Study Guides

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils use a baking theme to replicate and improvise four note melodies. Pupils read and reorder known rhythm patterns and use these to improvise on pitched percussion within their four note toneset. A final performance in ABA structure is created.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to improvise with a partner using do, mi, so and la, within a call and response structure.

Key Notes

• Improvising is a way to create new musical ideas in the moment.
• We can improvise new words, new rhythms, or new melodies using our voices or instruments.
• We can improvise alone, in a group, or with a partner using call and response.
• We can improvise new melodies using do, mi, so, and la.

Vocabulary To Learn

• improvise: to thoughtfully create new musical ideas in the moment
• note: a single sound in music
• call and response: a question and answer musical structure
• melody: a combination of notes to make a memorable tune
• pitched percussion: an instrument that can play musical notes when we strike it

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• Improvisation is difficult and only professional musicians can do it well.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• Learning a four note melody on pitched percussion Study Guide
• Performing and improvising within an ABA structure Study Guide
• Performing four note tonesets on pitched percussion Study Guide
• Playing within an ABA musical structure Study Guide
• Reading and playing using simplified notation Study Guide