The Kentucky Core Content which is shown below is for Grades 4 and 5.

STRUCTURES IN THE ARTS:

AH-05-1.1.1  Students will analyze or explain the use of elements of music in a variety of music.

Elements of music:
Rhythm:  time signature (2/4, 3/4, 4/4), bar lines, rhythmic durations (whole, half, quarter, eighth notes and rests), measure
Tempo:  steady beat, slow, fast
Melody:  shape, direction (pitches move up, down, by step, by skip, stay the same), treble clef sign, pitch notation (notes from middle C to F at top of treble clef staff), high notes vs. low notes (pitches)
Harmony:  parts (notes performed together to create harmony), major/minor (aurally); unison (non-harmony)
Form:  call and response, two-part (AB), three-part (ABA), round, verse/chorus, repeat signs
Timbre: (tone color)  recognize different qualities of musical sounds, orchestral instruments by family - brass, woodwind, string, percussion, how instrument sounds are produced, human voices (high voices, low voices)
Dynamics:  soft (piano - p), medium soft (mezzo piano - mp), medium loud (mezzo forte - mf), loud (forte - f)

AH-05-1.1.2  Students will identify and describe various styles of music (spirituals, game songs, folk songs, work songs, lullabies, patriotic, bluegrass).

HUMANITY IN THE ARTS:

AH-05-2.1.1  Students will describe or explain how music has been a part of cultures and periods throughout history.

Cultures:
Native American
Traditional Appalachian
West African

Similarities and differences in the use of music (e.g., ceremonial purposes) and the use of elements of music among cultures (musical instruments, e.g., Native American - rattles, drums, flutes, Appalachian - dulcimer, fiddle, banjo, guitar, West African - drums, rattles, thumb piano); polyrhythm in West African music, not in Native American

Periods:

Colonial American (e.g. work songs, game songs, patriotic music, lullaby, folk music)
Native American includes period in North America before European settlement
European influences in American music, similarities between the music in the American colonies and the cities of Europe (The influence of Europe was very strong in the colonies due to the movement of settlers from Europe to America.)

PURPOSES FOR CREATING THE ARTS:

AH-05-3.1.1  Students will describe or explain how music fulfills a variety of purposes.

Purposes of music (different roles of music)
Ceremonial: music created or performed for rituals or celebrations (e.g. patriotic music, music for worship)
Recreational:  music for entertainment (e.g., music for play such as game songs, music for dances and social events, music for physical activities, music as a hobby)
Artistic Expression:  music created with the intent to express or communicate one's emotions, feelings, ideas, experience (e.g., music created and performed in a concert setting for an audience)

PROCESSES IN THE ARTS:

AH-05-4.1.1  Students will create and notate short, simple melodies that demonstrate melodic shape/contour and meter.

AH-05-4.1.2  Students will create and perform simple melodic or rhythmic accompaniments to given melodies.

AH-05-4.1.3  Students will improvise answers in similar style to given rhythmic and/or melodic phrases.

AH-05-4.1.4  Students will sing and play alone simple rhythmic or tonal patterns by reading music notation; be able to sustain own part in an ensemble.

AH-05-4.1.5  Students will sing alone and with others a varied repertoire of music.