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Quaver Scope and Sequence Introduction the Quaver Scope and Sequence Illustrates the Integrated Nature of Our Curriculum from Kindergarten Through 5Th Grade Quaver Scope and Sequence Introduction The Quaver Scope and Sequence illustrates the integrated nature of our curriculum from Kindergarten through 5th Grade. It displays the rich resources you and your students will experience as they enter Quaver’s Marvelous World of Music. It will help you locate specific subjects that align with your district and state standards. Document Framework Although there are multiple locations in the Quaver Curriculum that relate to the various musical elements, we have chosen to show only one example per grade level of where a musical element is covered, demonstrated, or explored. The specific screen chosen in the example will be part of a lesson that covers a number of musical objectives. We recommend reviewing the screen and the lesson as you prepare to teach the respective musical element. Many musical elements are experienced before they are taught. For example, students will sing songs in K - 2nd grade that use advanced tone sets, rhythmical patterns, and syncopation. Our Scope and Sequence indicates where that musical element is specifically taught using teacher notes or the combination of teacher notes and screen. Other Resources Our Scope and Sequence references only those resources found within the fully-developed Quaver Curriculum Lessons. Teachers have access to many ad- ditional resources in their Quaver license that cover these musical elements in other creative ways, e.g., Song-Based Lessons, ClassPlay songs, Musicals, World Music, and Bach’s Brain. We recommend using the interactive Search and Browse features in our Resource Manager to find additional resources to suit your needs. We believe this resource will facilitate your using the Quaver Curriculum to its fullest as you encourage your students to learn to love music! Quaver Curriculum • Scope and Sequence Page 2 Scope and Sequence Guide Set This column represents a large musical category, such as rhythm, melody, expression or form Concept These are the concepts that fit within a set. Notice that beat, meter, duration all fit within the rhythm set K-5 These columns denote which part of the overall concept is taught in that grade level Example This denotes the lesson number and screen number where that concept can be viewed in the Quaver curriculum (Note: there are other ex- amples of this concept within each grade level) Quaver Curriculum • Scope and Sequence Page 3 Set Concept K Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5 Example Beat vs. no beat 0LP02-03 Beat vs. no beat 1LP02-03 Beat vs. no beat 2LP02-03 Beat vs. rhythm 3LP02-12 Beat vs. rhythm 4LP01-05 (none) Steady beat 0LP03-03 Steady beat 1LP02-12 Steady beat 2LP02-04 Beat vs. rhythm 0LP08-02 Strong beat vs. weak beat 1LP03-06 Strong beat vs. 2LP02-02 Beat Beat vs. Rhythm 1LP02-14 weak beat Beat vs. Rhythm 2LP07-02 Long vs. short 0LP28-04 Sounds and rests 1LP19-05 Duration 2LP19-03 Whole note 3LP14-06 3 Eighth-note triplets 4LP02-04 Four 