Lesson 1: Pitch and tempo: High fliers

Children are introduced to the concept of pitch and learn to recognise low and high sounds in a superhero theme tune.

Before the lesson

Learning objective

  • To understand the concept of pitch

National curriculum

‘Pupils should be taught to:

  • use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and
    rhymes
  • play tuned and untuned instruments musically
  • listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded
    music’

See National curriculum - Music key stages 1 to 2

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Group these pupils together with the support of a teaching assistant.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should be challenged to identify the higher of two notes that are next to each other, then extending to playing three notes close together (see Teacher video: Pitch: High fliers).

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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