The GPS (Grade Performance Steps) – The Road to Musical Success! are a series of performance tasks that will provide your students tasks that will teach the Fundamental Concepts from the Revised Ontario Music Curriculum Grades 1-8 required at each grade to achieve musical success! These tasks are the same as in Grades 4, 5 and 6 Recorder. They are placed in a different format for students that may start in Grade 7 or 8.

Task 1 – What’s Your Favourite Song?: Personal Response
Task 2 – That’s A Catchy Song!: Duration/Tempo
Task 3 – Where’s The Beat?: Beat/Metre
Task 4 – What’s Your Pitch? Vocal/Pitch
Task 5 – Go Back To The Beginning!: Analysis Of Elements
Task 6 – Vocal Warmups!: Vocal/Pitch
Task 7 – What Kind Of Song Is It?: Analysis Of Influences
Task 8 – The Qualities Of Your Voice!: Tone Colour/Timbre
Task 9 – Who Has Similar Qualities?: Tone Colour/Timbre
Task 10 – What Kind Of Songs?: Personal Response
Task 11 – Pick A Song!: Analysis Of Elements
Task 12 – What Instrument Did They Use?: Expressive Elements/Timbre
Task 13 – Similarities And Differences: Analysis Of Influences
Task 14 – 12 Bar Blues: Analysis Of Elements/Form
Task 15 – Is There A Pattern?: Form
Task 16 – I’ve Got The Blues!: Form/Composing
Task 17 – My Blues: Vocal/Pitch/Form
Task 18 – Looking Back!: Personal Response
Task 19 – Reflect And Analyze: Analysis Of Elements
Task 20 – All About Me!: Critical Analysis