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Each year students will experience quaver lessons strategically picked for their grade level.
3rd Grade – in order to be prepared for big decisions in 4th grade, our 3rd graders spend their time with Quaver learning all about the musical instrument families. This unit of quaver features:
- The Woodwind Family
- The Brass Family
- The Percussion Family
- Guitars & Fretted instruments
- The Keyboard Family
- Vocals
By studying these topics, our students will be better prepared to decide whether they’d like to join band, choir, both, or neither once they reach 4th grade!
5th Grade – for our final year in Quaver, our 5th grader wrap-up their experience with lessons in musical time periods and musical styles. These units include:
- The Baroque Period
- The Classical Period
- The Romantic Period
- The Impressionist Period
- Blues
- Rock
- Reggae
- Country
Upon reaching middle school, our students will have been exposed to a wide array of musical styles and genres.
1st, 2nd, and 4th Grades – Over these three grades, our students will experience the widely encompassing first unit of Quaver including:
- Beat
- Meter
- Tempo
- Rhythm
- Duration
- Pitch
- The Grand Staff
- The Musical Alphabet
- Lines & Spaces
- Notes & Rests
- Writing Rhythms
- Writing a Song
- Dynamics
- Articulation
- Chords & Harmony
- Form
Such a wide array of musical subject takes time over multiple grade levels to cover.