16th-notes 5LP17-04 Œ = shh = silence for 1 beat 1LP19-05 Œ = silence for 1 beat 2LP19-05 Half note 3LP13-06 Four 16th-notes 4LP03-02 Quarter note 5LP04-02 = ta = 1 sound for 1 beat 1LP20-03 = 1 sound for 1 beat 2LP21-09 Quarter note 3LP13-07 Quarter note 4LP03-03 Two eighth-notes 5LP04-02 © = ti-ti = 2 sounds for 1LP20-10 © = 2 sounds for 1 beat 2LP21-05 Two eighth-notes 3LP14-02 Two eighth-notes 4LP03-10 Whole note 5LP06-06 © © 1 beat © © = 1 sound for 2 beats 2LP21-08 Whole rest 3LP14-04 Whole note 4LP10-02 Half note 5LP06-03 h = silence for 2 beats 2LP21-10 Half rest 3LP14-08 Half note 4LP10-04 Whole rest 5LP17-06 ∑ Quarter rest 3LP14-09 Whole rest 4LP11-02 Half rest 5LP06-05 Four 16th-notes 3LP15-02 Half rest 4LP10-04 Quarter rest 5LP04-02 Duration / Notes Quarter rest 4LP10-07 Dotted quarter note 5LP06-03 and Rests Dotted quarter note 4LP11-07 Tie 5LP05-12 Tie 4LP12-03 Eighth rest 5LP05-03 Eighth note 4LP11-02 Eighth note 5LP05-06 Dotted half note 5LP06-03 16th note 5LP06-03 Dotted eighth note 5LP06-03 3 Eighth-note triplets 5LP03-12 Patterns of 2 0LP16-04 Meters of 2 1LP04-03 Meters of 2 2LP04-05 2/4 meter 3LP02-08 2/4 meter 4LP02-03 2/4 meter 5LP02-05 Patterns of 3 0LP17-05 Meters of 4 1LP04-08 Meters of 4 2LP04-06 3/4 meter 3LP02-09 3/4 meter 4LP02-03 3/4 meter 5LP02-04 Patterns of 4 0LP18-08 Meters of 3 1LP05-05 Meters of 3 2LP05-05 4/4 meter 3LP02-04 4/4 meter 4LP02-03 4/4 meter 5LP02-02 Rhythm Strong beat vs. weak beat 1LP03-06 Identifying meters 2LP06-09 Identifying meters 3LP01-08 Conduct in 3/4 4LP11-04 6/8 meter 5LP03-05 Strong beat vs. 2LP02-02 Conduct in 4/4 4LP11-05 Conduct in 2 5LP01-13 Meter weak beat Conduct in 6 5LP01-13 Combinations includ- 0LP08-07 Combinations including 1LP07-03 Combinations including 2LP21-05 Combinations including 3LP15-05 Combinations including: 4LP03-03 Combinations including: 5LP17-08 ing quarter note, quarter note, quarter note, whole note, 3 Eighth-note triplets, Four 16th-notes, two eighth notes, two eighth notes, quarter rest, half note, quarter note, Four 16th-notes, Quarter note, quarter rest quarter rest two eighth notes, two eighth-notes, Quarter note, Two Two eighth-notes, Same or different 0LP08-07 Ostinato 1LP09-03 half notes, half rests whole rest, half rest, eighth-notes, Whole note, Improvise patterns 1LP08-05 Ostinato 2LP09-04 quarter rest, Whole note, Half note, Half note, Whole rest, Improvise patterns 2LP09-05 four sixteenth notes Whole rest, Half rest, Ostinato 3LP03-04 Half rest, Quarter rest, Quarter rest, Improvise patterns 3LP03-05 Dotted quarter note, Dotted quarter note, Eighth note Eighth rest, Eighth note, Combinations Ostinato 4LP09-03 Dotted half note, Dotted rhythm patterns 4LP11-02 16th note, Tie 4LP12-03 Dotted eighth note Tie 5LP05-12 Eighth + 2 16th-notes 5LP04-02 2 16th-notes + eighth note 5LP04-02 Dotted eighth + 16th note 5LP06-04 Dotted quarter + eighth note 5LP06-04 Syncopation 5LP05-04 Quaver Curriculum • Scope and Sequence Page 4 Set Concept K Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5 Example Higher or lower 0LP10-03 Melodic direction 1LP16-02 Melodic direction 2LP13-01 Melodic movement 3LP08-01 Intervals: