Music

Grade 4

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2013

26 standards
  • Foundations: music literacy (1)
    • 4.MUSIC.1.A

      Categorize and explain a variety of musical sounds, including those of children's voices and soprano and alto adult voices.

    • 4.MUSIC.1.B

      Categorize and explain a variety of musical sounds, including those of woodwind, brass, string, percussion, keyboard, electronic instruments, and instruments of various cultures.

    • 4.MUSIC.1.C

      Use known music symbols and terminology referring to rhythm; melody; timbre; form; tempo; dynamics, including crescendo and decrescendo; and articulation, including staccato and legato, to explain musical sounds presented aurally.

    • 4.MUSIC.1.D

      Identify and label small and large musical forms such as, abac, AB, ABA, and rondo presented aurally in simple songs and larger works.

  • Foundations: music literacy (2)
    • 4.MUSIC.2.A

      Read, write, and reproduce rhythmic patterns using standard notation, including separated eighth notes, eighth-and sixteenth-note combinations, dotted half note, and previously learned note values in 2/4, 4/4, and 3/4 meters as appropriate.

    • 4.MUSIC.2.B

      Read, write, and reproduce extended pentatonic melodic patterns using standard staff notation.

    • 4.MUSIC.2.C

      Identify new and previously learned music symbols and terms referring to tempo; dynamics, including crescendo and decrescendo; and articulation, including staccato and legato.

  • Creative expression (3)
    • 4.MUSIC.3.A

      Sing and play classroom instruments with accurate intonation and rhythm, independently or in groups.

    • 4.MUSIC.3.B

      Sing or play a varied repertoire of music such as American and Texan folk songs and folk songs representative of local cultures, independently or in groups.

    • 4.MUSIC.3.C

      Move alone and with others to a varied repertoire of music using gross motor, fine motor, locomotor, and non-locomotor skills and integrated movement such as hands and feet moving together.

    • 4.MUSIC.3.D

      Perform various folk dances and play parties.

    • 4.MUSIC.3.E

      Perform simple part work, including rhythmic and melodic ostinati, derived from known repertoire.

    • 4.MUSIC.3.F

      Interpret through performance new and previously learned music symbols and terms referring to tempo; dynamics, including crescendo and decrescendo; and articulation, including staccato and legato.

  • Creative expression (4)
    • 4.MUSIC.4.A

      Create rhythmic phrases through improvisation or composition.

    • 4.MUSIC.4.B

      Create melodic phrases through improvisation or composition.

    • 4.MUSIC.4.C

      Create simple accompaniments through improvisation or composition.

  • Historical and cultural relevance (5)
    • 4.MUSIC.5.A

      Perform a varied repertoire of songs, movement, and musical games representative of diverse cultures such as historical folk songs of Texas and Hispanic and American Indian cultures in Texas.

    • 4.MUSIC.5.B

      Perform music representative of America and Texas, including "Texas, Our Texas".

    • 4.MUSIC.5.C

      Identify and describe music from diverse genres, styles, periods, and cultures.

    • 4.MUSIC.5.D

      Examine the relationships between music and interdisciplinary concepts.

  • Critical evaluation and response (6)
    • 4.MUSIC.6.A

      Exhibit audience etiquette during live and recorded performances.

    • 4.MUSIC.6.B

      Recognize known rhythmic and melodic elements in aural examples using appropriate vocabulary.

    • 4.MUSIC.6.C

      Describe specific musical events in aural examples such as changes in timbre, form, tempo, dynamics, or articulation using appropriate vocabulary.

    • 4.MUSIC.6.D

      Respond verbally and through movement to short musical examples.

    • 4.MUSIC.6.E

      Describe a variety of compositions and formal or informal musical performances using specific music vocabulary.

    • 4.MUSIC.6.F

      Justify personal preferences for specific music works and styles using music vocabulary.