Term 3 (1 GOLD) (Grade 1)
1. RHYTHM/DURATION/METRE
Students can: / a) echo simple rhythmsb) follow a steady pulse
c) play semibreve, minim, crotchet & their rests
d) play in 4/4 and 3/4 time / a) keep a steady pulse
b) play in 3/4 time
c) play dotted minims, dotted crotchets, semiquavers,triplets and tied notes / a) set and keep a steady pulse
b)play dotted crotchets, quaver rests, enharmonic notes
2. PITCH
Students can: / a) play C, B, A and G / a) play low F, E, D and C
b) play C major scale and arpeggio,
legato and tongued / a) play high D, E, F and G
b) play C major scale and arpeggio as a 12th, legato and staccato
3. MUSICAL LITERACY
Students can: / a) recognise bars, bar lines, 4/4 time signature, repeat sign
b) read semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver and crotchet rest
c) read C, B, A and G
d)recognise forte and piano / a) understand 3/4 time
b) read slurs, semiquavers, dotted minims, dotted crotchets, triplets and tied notes
c) read low F, E, D and C
d) recognise Da Capo and 1st and 2nd time bars
a) / a) understand 6/8 time
b) understand minim rests
c) read high D, E, F and G
d) recognise staccato
4. INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUE
Students can: / a) stand & hold fife correctly
b) play with an appropriate embouchure
c) play tongued & slurred paired long notes
d) hold a note for 4 beats breathing properly
e) clean and care for fife correctly
f) play at dynamic levels of forte and piano / a) play 2 & 3 tongued & slurred notes over 4 beats
b) play tonal exercises over all known notes, loudly and quietly / a)play staccato and tenuto
b) play tonal exercises over full range
5. AURAL
Students can: / a) echo simple tunes using known notes
b) recognise high and low notes
c) echo a rhythm
d) play in time to a piece of music
e) identify simple moods in music / a) echo stepped tunes by singing
and playing
b) identify a change in a repeated rhythm
c) clap pulse to a tune in 2 or 3 time and identify time signature / a) match a note played by the teacher
b)improvise question and answer phrases
c) hear differences and changes in tempo, dynamics and time signatures
6. DYNAMICS
Students can: / a) play using an even dynamic / a) play loudly and quietly / a) play cresc. and dim.
7. PERFORMING SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Students can: / a) play individually and with awareness ofothers
b) practise at home & with other members of the
group
c) play unaccompanied & with simple accompaniments
d) sight read a simple 2 bar phrase / a) perform as part of a group to an audience
b) play my own part in a group
c) sight read simple 4 bar phrase / a) perform as part of a group in an assembly
b)play simple duets
c)go on and learn the flute