Lesson(s) Sequence

 

 

1. Play Don't Stop Believin' as students find their seats.

 

 

 

 

2. Can anyone sing the tune of the song we just listened to?  Introduce the term Melody and ask students to write the

definition in their CNW. 

 

Definition: Melody is a series of single pitches that occur one after the other in a line.

 

3. The Melody is just another name for "tune" and is the most memorable part of a piece of music. Show the music for

Happy Birthday so students can see the Melody. The Pitches in a Melody are considered to have a horizontal relationship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Explain the Melody can be:

* sung/played by a single person

Sing Happy Birthday alone

 

* sung/played by more than one person as long as they are singing/playing the same pitches.

Ask students with the same voice part to sing Happy Birthday with you

 

* sung/played in different octaves - such as lower and higher voices/instruments together - as long as they are singing/playing

   the same pitches.

Ask all students to sing Happy Birthday with you