MUSICAL CONTENT ON
MELODY
LESSON 6 ( GROUP 1)
GROUP REPORTERS
Ms. Mr. Ms.
Ms. Maureen
Florita Emman Angie
Think: Overview and Review
• The content topics of teaching music in elementary grade:
Grade 1 & 2: Pitch and Simple Melodic patterns.
Grade 3: Pitch, