphabet Card, Treble Staff Worksheets 1 & 2, Treble Staff Answer Sheets 1 & 2, Note Breakdown, Rest Breakdown, Teacher Reference Solmization Syllables, Fingers and the Recorder, Singing Hot Cross Buns with Solfège, Hot Cross Buns on Recorder Score, Hot Cross Buns Pitched Percussion Score
Lesson 4: Dynamics - Teacher Note: Dynamics, Identifying Dynamics Worksheet, Identifying Dynamics Answer Sheet
Lesson 5: Treble Staff Notation - Above and Below the Treble Staff Card, Note Breakdown, Rest Breakdown, Stem Direction Card, Stem Length Card, Stem Direction Worksheet, Stem Direction Answer Sheet
Lesson 6: Form Repeats and Coda - 4/4 Time Signature Card, Notation Definition Sheet, Notation Example 1: German Dance Full Score, Notation Example 2: German Dance Shortened Score, Notation Worksheet, Notation Answer Sheet, German Dance Score with Hand Signs for Vocals, German Dance Score for Recorder, German Dance Score for Pitched Percussion
Lesson 7: The Canon - Teacher Note: Canons and Rounds, Rounds to Canon Assignment Example, Rounds to Canon Assignment 1, Rounds to Canon Assignment 2
Lesson 8: Introduction to Syncopation - Teacher Note: Syncopation, Syncopation Activity Sheet 1 (oral prompts), Syncopation Activity Sheet 2 (stick notation), Syncopation Activity Sheet 3 (staff notation)
Lesson 9: Syncopation and Latin Culture - Teacher Note: Latin Music Note, Samba and the Bossa Nova Rhythm Sheet
Lesson 10: Syncopation, Polyrhythms, and African Culture - Here Come Our Mothers Lyric Sheet, Here Come Our Mothers Score, Teacher Note: The Zulu People
Lesson 11: Texture - Texture Note, Fur Elise Excerpt Score, Invention No. 9 in F minor Excerpt Score, Texture Worksheet, Texture Answer Sheet
Lesson 12: Texture 2 - Texture Score (Master Copy), Texture Score 1 (Student Copy), Texture Score 2 (Student Copy), Texture Score 3 (Student Copy), Texture Score 4 (Student Copy)
Lesson 13: Accidentals, Sharps and Naturals - Accidental Note, Sharp Card, C# Card, Sharps Card 1, Sharps Card 2, Natural Card, Sharps and Naturals Score
Lesson 14: C Major Scale - Semitone Card, Whole Tone Card 1, Whole Tone Card 2, Major Scale Card, C Major Scale Worksheet, Solfège and the C major Scale Card
Lesson 15: C Pentatonic Scale - Teacher Note: Bordun, Solfège and the C Pentatonic Scale Card, Pentatonic Scale Worksheet, Pentatonic Scale Answer Sheet, Pentatonic Scoring Sheet
Lesson 16: G Major Scale - G Major Scale Card, G Major Scale Worksheet, Solfège and the G major Scale Card, Musical Scoring Sheet
Lesson 17: Accidentals: Flats and naturals - Accidental Note, Flat Card, Bb Card, Flats Card 1, Flats Card 2, Flats and Naturals Score
Lesson 18: F Major Scale - F Major Scale Card, F Major Scale Worksheet, Solfège and the F major Scale Card, Musical Scoring Sheet
Lesson 19: Intervals (steps and skips/leaps) - Interval Worksheet 1, Interval Answer Sheet 1, Interval Worksheet 2
Lesson 20: A Natural Minor Scale - A Natural Minor Scale Card, A Natural Minor Scale Worksheet
Lesson 21: Understanding Major and Minor Tonality - Tonality Worksheet
Lesson 22: Ensemble Instruments - Instrument Card, Brass Family Card, Woodwind Family Card, String Family Card, Percussion Family Card
Extension Lessons Lesson 23: D Major Scale - D Major Scale Card, D Major Scale Worksheet, Solfège and the D major Scale Card, Musical Scoring Sheet
Lesson 24: Bb Major Scale - Bb Major Scale Card, Bb Major Scale Worksheet, Solfège and the Bb major Scale Card, Musical scoring Sheet
Lesson Twenty-five: D Natural Minor Scale - D Natural Minor Scale Card, D Natural Minor Scale Worksheet
Lesson 26: E Natural Minor Scale - E Natural Minor Scale Card, E Natural Minor Scale Worksheet