Octave 4LP04-03 Range 5LP07-09 High vs. low 0LP10-04 Upward vs. downward vs. 1LP16-04 Step vs. skip vs. repeat 2LP13-02 Step vs. skip vs. repeat 3LP08-03 Low to high 4LP04-10 Interval: Half step 5LP10-03 Melodic direction 0LP13-02 repeated melody Pitch matching 2LP11-07 Melodic contour 3LP08-04 Ascending vs. 4LP07-05 Interval: Whole step 5LP11-02 Big=low; small=high 0LP11-02 Higher or lower 1LP10-07 High vs. low 2LP27-03 Intervals 3LP08-08 descending 4LP07-04 Low to high 5LP11-08 High vs. low 1LP10-08 Big=low; small=high 2LP27-06 Musical alphabet 3LP05-03 Step vs. skip vs. repeat 4LP07-08 Melodic sequence 5LP07-02 Pitch matching 1LP11-07 Higher, lower, or middle 2LP27-10 Pitch letter names - lines 3LP07-04 Higher or lower 4LP13-05 Pitch letter names 5LP11-03 Pitch and spaces Pitch letter names 4LP05-03 Ascending vs. descending 5LP12-09 Range Higher or lower 5LP10-04 (none) New pitches: sol, mi, la 1LP11-07 Phrases 2LP10-07 New Pitches: low 3LP04-03 (hold) New pitches: fa, ti 4LP04-15 Motif 5LP30-11 Combinations: sol-mi, sol- 1LP13-04 New pitches: do, re 2LP13-07 la, low sol, high do Melodic ostinato 4LP05-14 (hold) Whole tone ostinato 5LP23-05 mi-la, sol-la-sol-mi 1LP15-03 Combinations: sol-mi, 2LP11-07 Combinations: sol-mi, 3LP06-12 Motif 4LP09-03 Scale patterns 5LP11-04 sol-mi-la, sol-la-sol-mi, sol-la-mi, do-mi-sol-la, 3LP09-04 Scale patterns 4LP27-03 do-mi-sol-la, sol-mi- sol-la-mi-do, do-re-mi, la-do-mi (minor) 4LP05-03 do, do-re-mi, mi-re-do mi-re-do, mi-re-do-la, sol-fa-re-ti (V7) 4LP05-06 Pentatonic Scale 2LP15-03 / do-la,-sol, / s,-d-r-m 4LP05-07 Extended pentatonic 3LP09-06 Patterns (sol-mi, scale etc) Hook 3LP31-05 Melody (none) (none) Home tone (do) 2LP10-05 Major vs. minor 3LP28-05 Scale 4LP07-03 Accidentals: flats and sharps 5LP10-05 Pentatonic scale 2LP15-03 Pentatonic scales 3LP09-04 la = resting tone in 4LP05-05 Natural 5LP10-07 minor Major scale 5LP11-03 Tonality (major, Major vs. minor 4LP08-04 Whole tone scale 5LP23-04 minor, pentatonic, Minor scale 5LP12-09 la pentatonic) (none) (none) (none) C, F, and G major chords 3LP29-02 Bass line 4LP06-04 Arpeggio 5LP25-04 Chord 3LP29-03 Accompaniment 4LP23-03 Melody vs. chords 5LP25-02 Harmony 3LP28-03 Chords and mood 4LP22-02 I, IV, V chords 5LP27-01 Major and minor chords 4LP22-03 Major, minor, diminished, 5LP25-05 Triads 4LP05-01 augmented chords la = resting tone 4LP05-06 Chord chart 5LP26-03 in minor Major vs. minor chords 5LP26-04 Chords and V7 chord 4LP05-07 Chord progression 5LP27-03 Harmony Tonic/dominant 4LP05-09 Quaver Curriculum • Scope and Sequence Page 5 Set Concept K Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5 Example Long and short 0LP28-01 Long and short 1LP12-05 Accent marks 2LP20-01 Accent marks 3LP30-04 Staccato and legato 4LP16-03 Arco, pizzicato, vibrato, 5LP20-07 Long and short 2LP19-03 Phrase 3LP10-11 Fermata 4LP16-04 tremolo Phrase 2LP10-07 Ornament 4LP25-06 Phrase 5LP07-09 Phrase 4LP01-08 Accent marks 5LP17-08 Articulation defined 4LP16-03 Staccato and legato 5LP31-11 Articulation Accent marks 4LP16-10 Articulation defined 5LP31-11 Fermata 5LP01-10 Loud vs.
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