Placing our new higher note on a simplified musical stave
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can hear the highest note of a song and can place this on a musical stave.
Key learning points
- We use the word pitch to describe how high or low a note is.
- We can show the pitch with actions as we sing to help us hear when the notes are high or low.
- Music can be notated to be remembered for another day and we can use a musical stave to do this.
- We can show so, mi, and la on a musical stave.
Keywords
Pitch - how high or low a note is
Note - a single sound in music
Melody - a combination of notes to make a memorable tune
Stave - lines on which musical notes can be placed
Notation - a way writing music down
Common misconception
Notes are always placed on the lines of a stave
Notes can be placed on, above, or below the lines on a stave
Teacher tip
Our songs this unit focus on the toneset do, mi, so, la. Solfège syllables help us to hear the relationship and interval between notes. Solfège syllables are not fixed notes meaning we can explore the relationship between notes by singing in any key. For this reason, our starting notes will vary.
Equipment
A large bouncy ball, pencils to draw notes or manipulatives to represent notes
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which word do we use to describe high and low notes in music?
Q2.Match the note names to their pitch.
Q3.Which answer completes this fact? We can use a stave to write down music. This is called...
Q4.A melody is made up of high and low .
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.One way of notating music is by placing the notes on lines called a .
Q2.Order these notes from lowest to highest pitch.
Q3.Which of the following actions best shows the pitch la?
Q4.Where on the stave is the note mi placed?
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