lines on which musical notes can be placed

the combination of different layers of sounds

musical ideas that support the main melody

a constant, pitched sound that continues throughout a piece of music

Dulce dulce chant first half

British English CC

Dulce dulce chant second half

Dulce Dulce pitched percussion

When the train comes along chant first half

When the train comes along chant second half

When the train comes along pitched percussion

Dulce dulce with drone

When the train comes along with drone variation

Warm ups

Johnny Caught a Flea

Reading and playing minor melodies

Music

Identifying major and minor tonalities

Minor melodies and the minor pentachord

Reading the five note minor pentachord scale

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 two notes are shown in this melody?

What solfège note name does this hand symbol represent?

try and play it full speed straight away.

start slow and try and speed up when you're confident.

not use the written notes, just try and work it out in your head.

When learning a piece of music it's best to...

a single repeating note played over and over again.

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

Reading and playing minor melodies

Lesson outcome

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