01 year 7 pentatonic introduction online version

Year 7: Pentatonic MusicLearning objective: To gain familiarity with the Pentatonic scale and the piano keyboard.

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Starter – remember your letter…A or B

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1) On your own : 30 secs : look at your anagrams and work them out2) In your pairs : 1 min : discuss your key words and come up with

definitions3) In fours : 2 mins : explain to your peers what your key words mean4) Be ready to explain any of the key words to the class!!

Got My Life

Got my hair. Got my headGot my brains, Got my earsGot my eyes, Got my nose

Got my mouth,

I got my smile

I got my tongue, Got my chinGot my neck, Got my arms,Got my heart, Got my soul

Got my back,

I got my sense

I got my arms, got my hands, got my fingers, got my legs,

Got my feet, got my toes, got my liver… got my blood.

I've got life, I've got my freedom, I've got life

How many different pitches

are in this melody?

Pentatonic scale

“Penta” is a Greek word meaning five. “Tonic” means tones…so the pentatonic scale is a scale made up of five different notes.

They are common in: Celtic folk music American blues and rock music Indonesian Gamelan Japanese and Chinese folk music

C D E G A

Got my life

Got my hair. Got my headC C C C C D

Got my brains, Got my ears C C C C C D

Got my eyes, Got my noseC C C C E E

Got my mouth, I got my smile

E G G A A A A-G

Music notation

Notes in music are named after the first 7 letters in the alphabet:

A B C D E F G We write these onto a ‘stave’ (5 lines). Every note has a place on this stave - on a line, or in

a space.

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Music notation

Scale starting on C

Pentatonic scale

“Penta” is a Greek word meaning _____. “Tonic” means _____…so the pentatonic scale is a scale made up of five different notes.

They are common in… Celtic folk music American blues and rock music Indonesian Gamelan Japanese and Chinese folk music

C D E G A