MUSIC HIGH SCHOOL

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MUSIC HIGH SCHOOL MADRIGAL
Content Vocabulary Kodály solfege Simple
meters Asymmetrical meters Triplets Duplets Dotted
rhythms Accidentals Altered pitches Tonic Dominan
t Subdominant Diatonic major and minor Major
keys Minor keys
Circle of Fifths
Kodály Hand Signs
Modes and Modal Scales
Tonic, Dominant and Subdominant
Sight Reading
Simple and Complex Melodies in Major Keys
Simple and Complex Melodies in Minor Keys
Diatomic Major and Minor Intervals

• Essential Understandings
• Singing involves the ability to read rhythmic
  patterns.
• Kodály solfege involves hand signs.
• Music can be written in a variety of keys some
  major and some minor.
• Sight-read, accurately and expressively, music
  with a difficulty level of 3, on a scale of 1 to
  6.