Phoenix Children’s Chorus Music Literacy Curriculum

Revision 2016

PHOENIX CHILDREN’S CHORUS CONCERT MUSIC LITERACY 1 CHECKLIST

SOLFEGE / SIGHT SINGING / INTERVALS

☐ Read, write, and sing solfege syllables (using hand signs)

☐ Sing single line exercises including 3rds and 5ths

☐ Sing intervals and interval sequences

☐ Sing a major scale on solfege (using hand signs)

STAFF

☐ Identify all notes on the grand staff including ledger lines

RHYTHM

☐ Understand the top number of a time signature

☐ Understand the concept of the dot and the tie

Read, write, and apply note and/or rest values for the following: (Quarter note = 1 count)

☐ Whole

☐ Half

☐ Quarter

☐ Eighth

☐ Dotted Half

☐ Dotted Quarter

TERMS AND SYMBOLS

Identify the following:

☐ Bar Line

☐ Double Bar Line

☐ Measure

☐ Repeat Sign

☐ Forte

☐ Piano

☐ Mezzo Forte

☐ Mezzo Piano

☐ Pianissimo

☐ Fortissimo

☐ Natural

☐ Sharp

☐ Flat

☐ Staccato

☐ Legato

☐ Marcato

☐ Accent

☐ Time Signature

☐ Crescendo

☐ Decrescendo

☐ Ritardando

☐ Fermata

☐ Tenuto

☐ Rubato

☐ Coda

☐ Dal Segno

☐ Da Capo

☐ Fine

☐ Unison

☐ Tutti

KEY SIGNATURES

☐ Identify DO in sharp keys

☐ Identify DO in flat keys