Year 2 - Music
Placing our new lower note on a simplified musical stave
Music and movement: using symbols to represent pitch
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Unit Summary
This unit uses singing games to introduce pupils to pitch on a three-line simplified stave. Pupils identify the shape of the melodies and, through guided instruction, take dictation of these on the simplified stave, focusing on pitch and syllables but not rhythm.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to hear the lowest note of a song and can place this on a musical stave.
Key Notes
- The notes we sing can be high pitch or low pitch.
- We can show the pitch with actions as we sing to help us hear when the notes are high or low.
- We can show how high or low a note is on a musical stave.
- We can place do on a musical stave, and we know that it has a lower pitch than mi.
Vocabulary To Learn
- pitch: how high or low a note is
- melody: a combination of notes to make a memorable tune
- note: a single sound in music
- stave: lines on which musical notes can be placed
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The word low is sometimes associated with quiet.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
The notes we sing can be high pitch or low pitch. We can show the pitch with actions as we sing to help us hear when the notes are high or low.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'pitch'
how high or low a note is.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: The word low is sometimes associated with quiet. Correction: The word low refers to low pitch.
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