lines on which musical notes can be placed

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

the pattern of sounds and silences that we play and sing

creative, in-the-moment musical composition

British English CC

Singing solfege pitch names

Improvising on 1 note

All rhythmic patterns

Improvising using the minor pentachord

Rhythm example 1

Rhythms example 2

Example 4 beat rhythm

Improvising on 2 and 3 notes

I'm stretching very tall

Warm ups

Reading the five note minor pentachord scale

Music

Identifying major and minor tonalities

Minor melodies and the minor pentachord

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

True or false? When we are notating the music, we need to be very accurate about where we draw the notes.

Which of the following is the descending minor pentachord?

How would you describe the following rhythm?

Which of the following are usually good features of a composition?

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

The lines that musical notes are placed on are called a ...

Reading the five note minor pentachord scale

Lesson outcome