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  • Skills and Concepts

    National Music Standards

    • 2. Performing on Instruments

    New York City Blueprint Strands

    • 3. Making Connections
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    • Cracking the Code: Reading Rhythms
      Become a Rhythm Wizard! Tackle music notation basics such as bar lines, time signatures, and note values. Plus Gino's Music Decoder, a guide to what's written on the page.
    • Notes on the Staff
      Unlock the secrets of reading music. Become familiar with the staff, treble clef, note names and their placement, and the Three-Step Process of making music.
    • Cracking the Code: Reading Rhythms
      Become a Rhythm Wizard! Tackle music notation basics, such as bar lines, time signatures, and note values - eighth notes, whole notes, and everything in between! Use Gino's Music Decoder, a guide to the parts of a measure.
    • Notes on the Staff
      Unlock the secrets of reading music. Become familiar with the staff, treble clef (G clef), note names, their placement on the staff, and the Three-Step Process of making music.
    • The student guide includes detailed activities that build musical skills (such as critical listening, singing, playing instruments, and reading musical notation), and engage students in composition and improvisation.
    • Throughout Orchestra Moves, we will explore how conductors create musical movement using motifs, melodic direction, steps and leaps, dynamics, and orchestration. Through the Link Up repertoire, hands-on activities, and a culminating interactive performance with a professional orchestra, we will discover how the orchestra moves.
    • This curriculum is designed to connect students to the diverse musical community of New York City as they develop listening, singing, and composing skills.
    • Two lessons: rhythm and lyrics of “Almaya”; rhythm, dance, and story of “El Hilwa Di.”
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