Year 1 - Music
Identifying high and low notes
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 hear the difference between high and low notes in our songs.
Key Notes
- Pitch is how high or low a note sounds.
- We can use actions with our bodies to help us hear the high and low notes in a song.
- Unpitched percussion instruments do not play higher or lower pitches.
- Rhythms can be played on unpitched instruments.
- When we chant as we play rhythms, it helps us stay in time.
Vocabulary To Learn
- pitch: how high or low a note is
- note: a single sound in music
- rhythm: the pattern of sounds we play and sing
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All instruments can play different notes.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Pitch is how high or low a note sounds. We can use actions with our bodies to help us hear the high and low notes in a song.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'pitch'
how high or low a note is.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All instruments can play different notes. Correction: Some instruments are unpitched. This means they do not create different high and low sounds when played.
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