Reading the five note major pentachord scale
I can read and notate the ascending and descending major pentachord on a simplified stave.
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- Year 4
Reading the five note major pentachord scale
I can read and notate the ascending and descending major pentachord on a simplified stave.
Copyrighted materials: to view and download resources from this lesson, you’ll need to be in the UK and
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Musical notes are written on a stave, which tells us the pitch of the notes.
- Higher notes are higher up on the stave.
- Improvising means creating music in the moment using the voice or instruments, alone or with others.
- We can add pitches to a rhythmic composition using improvisation.
Keywords
Stave - lines on which musical notes can be placed
Major pentachord - the first 5 notes of a major scale - do re mi fa so
Rhythm - the pattern of sounds and silences that we play and sing
Improvisation - creative, in-the-moment musical composition
Common misconception
The notes on the stave can be written like dots on the line or inbetween the lines.
It is important that the size of the notes matches the size of the stave. This makes the notation easier to read.
Equipment
Class set of pitched percussion instruments, eg. glockespiels, xylophones, chime bars.
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