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Year 2

Music and movement: using symbols to represent pitch

6 lessons

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  • Notating and sharing music

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This unit uses singing games to introduce pupils to pitch on a three-line simplified stave. Pupils identify the shape of the melodies and, through guided instruction, take dictation of these on the simplified stave, focusing on pitch and syllables but not rhythm.

This unit progresses pupils' understanding from pitch as ‘high and low’ (so and mi) to include ‘higher’ (la) and ‘lower’ (do). The singing games sit comfortably in the pupils' range, and after singing many songs using this toneset, they are ready to explore visualising the shaping of these songs. By exploring the notation of the toneset do, mi, so, la, the children are being prepared for improvising, composing and performing on tuned percussion in the following 'Compose and Create' unit.

  1. High and low notes
  2. Notating high and low notes on a simplified musical stave
  3. Placing our new higher note on a simplified musical stave
  4. Notating three notes on a simplified musical stave
  5. Placing our new lower note on a simplified musical stave
  6. Notating four notes on a simplified musical stave
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