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

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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 ...

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

Improvisation and the minor pentatonic scale

Lesson outcome

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