the pattern of sounds and silences that we play and sing

an instrument that can play musical notes of one or more pitch when we strike it, for example, a glockenspiel

the five tones, do, re, mi, so and la arranged in an ascending or descending order

a combination of notes to make a memorable tune

 echo this rhythm a - Ta-mi Ta Ta-mi Ta 

British English CC

Ame Ame (sing the rhythm)

echo this rhythm c - Ta-mi Ta-mi Ta Ta 

clap this rhythm b - Ta Ta-mi Ta Ta 

clap this rhythm a - Ta-mi Ta Ta Ta 

Ta-mi repeated

clap this rhythm c - Ta-mi Ta-mi Ta-mi Ta-mi

which rhythm can you hear? - b

which rhythm can you hear? - a

echo this rhythm d - Ta Ta Ta-mi Ta 

which rhythm can you hear? - c

echo this rhythm b - Ta-mi Ta-mi Ta-mi Ta 

Ame Ame (whole song) - audio

clap this rhythm d - Ta Ta Ta-mi Ta-mi 

Perform with this structure (and Feedback - watch this video 3)

Feedback - watch this video 2

check - sing the solfege syllables (and sing the second line of Ame Ame)

Check Ame Ame - adding one hand sign at a time

play this rhythmn (and Feedback- watch this video 1)

How to practise well 

check - chant the rhythms 

Tideo

I Have a Car 

Hill 'n Gully Rider 

Warm-ups.

Playing a dotted rhythm major pentatonic melody

Music

Singing major pentatonic folk songs

Singing and identifying the major pentatonic scale

Notating a dotted rhythm major pentatonic melody

Improvising a major pentatonic melody

Composing a major pentatonic melody

Pupils discover the power and versatility of the pentatonic scale. Pupils learn that pentatonic music is found around the world and sing pentatonic songs from every continent. A three-line simplified stave is used for notation. Pupils play and compose pentatonic melodies on tuned percussion.

Compose and Create: major pentatonic melodies

How many notes are there in a pentatonic scale?

True or false? Ta-di and Ta-mi are the same rhythms.

List the notes of the major pentatonic scale in descending order (highest to lowest).

So we can work out how loud we need to play.

So we can play and sing successfully together.

Why is it important to be able to play a steady beat?

A {{}} instrument is one played by striking, shaking or scraping.

Notation is the only way to learn and remember new music.

Notation can help us to learn and remember new music.

We can only learn new music by reading notation.

Order the notes of the major pentatonic scale, from lowest to highest.

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

Playing a dotted rhythm major pentatonic melody

Lesson outcome

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