Series

Class Notes

28 episodes

Class Notes is Minnesota Public Radio's free music series for elementary classrooms, and every short video unpacks one musical idea at a time. Young viewers meet the building blocks of music: tempo and rhythm, major and minor, tone color, rests, and how a conductor holds an orchestra together. Other episodes tour the instrument families, explore the singing voice and healthy vocal habits, and open the door to improvising, composing, and reading a score. Clear, friendly, and standards based, each short episode gives a K to 6 teacher a ready way to build real music literacy in a few focused minutes.

what this series covers

What Class Notes covers

28 episodes in the library, tagged for K–6th. Heaviest coverage: Music. Between them they line up with 23 distinct standards across 1 framework.

Episodes per grade

K: 1
1st: 3
2nd: 12
3rd: 25
4th: 27
5th: 25
6th: 16

Episodes per subject

Music: 28

National Core Arts 23

MU:Pr4.1.4aDemonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, context, and technical skill.
MU:Re7.2.4aDemonstrate and explain how responses to music are informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (such as social and cultural).
MU:Re7.2.3aDemonstrate and describe how a response to music can be informed by the structure, the use of the elements of music, and context.
MU:Re8.1.3aDemonstrate and describe how the expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) are used in performers’ interpretations to reflect expressive intent.
MU:Cn11.0.4aDemonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.
MU:Cn11.0.5aDemonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

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MU:Cr1.1.4aImprovise rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ideas, and explain connection to specific purpose and context (such as social and cultural).
MU:Cr2.1.4aDemonstrate selected and organized musical ideas for an improvisation, arrangement, or composition to express intent, and explain connection to purpose and context.
MU:Cr3.1.4aEvaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time.
MU:Pr4.2.2bWhen analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic and melodic patterns using iconic or standard notation.
MU:Pr4.2.3bWhen analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns and melodic phrases using iconic and standard notation.
MU:Pr4.2.4aDemonstrate understanding of the structure and the elements of music (such as rhythm, pitch, and form) in music selected for performance.
MU:Pr4.2.5aDemonstrate understanding of the structure and the elements of music (such as rhythm, pitch, form, and harmony) in music selected for performance.
MU:Pr4.3.2aDemonstrate understanding of expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) and how creators use them to convey expressive intent.
MU:Pr4.3.3aDemonstrate and describe how intent is conveyed through expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo).
MU:Pr4.3.4aDemonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities (such as dynamics, tempo, and timbre).
MU:Pr5.1.4bRehearse to refine technical accuracy and expressive qualities, and address performance challenges.
MU:Pr6.1.3bDemonstrate performance decorum and audience etiquette appropriate for the context and venue.
MU:Pr6.1.4aPerform music, alone or with others, with expression and technical accuracy, and appropriate interpretation.
MU:Re7.2.2aDescribe how specific music concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music.
MU:Re7.2.6bIdentify the context of music from a variety of genres, cultures, and historical periods.
MU:Re8.1.4aDemonstrate and explain how the expressive qualities are used in performers' interpretations to reflect expressive intent.
MU:Re9.1.4aEvaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context.