3rd Grade General Music 3rd Grade General Music
This nine weeks students in grade three have been working on the following musical skills:
1. Differentiate between steady beat and rhythms in 2/4 meter.
2. Identify eighth note, quarter note and quarter rest and read rhythm patterns containing them.
3. Identify the melodic pitches do, re, and mi.
4. Identify the direction of melodic pitch (upwards, downwards, or stays the same).
Songs we learned were:
"Jambo" by Ella Jenkins
Akan Stone-Passing Game Song "Oboa Asi Me Nsa"
Appalachian Folk Song "Rocky Mountain"
Listening selection "Sabre Dance" by Aram Khachaturian
"Long-Legged Sailor"
Listening selection "Surprise Symphony" by Franz Joseph Haydn
Japanese Folk Song "Kuma San"