1.RHYTHM/DURATION/METRE
Students can: / (a) Echo simple rhythms(b) Follow a steady pulse
(c) Play crotchets and crotchet rests
(d) Play in duple time / (a) Echo rhythm patterns using quavers on the open strings / (a) Play groups of quavers and use
minims
(b) Establish a steady pulse
(c) Play in 2/4 metre
2. PITCH
Students can: / (a) Name and play open strings
(b) Use fingers to change the pitch of the D string / (a) Use fingers to change the pitch on the A string
(b) Play D major scale / (a) Use the 4th finger
3.MUSICAL LITERACY
Students can: / (a) Recognise bars, bar lines, 4/4 time signature
(b) Read treble/alto clef staff notation for open strings and notes on the D string / (a) Read from A string notes
(b) Read down and up bow signs / (a) Read quavers and minims
(b) Recognise and understand repeat marks including 1st and 2nd time bars
(c) Recognise 2/4 metre
4.INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUE
Students can: / (a) Prepare the instrument for playing
(b) Hold the instrument comfortably with a good posture while standing
(c) Pluck the instrument with free right arm movement
(d) Demonstrate good left hand shape
(e) Play across D and A strings using whole bow / (a) Play moving by step, ascending and descending
(b) Play using whole and half bows
(c) Use a straighter bow when playing
(d) Show greater accuracy in left hand finger placements / (a) Play a simple melody using intervals of more than a step
(b) Show beginnings of good right hand technique
5.AURAL
Students can: / (a) Echo three notes from own pitch range
(b) Recognise high and low notes
(c) Recognise open string sounds
(d) Echo a rhythm
(e) Clap a rhythm and feel the pulse
(f) Identify simple moods in music / (a) Echo stepped melodic phrases of 3 notes by singing and playing
(b) Recognise when a string is out of tune
(c) Identify when a change occurs in a simple repeated rhythm
(d) Identify when playing on wrong string / (a) Sing and play back a pitch played by the teacher
(b) Improvise question and answer phrases
(c) Identify differences and changes in tempo
6.DYNAMICS
Students can: / (a) Play a piece using an even dynamic / (a) Gain more control of even dynamic
7.PERFORMING SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Students can: / (a) Play individually and with awareness of others
(b) Perform at home
(c) Practise with other members of the group
(d) Play unaccompanied and with simple accompaniments
Ref: Ex 15 (E Elements) / (a) Perform as part of a group to an audience
Ref: Ex43(E Elements) / (a) Perform as part of a group in an
assembly
(b) Perform in a simple round
Ref: Ex 88 (E Elements)
Attainment Target / Term 1 (1 SILVER) / Term 2 (1 PRE-GOLD) / Term 3 (1 GOLD) (Grade 1)
1.RHYTHM/DURATION/METRE
Students can: / (a) Count and recognise minim rests(b) Play in ¾ time
(c) Play and recognise dotted minims / (a) Understand and play a piece using ananacrusis / (a) Play dotted crotchet and quaver
rhythm
2.PITCH
Students can: / (a) Play D major scale detached (1 octave)
(b) Play and recognise notes on the G string
(c) Play G major scale detached (1 octave) / (a) Play and read notes on the E string
(b) Play F,C and G natural notes on
D,A and E strings
(c) Play A&D major scales slurred and detached (1 octave)
(d) Play G maj scale detached (2 octaves) / (a) Play all scales slurred and detached
(Grade 1 syllabus)
(c) Play arpeggios for G maj (2
octaves), D maj and A maj
3.MUSICAL LITERACY
Students can: / (a) Recognise and understand slurred and tied notes / (a) Recognise and understand the key signatures for G, D and A majors
(b) Sight-read short pieces in the above keys / (a) Read and understand the effects of
accidentals
(b) Recognise staccato and legato
(c) Read and understand DC al fine
(d) Understand ‘rit’ and how dynamic
markings affect the character of a piece
(e) Sightread Grade 1 specimen tests
4.INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUE
