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Learning Goals
Here are the learning goals for the first year of instruction using Sound & Sight.

  • I will identify the parts of my instrument, indicate the proper care of my instrument, and define the terms: “solfège,” “meter pat,” “simple meter,” “embouchure,” and “articulation”
  • I will demonstrate the correct articulation technique on my instrument.
  • I will identify and perform basic rhythms in simple meter by counting and clapping.
  • I will identify pitches in short melodies using the solfege Do-Re-Mi.
  • I will perform “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”
  • I will perform the correct tonguing and slurring technique on my instrument.
  • I will perform (concert) B♭-C-D from melodic notation.
  • I will identify and notate Do-Re-Mi melodies using melodic notation.
  • I will perform simple meter rhythms from rhythmic notation.
  • I will identify and notate simple meter rhythms using rhythmic notation.
  • I will perform Do-Re-Mi melodies in simple meter from musical notation.
  • I will identify and notate Do-Re-Mi melodies in simple meter.
  • I will identify pitches with pentatonic solfege.
  • I will identify the meter in several melodies as simple or compound.
  • I will perform a simple song from notation.
  • I will sight read pentatonic melodies in simple and compound meter.
  • I will write the notation for a given pentatonic melody in compound meter.
  • I will perform my part for a full band song from notation.