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A Lesson on Melody
What is melody? Melody is the shape direction and pitch of the music; the tune of the song.
Position - Maybe use notes of high pitches or transposed to low pitches, but as long as the
intervals between notes is consistent, the melody can be placed with the total pitch
continuum.
Intervals - The distance between the pitches of the melody may be steps from one note to
an adjacent note, or skips where pitches leap from one to another skipping a tone or
tones.
Staff
5 Lines and 4
Spaces
Musical notes on
the staff sit either
on a line or in a
space. The
placement on the
staff indicates The staff is a musical timeline reading from left to right.
pitch. Reading
music involves
understanding
rhythmic notation
as well as melodic
notation.
The Treble
Clef
1. BoomWhackers Activity
Have students gather in groups, where each child in the group gets a
different boomwhacker. Have students “guess” which order the scale is
in and play that order. Then help correct them.
Have them play the scale up then down. Then have them play the scale
adding in steps, skips, and repeats as well as ups and downs.
Have the children then pick out a simple song like „Twinkle Twinkle”
and play it adding in the various elements.
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3. Kazoo Activity
Every student takes out their kazoo and that class “plays” the following
songs:
Teach them these hand motions using the „Do Ray Me‟ song using
the clip from the The Sound of Music. (5 min clip)
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7lxdiL7NI
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