Pentatonic Melodies: Composing with Five Notes

Categories: Key Stage 2, Music
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About Course

Compose your own tunes using the pentatonic scale – five notes that sound great together. Children learn what a scale is, find C pentatonic (C, D, E, G, A) on a keyboard or glockenspiel, write question-and-answer phrases, improvise and then perform and improve their own 16-beat melody.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Understand what a scale is and what makes a scale pentatonic
  • Find and play C pentatonic: C, D, E, G and A
  • Compose 8- and 16-beat melodies with question and answer phrases
  • Improvise, perform, record and improve your own music

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Five Notes That Fit Together
  • Composing a Pentatonic Phrase
  • Improvise, Perform and Improve

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