Students can: / (a) Play 2-note slurs
(b) Use appropriate speed and distribution of bow to play different note values
(c) Turn adjusters to raise or lower the tuning of open strings / (a) Demonstrate ‘low 2nd finger’ placement for F,C & G natural)
(b) Use lifted bow strokes at the heel
(c) Correct faulty intonation by moving fingers
(d) Play with a more even tone / (a) Demonstrate tempi and dynamic
markings to affect the character of
a piece
(b) Slur 3 notes to a bow
(c) Demonstrate staccato and legato
bowing
(d) Play accents
5.AURAL
Students can: / (a) Identify when an open string is sharp or flat
(b) Play and sing simple Q&A phrases
(c) Clap the pulse of a short piece
(d) Echo more complex phrases by singing and playing / (a) Identify the time signature of a piece
(b) Sing short phrases as an echo (as in Grade 1 aural
(c) Identify when a change occurs in a repeated rhythmic pattern
(d) Identify staccato and legato playing / (a) Confidently respond to Grade 1
aural tests
6.DYNAMICS
Students can: / (a) Recognise and play “forte” and “piano” / (a) Recognise and play mf, mp, crescendo and diminuendo
7.PERFORMING SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Students can: / (a) Play duets
Ref: Ex 115 (E Elements) / (a) Play simple solo pieces with piano accompaniment
Ref: Ex 166 (E Elements) / (a) Take a Grade 1 violin exam
(b) Play in BMS Junior Ensemble
Ref: Ex 192 (E Elements)
Attainment Target / Term 1 (2 BRONZE) / Term 2 (2 SILVER) / Term 3 (2 GOLD) (Grade 2)
1.RHYTHM/DURATION/METRE
Students can:
/ (a) Play and recognise syncopated rhythms(b) Play and recognise semiquavers
(c) Play and recognise 2/2 time / (a) Play in 6/8
(b) Play and recognise triplets
(c) Play and recognise 3/8 time / (a) Understand and play swing rhythm
(b) Play and recognise dotted quaver – semiquaver rhythms
2. PITCH
Students can: / (a) Play scales and arpeggios of G Major, A Major (2 octs.) and C Major (1 oct.) / (a) Play and recognise the notes Bb & Eb
(b) Play F Major (1 oct) & Bb Major (2 octs) scales & arpeggios / (a) Play G,D and A minor scales & arpeggios
(b) Play all Grade 2 scales and arpeggios
3.MUSICAL LITERACY
Students can: / (a) Recognise and understand and play accelerando
(b) Recognise the key of C Major / (a) Recognise and understand the keys of F and Bb majors
(b) Understand the rhythmic grouping for 6/8 time / (a) Recognise and understand the keys of G, D and A major
(b) Understand relative major and minor Keys
Sightread Grade 2 specimen tests
4.INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUE
Students can: / (a) Adjust the 3rd finger position to play C# and G#
(b) Be able to adjust tempo within a piece according to markings
(c) Demonstrate ‘hooked’ bowing / (a) Adjust the 1st finger position to play Bb, Eb and F natural
(b) Adjust the 4th finger position to play Eb and Bb
(c) Play 4-note slurs including slurs that cross strings / (a) Demonstrate ‘hooked’ bowing
(b) Demonstrate staccato and legato bowing
5.AURAL
Students can: / (a) Sing as an echo short phrases with a range of 4 notes
(b) Tap pulse in 2 and 3 (simple) time / (a) Tap a pulse in 6/8 time and understand compound time
(b) Recognise and describe a rhythmic or melodic change to a 2-bar phase (as Grade 2 aural)
Sing as an echo short phrases with a range of 5 notes / (a) Recognise the difference between major and minor keys
(b) Identify features (dynamics, gradation of tone, tonality, tempo changes, articulation) of a piece of music
(c) Confidently respond to all Grade 2 aural tests
6.DYNAMICS
Students can: / (a) Recognise and play all dynamics including fortissimo and pianissimo / (a) Demonstrate the dynamic range required for Grade 2
7.PERFORMING SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Students can: / (a) Play with an understanding of the character of a piece
(b) Use phrasing to shape performance / (a) Take their Grade 2 examination