As children become mature, they grow in their ability to make finer distinctions about the sounds they hear; consequently, their musical understanding increases. In the first grade, students are old enough to become familiar with music terminology, which enables them to develop a greater sense of consciousness over the musical material introduced in preschool. The primary goal of the first grade, thus, is to attach a name to the musical material taught previously. While the first section of the course is dedicated to distinguishing the properties of music (loud/soft, long/short, tone color, and high/low), later sequences teach the major pentatonic scale, ascending and descending diatonic scales, accurate singing of two-tone intervals
(“sol-mi” solfege), greeting songs, music conversations, and echo games.
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