Grade four CD contents: 1. Identifying High and Low Pitch, 2. Hot Cross Buns Sample, 3. 1812 Overture, 4. Identifying Pitch Worksheet, 5. 1812 Overture Excerpt, 6. Dynamics examples, 7. Identifying Dynamics Worksheet, 8. Mozart: German Dance, 9. Pachelbel: Canon in D Major, 10. Syncopation Example, 11. Samba, 12. Bossa Nova, 13. Samba and Bossa Nova Rhythm Sheet, 14. Here Come Our Mothers by Daria, 15. Beethoven: Fur Elise, 16. Bach: Invention No. 9, 17. Texture Worksheet, 18. Intervals Worksheet, 19. Major Scale, 20. Minor Scale, 21. Tonality Worksheet, 22. Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, 23. MuczynskI: Fragments for Woodwind Trio, Waltz (Allegro), 24. Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in F major, 25.Wuorinen: quarter note = 108 (leggiero)
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Grade 5 Lessons
Lesson one: Critically Responding to Music - Family of Instrument Card, Vivaldi’s Winter Sheet
Lesson two: The Bass Clef - Bass Clef Sheet, Bass Clef Practice Sheet
Lesson three: Pitch and the Bass Staff - Teacher Note: Notes on the Treble and Bass Staves , Treble Spaces Card, Treble Lines Card, Treble Staff Alphabet Card, Bass Spaces Card, Bass Lines Card, Bass Staff Alphabet Card, Bass Staff Worksheets 1 & 2, Bass Staff Answer Sheets 1 & 2
Lesson four: Bass Staff Notation - Above and Below the Bass Staff Card, Note Breakdown, Rest Breakdown, Stem Direction Card, Stem Length Card, Stem Direction Worksheet, Stem Direction Answer Sheet
Lesson five: Metre (6/8 time) - Identifying Metre Worksheet, Identifying Metre Answer Sheet
Lesson six: Form: Rondeau and Rondo Part 1 - Teacher Note: The Rondo
Lesson seven Form: The Rondo Part 2 - 4/4 Time Signature Card, Notation Definition Sheet, Notation Example: Rondeau, Notation Example: Rondeau Shortened Score, 8va and 8vb Worksheet, 8va and 8vb Answer Sheet
Lesson eight: Form: The Rondo Part 3 - Mouret’s New Rondo Assignment, Fingering chart for recorder
Lesson nine: Syncopation and the New Rondeau - Teacher Note: Syncopation , Rondeau Syncopation Activity Sheet
Lesson ten: Syncopation and Texture - Teacher Note: Vietnamese Instruments, Artists Note
Lesson eleven: Texture - Teacher Note: Texture, Texture Score (Master Copy), Texture Score 1 (Student Copy), Texture Score 2 (Student Copy), Texture Score 3 (Student Copy), Texture Score 4 (Student Copy)
Lesson twelve: Sharp Key Signatures - Teacher Note: Sharp Key Signature, C, G, D, A & E Scale Card, Sharp Key Signatures Pattern Card, Sharp Scales with Key Signatures, Sharp Key Signature Worksheet, Sharp Key Signature Answer Sheet, Practice Score 1, Practice Score 2
Lesson thirteen: A Major Scale - Semitone Card, Whole Tone Card 1, Whole Tone Card 2, A Major Scale Card, A Major Scale Worksheet, Solfège and the A Major Scale Card, Musical Scoring Sheet
Lesson fourteen: Solfège and the A Pentatonic Scale - Solfège and the A Pentatonic Scale Card, Lesson fifteen: Flat Key Signatures, C, F, Bb, Eb & Ab Scale Card, Flat Key Signatures Teacher Note, Flat Key Signatures Pattern Card, Flat Scales with Key Signatures, Flat Key Signature Worksheet, Flat Key Signature Answer Sheet, Practice Score 1, Practice Score 2
Lesson sixteen: Eb Major Scale - Eb Major Scale Card, Eb Major Scale Worksheet, Solfège and the Eb Major Scale Card, Musical Scoring Sheet 1, Musical Scoring Sheet 2
Lesson seventeen: Composing a Theme Song Using a Pentatonic Scale - Musical Elements Review, Solfège and the C Pentatonic Scale Card, C Pentatonic Scoring Sheet, Melody Map Scoring Sheet
Lesson eighteen: Composition (Steps, Skips and Intervals) - Intervals Improvisation Sheet
Lesson nineteen: A Harmonic Minor Scale - A Harmonic Minor Scale Card, A Harmonic Minor Scale Worksheet
Lesson twenty: Composing With Backing Tracks - D Harmonic Minor Scale Card, D Harmonic Minor Scale Composition Worksheet
