Young Maestro Library
Level 1. Beat & Rhythm
Students will practice rhythm through singing and clapping.
Level 1. Higher & lower sounds
Students will engage in activities that explore pitch.
Level 1. Louder & softer sounds
Students discover that music can be louder or softer.
Level 1. Stick to staff notation
Students discover that the solfa notes so and mi connect to time names ta and ti-ti.
Level 1. Ostinato
Students perform both melodic and rhythmic ostinato.
Level 1. Indigenous music
Students explore how and why the didjeridoo is used in Indigenous culture.
Level 1. Texture
Students explore musical texture through interactive activities,
Level 1. Rhythm
Students are presented with the term rhythm.
Level 1. Faster & slower sounds
Students discover the meaning of tempo.
Y1. Same & Different
Students identify same and different through listening and performing.
Level 1. Lesson 2. Wrapping up beat
Students will sing and play percussion instruments, practising beat and melody
Level 1. Refreshing beat
Students will explore beat and rhythm by singing, moving, and playing instruments.
Level 1. Lesson 4. Present ta & ti-ti
Students will practice rhythm and coordination through singing and clapping.
Level 1. Lesson 7.
Level 1. Lesson 10. Single-line staff
Students will explore high and low sounds above and below a line.
Level 1. Lesson 13. Present so & mi
Students explore practising steady beat, audiation, solfège syllables, and hand signs.
Level 1. Lesson 16.
Level 1. Lesson 22.
Level 1. Lesson 25. Form [AB]
Students explore binary form and various interactive musical games.
Y1. Lesson 3. Faster & slower
Students identify faster and slower tempos through body movement, listening and expressive behaviour.
Level 1. Lesson 5. Practise ta & ti-ti
Students will enhance coordination, beat awareness, and rhythm skills.
Level 1. Lesson 8.
Level 1. Lesson 11. Two-line staff
Students will explore high and low sounds on a two-line staff.
Level 1. Lesson 14.
Level 1. Lesson 17. Lines & spaces
Students explore rhythm, pitch, movement and hand signs.
Level 1. Lesson 20. 2-metre
Students explore 2-metre and ostinato through singing and listening.
Level 1. Lesson 23.
Level 1. Lesson 26. Forte & piano
Students explore rhythm, dynamics, piano, and forte through singing.
Level 1. Lesson 29. Timbre
Students discover that timbre describes the quality of a sound that differentiates it from another.
Level 1. Lesson 6.
Level 1. Lesson 12. Five-finger staff
Students discover the five-line staff, beat circles to rhythm, and time names.
Level 1. Lesson 15.
Level 1. Lesson 18. Note stems
Students discover and identify that so and mi are notes with note stems.
Level 1. Lesson 21. Crotchet rest [za]
Students discover the crotchet rest and explore rhythm and inner hearing.
Level 1. Lesson 24.
Level 1. Lesson 27. Allegro & adagio
Students explore the musical terms allegro and adagio.
Y1. Lesson 6. Louder & softer II
Students practise responding to louder and softer sounds.
Y1. Lesson 7. Higher & lower sounds
Students use their voices and bodies to identify the terms high and low and how they apply to music.
Y1. Lesson 8. Higher & lower sounds II
Students continue to practise and develop their understanding of high and low sounds.
Y1. Lesson 10. The String Family
Students discover the string family and develop their understanding of rhythm.
Y1. Lesson 11. Ta & ti-ti
Students are introduced to the rhythmic syllables ta and ti-ti (crotchets and quavers).
Y1. Lesson 12. Canon
Students discover the meaning of canon in music and demonstrate a well-known song by performing it in canon.
Y1. Lesson 13. Inner hearing
Students are presented with the term inner hearing and discover how to use it.
Y1. Lesson 14. Inner hearing II
Students continue to revise and practise their inner hearing abilities.
Y1. Lesson 16. Melodic contour
Students discover melodic contour and demonstrate it by using body movements.
Y1. Lesson 17. High & low [one-line staff]
Students discover that high and low sounds can be described on a one-line staff.
Y1. Lesson 18. High & low [two-line staff]
Students discover high and low sounds can be described on a two-line staff.
Y1. Lesson 19. Five-finger staff
Students discover that the five digits on their hand can represent the five lines and four spaces of a music staff.
Y1. Lesson 20. So & mi
Students discover that high and low sounds can be described using solfege (solfa) symbols so and mi.
Y1. Lesson 21. Lines & spaces
Students discover that so & mi can sit on lines or spaces.
Y1. Lesson 22. Note stems
Students discover and identify that so and mi are notes with tails that can go up or down depending on where they sit on the staff.
Y1. Lesson 23. Stick to staff notation
Students discover that the solfa notes so & mi connect to time names ta & ti-ti.
Y1. Lesson 24. Form AB
Students discover that songs consist of two different parts, 'A' and 'B', that can be repeated.
Y1. Lesson 25. Barlines & duple metre
Students discover barlines and duple [2] metre.
Y1. Lesson 27. New note - la
Students discover there is a note above so and mi, called la.
Y1. Lesson 28. Texture - Thick or thin?
Students discover texture in music refers to how different layers of a piece of music are combined to produce the overall sound.
Y1. Lesson 29. Crotchet rest [za]
Students discover the crotchet rest, having a time name of za.
Y1. Lesson 30. Timbre - Different sounds
Students discover that timbre describes the quality of a sound that differentiates it from another.
Y1. Lesson 32. Cultures - Music from Ghana
Students explore the xylophone from Ghana, Africa.