2nd Grade

Quarter 1

  • Singing alone and with others A cappella and with accompaniment
  • Quarter note and rest
  • Two eighth notes
  • Half note and rest
  • Measure
  • Steps, skips, and repeated notes
  • Performing alone and with others on pitched and non-pitched instruments
  • Mezzo piano, mezzo forte, pianissimo, and fortissimo
  • ABA
  • D. C. al Fine
  • Percussion family
  • Compose and arrange short songs or instrumental pieces

Quarter 2

  • Singing alone and with others A cappella and with accompaniment
  • Time signature
  • Whole note and rest
  • Re (2)
  • Pentatonic scale
  • Crescendo, decrescendo, and diminuendo
  • Musical phrase
  • String family

Quarter 3

  • Singing alone and with others A cappella and with accompaniment
  • Duple and triple meter
  • Accent
  • Changing level bordun
  • Verse and refrain
  • Verse and chorus
  • Brass family

Quarter 4

  • Singing alone and with others A cappella and with accompaniment
  • Melodic ostinato
  • 1st and 2nd endings
  • Question and answer
  • Woodwind family