Lesson twenty-one: Composing With Backing Tracks
Extension Lessons- Lesson twenty-two: E Major Scale - Major Scale Card, Major Scale Worksheet, Solfège and the E Major Scale Card, Musical Scoring Sheet
Lesson twenty-three: Ab Major Scale - Ab Major Scale Card, Ab Major Scale Worksheet, Solfège and the Ab Major Scale Card, Musical Scoring Sheet
Grade five CD contents: 1. A. Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Winter (I. Allegro non molto), 2. Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op. 67 First Movement, 3. Verdi: Rigoletto, Act III: La donna e mobile 4. Grieg: Morning Mood from "Peer Gynt", 5. Jean-Joseph Mouret: Rondeau from “Sinfonie de Fanfares”, 6. Syncopation Example 1, 7. Syncopation Example 2, 8. Village Dances by Khac Chi Ensemble, 9. After the Rain by Khac Chi, 10. Texture Example, 11. D Harmonic Minor Backing Track 12. D Harmonic Minor Improvisation Track
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Grade 6 Lessons
Lesson one: Music and Culture - Lesson one Teacher Note: Inuit, Teacher Note: Colin Adjun
Lesson two: Music and Culture 2 - Teacher Note: Susan Aglukark, Dreams for You Lyric Sheet, Dreams for You Activity Sheet
Lesson three: The Grand Staff - Grand Staff Teacher Note, Grand Staff Worksheet, Grand Staff Answer Sheet
Lesson four: Ledger Lines above and below the Treble Staff - Note Breakdown, Rest Breakdown, Below the Treble Staff Card, Above the Treble Staff Card, Stem Direction Card, Stem Length Card, Ledger Line Worksheet , Ledger Line Answer Sheet
Lesson five: Ledger Lines above and below the Bass Staff - Above the Bass Staff Card, Below the Bass Staff Card, Stem Direction Card, Stem Length Card, Ledger Line Worksheet, Ledger Line Answer Sheet
Lesson six Sharp Key Signatures - Teacher Note: Sharp Key Signature, Sharp Key Signatures Pattern Card, Sharp Scales with Key Signatures, Sharp Key Signature Worksheet, Sharp Key Signature Answer Sheet
Lesson seven: Flat Key Signatures - Teacher Note: Flat Key Signatures, Flat Key Signatures Pattern Card, Flat Scales with Key Signatures, Flat Key Signature Worksheet, Flat Key Signature Answer Sheet
Lesson eight: Relative Minor Keys - Major Key Signatures Card (Sharp Keys), Sharp Key Relative Minor Scales Card, Sharp Key and Relative Minor Worksheet, Major Key Signatures Card (Flat Keys), Flat Key Relative Minor Scales Card, Flat Key and Relative Minor Worksheet
Lesson nine: A Melodic Minor Scale - A Melodic Minor Scale Card, A Melodic Minor Scale Worksheet, A Melodic Minor Scale Answer Sheet
Lesson ten: D Melodic Minor Scale - D Melodic Minor Scale Card, D Melodic Minor Scale Worksheet, D Melodic Minor Scale Answer Sheet, E Melodic Minor Scale Card, E Melodic Minor Scale Worksheet, E Melodic Minor Scale Answer Sheet
Lesson eleven: Syncopation and Variations - Teacher Note: Syncopation, Musical Elements Review Sheet, Composition Sheet
Lesson twelve: Syncopation and Indian Culture - Lesson thirteen: Form: Intervals, Scale Degree Interval Chart, Intervals Worksheet, Intervals Answer Sheet
Lesson fourteen: I-IV-V Chord Progressions - Progression Worksheet, Progression Answer Sheet
Lesson fifteen: Pentatonic Scale - Pentatonic Scale Card, Pentatonic I-IV-V Progression Worksheet
Lesson sixteen: Form: Theme and Variation - Teacher Note: Theme and Variation, Theme and Variation Worksheet
Lesson seventeen: Triplets - Note and Rest Value Review, March from the Nutcracker Suite Score
Lesson eighteen: Metre: Pick-up notes - Pickup Note Worksheet, Pickup Note Answer Sheet
Lesson nineteen: Metre: 9/8 metre - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring Score, Identifying Metre Worksheet, Identifying Metre Answer Sheet
