Musical Fitness Assessment

WHAT IS MUSICAL FITNESS?
The ability to perform basic music skills: keep a steady beat, clap the rhythm of the words of a song, match a pitch, and sing in tune.

WHY ASSESS CHILDREN’S BASIC MUSIC SKILLS?
They are highly correlated with reading achievement.

WHAT DO BASIC SKILLS LOOK LIKE?
Scroll down for videos!

 

you Will Need:

1. A metronome or free app, such as, Metronome (Android) or TrueMetronome Lite (Apple), or Online Metronome

2. A pitch pipe or a free app, such as, Perfect Pitch by Swift Scales (for Android or Apple), or Online Tone Generator

3. A form each child

Printable copy

Videos of children doing the 4 basic music skills.

  1. Patting a steady beat, and… Patting beat while singing Twinkle.