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

a musical genre that emerged from African-American communities in New Orleans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterised by improvisation

creative, in-the-moment musical composition

music belonging to a shared tradition or style

Whole Body Warm-ups - backing track

British English CC

Breathing exercises

Grow bananas

Task A - Five Notes in a Pentatonic

Minor pentatonic scale - video

Task B - Five Notes in a Pentatonic

Richard Barnard - example improvisation

Richard Barnard - What is improvisation?

Improvisation and the minor pentatonic scale

Music

Playing the D minor pentatonic scale

Playing a minor pentatonic jazz melody

Improvising a phrase using the D minor pentatonic scale

Improvising longer phrases using the D minor pentatonic scale

Creating and performing an improvised jazz piece

In this unit, pupils listen to improvisation in jazz ensembles. Using the minor pentatonic scale on pitched percussion, they learn a minor pentatonic melody and practise tools to guide successful improvisation including repetition and sequencing.

Compose and rehearse: improvising with the minor pentatonic scale

The minor pentatonic scale has {{}} notes.

Minor means the tonality is centered around which tone?

The minor pentatonic scale uses the following tones in ascending order:

The D minor pentatonic scale uses the following notes in ascending order:

When we think about the character of a major or minor song, we are considering its ...

When notes rise, we say their shape is ...

Improvisation and the minor pentatonic scale

Lesson outcome