lesson twenty: Metre and Rhythmic Variation - Metre Example Sheet, Metre Variation Worksheet
Lesson twenty-one: Melodic Variation - Melody Example Sheet, Melodic Variation Worksheet
Grade six CD contents: 1. Maple Sugar by Colin Adjun, 2. Dreams for You by Susan Aglukark, 3. Syncopation Example 1, 4. Syncopation Example 2, 5. Chatterbox by The Toronto Tabla Ensemble, 6. Intervals, 7. I-IV-V Progression 8. Pentatonic Scale, 9. Theme and Variation Sample, 10. Ravel: Bolero, 11. Tchaikovsky: March from the Nutcracker Suite, 12. Rossini: William Tell Overture, 13. Pick-up Note Worksheet, 14. Bach: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, 15. Twinkle, Twinkle, Metre Variation, 16. Twinkle, Twinkle, Melodic Variation
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Grade 7 Lessons
Lesson one: Brief History of the Blues - Teacher Note: The Blues, Lesson two: Famous Blues Artists of the 20th Century, Performer Assignment Worksheet
Lesson three: Guitar Performance Critique - Guitarist Critique Worksheet
Lesson four: The Grand Staff Review - Grand Staff Teacher Note, Grand Staff Worksheet, Grand Staff Worksheet Answer Sheet
Lesson five: Major Triads - C-F-G Major Scale Card, C-F-G Major Triad Card, C-F-G Major Triad Worksheet, C-F-G Major Triad Answer Sheet
Lesson six: Triad Positions and Major Chord Voicing - C - F - G Root Position Card, C - F - G First Inverted Position Card, C - F - G Second Inverted Position Card, C - F - G Position Worksheet, C - F - G Position Answer Sheet
Lesson seven: Form and the 12-Bar Blues with Major Chords - C Major Scale with Degrees Card, 12-Bar Blues Pattern Card, 12-Bar Blues Worksheet, 12-Bar Blues Answer Sheet
Lesson eight: Minor Triads - A-D-E Minor Scale Card, A-D-E Minor Triad Card, A-D-E Minor Triad Worksheet , A-D-E Minor Triad Answer Sheet
Lesson nine: Triad Positions and Minor Chord Voicing - A – D – E Minor Root Position Card, A – D – E Minor First Inverted Position Card, A – D – E Minor Second Inverted Position Card, A – D – E Minor Position Worksheet , A – D – E Minor Position Answer Sheet
Lesson ten: Form and the 12-Bar Minor Blues - A Minor Scale with Degrees Card, 12-Bar Blues Pattern Card, 12-Bar Blues Worksheet, 12-Bar Blues Answer Sheet
Lesson eleven: Sharp Key Signatures and the Circle of Fifths - Teacher Note: Sharp Key Signatures, Sharp Key Signatures Pattern Card, C, G, D, A, E, B, F#, C# Scale Card, Circle of Fifths Card, Circle of Fifths Worksheet 1, Circle of Fifths Worksheet 2, Circle of Fifths Answer Sheet 1, Circle of Fifths Answer Sheet 2
Lesson twelve: Flat Key Signatures and the Circle of Fourths - Teacher Note: Flat Key Signature, C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb Scale Card, Flat Key Signatures Pattern Card, Circle of Fourths Card, Circle of Fourths Worksheet 1, Circle of Fourths Worksheet 2, Circle of Fourths Answer Sheet 1, Circle of Fourths Answer Sheet 2
Lesson thirteen: C Blues Scale - The Blues Scale Note, C Major Scale Card, C Minor Scales Card, C Blues Scale Card, C Blues Worksheet, C Blues Worksheet Answer sheet
Lesson fourteen: Composition Using the C Blues Scale Over a Major Progression - Commercial Lyric Sheet, C Blues Scoring Sheet, C Blues Backing Track Score
Lesson fifteen: Composition Melody Over a Minor Progression - C Blues Scoring Sheet, C Blues Backing Track Score
Lesson sixteen: G Blues Scale - G Major Scale Card, G Minor Scales Card, G Blues Scale Card, G Blues Worksheet, G Blues Worksheet Answer sheet
Lesson seventeen: Composition Using the G Blues Scale Over a Major Progression - G Blues Scoring Sheet, G Blues Backing Track Score
Lesson eighteen: Composition a Class Song - Musical elements Review Sheet, Class Song Lyric Sheet, Class Song Rhythm Scoring Sheet, Class Song Melody Scoring Sheet
