Year 1 - Music
Composing a simple high and low melody
Compose and create: high and low melodic responses
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Unit Summary
This unit uses a simple call and response song and a theming around fruit to inspire short compositions. Pupils learn two rhythms (Ta and Ta-di) and two notes (so and mi) and combine these to create fruit-inspired compositions which they perform as part of the call and response song.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to compose a high-low melody and perform this on pitched percussion.
Key Notes
- Pitch is how high or low the note sounds. We can show different pitches with actions as we sing and play.
- Bigger pitched percussion instruments usually make a lower pitched sound.
- Smaller pitched percussion instruments usually make a higher pitched sound.
- When we choose rhythms and notes we are composing a melody.
Vocabulary To Learn
- pitch: how high or low a note is
- pitched percussion: an instrument that can play musical notes of one or more pitch when we strike it
- melody: a combination of notes that make a memorable tune
- rhythm: the pattern of sounds that we play or sing
- compose: to create music
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Bigger or longer instruments usually create a higher pitched sound. Shorter or smaller instruments usually create a lower pitched sound.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Pitch is how high or low the note sounds. We can show different pitches with actions as we sing and play. Bigger pitched percussion instruments usually make a lower pitched sound.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'pitch'
how high or low a note is.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Bigger or longer instruments usually create a higher pitched sound. Shorter or smaller instruments usually create a lower pitched sound. Correction: Usually, the bigger the instrument, the lower the sound.
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