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Year 1

The Highs and Lows of Pitch

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Lesson 4

Lesson 4:To explore pitched instruments to play a given melody using symbol notation

Year 1 – The Highs and Lows of Pitch

Key Vocabulary – Melody, high, low, symbols

Lesson 4:To explore pitched instruments to play a given melody using symbol notation

Outcomes

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I can hold a beater properly

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I can follow a more complex symbol pattern to play a melody

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I can practice to improve my accuracy

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As a class discuss the following questions:

1. What size is an instrument that can play low-pitched sounds?
2. Does this instrument play low or high-pitched sounds?
3. Is a short bar on a glockenspiel low or high?

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Warm up Voices

Sing Twinkle Twinkle using your hand to show pitch:

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Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star�How I wonder what you are�Up above the world so high�Like a diamond in the sky�Twinkle Twinkle Little Star�How I wonder what you are!

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Optional link

Draw symbols to show the pitch of phrase 1 of Twinkle Twinkle

Explore

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Challenge:

Draw the shape of phrase 2

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Task

Using the symbols, starting on C, work out the melody of phrase 1 of Twinkle Twinkle. Learn to play.

C

C

G

G

A

A

G

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Challenge

Work out the melody of phrase 2 of Twinkle Twinkle. Learn to play.

F

F

E

E

D

D

C

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Plenary

Time to Talk:

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What did you achieve in this lesson?

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What do we mean by steps and leaps in music?

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What do you see written on the notes of a glockenspiel?

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Play the 2 phrases together as a class

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Put your instruments away in the right places

How confident are you?

I can hold a beater properly

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I can follow a more complex symbol pattern to play a melody

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I can practice to improve my accuracy

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1. Very confident

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2. Unsure

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3. Not confident