Reading and playing major melodies
I can read and play major melodies on tuned percussion.
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- Year 4
Reading and playing major melodies
I can read and play major melodies on tuned percussion.
Copyrighted materials: to view and download resources from this lesson, you’ll need to be in the UK and
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Stave notation can tell us the rhythms and pitches used in a melody, which we can use to help us perform it accurately.
- A rhythmic ostinato is a repeating pattern of sounds that can be clapped or played on a percussion instrument.
- We can select different rhythms to compose a rhythmic ostinato.
- Rhythmic ostinati can be played as an accompaniment to a sung melody.
Keywords
Stave - lines on which musical notes can be placed
Composition - a new piece of music that has been created
Accompaniment - a musical part that supports the main melody or chant
Rhythmic ostinato - a repeating musical idea created from a rhythmic pattern
Common misconception
A rhythmic ostinato is the same as the rhythm of the words.
We can make an ostinato using the rhythms of the words but often the ostinato has a different rhythm. It can be tricky to play an ostinato and sing a different rhythm!
Equipment
Class set of pitched percussions instruments. You could also use unpitched percussion to compose and play the ostinatos.
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