Placing our new lower note on a simplified musical stave
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can hear the lowest note of a song and can place this on a musical stave.
Key learning points
- The notes we sing can be high pitch or low pitch.
- We can show the pitch with actions as we sing to help us hear when the notes are high or low.
- We can show how high or low a note is on a musical stave.
- We can place do on a musical stave, and we know that it has a lower pitch than mi.
Keywords
Pitch - how high or low a note is
Melody - a combination of notes to make a memorable tune
Note - a single sound in music
Stave - lines on which musical notes can be placed
Common misconception
The word low is sometimes associated with quiet.
The word low refers to low pitch.
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
An object to pass around the circle such as a bean bag, pencils.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which of the following pitch actions best shows the note mi?
Q2.The lines on the stave show us if a note has a high or low .
Q3.Match the note to its pitch.
a low pitch
a high pitch
a higher pitch
Q4.A melody is made up of high and low pitch .
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which note has a lower pitch?
Q2.Which pitch action best shows the note do?
Q3.Order the notes from lowest to highest pitch.
Q4.Match the note to where it is placed on the stave.
on the low line
on the high line
on the lower line
on top of the high line
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