a new piece of music that has been created

to create music in the moment, using the voice or instruments, alone or with others

a musical structure with a returning theme - ABACA

a short, recognisable musical idea that is the main musical idea for a composition

to practise in order to improve and prepare for performance

Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo Chant

British English CC

Play your melody in between the chant

Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo Video

Bubblegum - Warm Up

Reading and performing major melodies

Music

Major tonalities

Major melodies and the major pentachord

Reading the five note major pentachord scale

Reading and playing major melodies

Composing and notating a major melody

In this unit, pupils explore the tonality of a major melody through listening to a range of music. Pupils learn the major pentachord, the first five notes of the scale, on tuned percussion. They use this new scale to compose and notate short melodies.

Compose and Create: composing a major melody on a stave

mostly leaps, using lots of different notes

Which of these would make an effective melody?

has lots of sections that all come back again and again

has two main sections that play one after the other

I have finished composing my piece of music

I have rehearsed my piece, playing it slowly and to a steady tempo

I know that I am ready to perform when ...

try and find my place and carry on playing if possible

If I make a mistake during a performance I should ...

the melody moving mostly in steps (notes close together)

the melody moving mostly in leaps (notes far apart)

the melody starting and ending on the note do

Which of these features would NOT make an effective melody?

when it is simple and makes use of repetition

when it uses as many different notes as possible

to play the music exactly as it is written

What Solfege syllable is the highest note of the major pentachord?

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

Reading and performing major melodies

Lesson outcome

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