Lesson nineteen: Stax Records, Atlantic Records, and Motown - Stax, Atlantic, and Motown Assignment Worksheet
Grade seven CD contents: 1. I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say, 2.C Major Blues Progression 1, 3. C Major Blues Progression 2, 4. C Major Blues Progression 3, 5. C Major Blues Progression 4, 6. C Major Blues Progression 5, 7.C Minor Blues Progression 1, 8. C Minor Blues Progression 2, 9. C Minor Blues Progression 3, 10. C Minor Blues Progression 4, 11. C Minor Blues Progression 5, 12. G Major Blues Progression 1, 13. G Major Blues Progression 2, 14. G Major Blues Progression 3, 15.G Major Blues Progression 4, 16. G Major Blues Progression 5
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Grade 8 Lessons
Lesson one: Record Companies and Early Jazz - Record Company Assignment
Lesson two: A Brief History of Jazz - Teacher Note: Jazz
Lesson three: Famous Jazz Artists - Jazz Performer Assignment
Lesson four: Contemporary Jazz Performance Critique - Jazz Performance Critique
Lesson five: Modes - C Major Scale Card, Mode Card, Modes Worksheet, Modes Answer Sheet
Lesson six: Extended Scale Intervals - C Major Scale Interval Card, Extended Scale Card, Extended Interval Worksheet, Extended Interval Answer Sheet
Lesson seven: Forming Second, Fifth, and Root Chords for a II-V-I Progression - Teacher Note: Chords and Modes, II-V-I Progression in C Major, II-V-I Progression Worksheet, II-V-I Progression Answer Sheet
Lesson eight: Forming Seventh Chords for a II-V-I Progression - Seventh Card, II-V-I Progression in C Major, II-V-I Progression Worksheet, II-V-I Progression Answer Sheet
Lesson nine: II-V-I Chord Voicing - CM7– Dm7 – G7 Root Position Card, II-V-I Card, II-V-I Change Card, II-V-I Worksheet, II-V-I Answer Sheet
Lesson ten: Modal Identification - Mode Card, II-V-I Pattern and Modes Card, II-V-I Worksheet, II-V-I Answer Sheet
Lesson eleven: Form and the 12-Bar Minor Blues - C Improvisation Scoring Sheet
Lesson twelve: Improvising in the New Orleans Style - When the Saints Go Marching In Score, When the Saints Go Marching In Improvisation Sheet
Lesson thirteen: A Brief History of 1960s Music - Teacher Note: The 1960s, 1960s Performer Assignment
Lesson fifteen: Form and the I-VIm-IV-V Progression - C Major Scale with Degrees Card, I-VIm-IV-V Pattern Card, I-VIm-IV-V Worksheet, I-VIm-IV-V Answer Sheet
Lesson sixteen: Composition melody over a Minor Progression - Protest Lyric Sheet, I-VIm-IV-V Sheet, 12-bar Blues Scoring Sheet, II-V-I Scoring Sheet
Lesson seventeen: Note Transposition - Transposition Sample Card, Transposition Worksheet, Transposition Answer Sheet
Lesson eighteen: Chord Transposition - Transposition Chord Sample Card, Transposition Chord Worksheet, Transposition Chord Answer Sheet
Lesson nineteen: Transposition and Arrangement - Transposition Melody/Chord Sample Card, Transposition Melody/Chord Worksheet, Transposition Melody/Chord Answer Sheet
Lesson twenty: Composing a Graduation Song - The Blues Scale Note, Musical Elements Review Sheet, Major Scale Review Card, Minor Scale Review card, Pentatonic Scale Review Card, Blues Scale Review Card, Class Song Rhythm Scoring Sheet, Class Song Melody Scoring Sheet, Graduation Lyric Sheet
Lesson twenty-one: Metre and Jazz
Grade eight CD contents: 1. When the Saints Go Marching In, 2. II-V-I Progression 1 in C Major, 3. II-V-I Progression 2 in C Major, 4. II-V-I Progression 3 in C Major, 5. I-VI-IV-V Progression in C Major, 6. 12-Bar Blues Progression in C Major, 7. II-V-I Progression in C Major, 8. Blue Rondo A La Turk by Dave Brubeck, 9. Take Five by Dave Brubeck, 10. Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck
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