Spotlight on Music 2

Beginning 2 Music is for students who have completed K12’s Beginning 1 Music program. Through traditional folk songs and games, students learn to read more complicated melodic patterns and rhythms. As the students listen to works by great composers, such as Vivaldi and Saint-Saens, they learn to recognize these patterns in the music. Students will:. Sing along with folk songs. Practice moving to music. Listen actively to different kinds of music. Read and write music. Learn to recognize melody in three and four note patterns. Identify rhythms in music using half notes. Become familiar with string and percussion instruments of the orchestra. Recognize duple and triple meter. Begin to understand standard musical notation