the first 5 notes of a minor scale - la, ti, do, re, mi

a melody could ascend (go up) or descend (go down)

melodies can move up or down one note at a time (steps) or jump up or down several notes (leaps)

British English CC

Little birch - Solfege

Wayfaring stranger - Solfege

Little Birch Tree full

Wayfaring Stranger first half

Wayfaring Stranger full

Little Birch Tree first half

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Unit 29 Warm Ups

Minor melodies and the minor pentachord

Music

Identifying major and minor tonalities

Reading the five note minor pentachord scale

Reading and playing minor melodies

Composing and notating a minor melody

Reading and performing minor melodies

In this unit, pupils learn songs and listen to music that has a minor tonality. Pupils learn the toneset for the minor pentachord (la, ti, do, re, mi) and use this to compose a minor melody. An analysis of Benjamin Britten’s Old Abram Brown inspires the shaping of the pupils' compositions.

Compose and Create: composing a minor melody on a stave

Which of the following are the notes of the minor pentachord?

Does this melody use mostly steps or mostly leaps?

Songs with a minor tonality often sound ...

Which of the following is an example of a pitched percussion instrument?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Minor melodies and the minor pentachord

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.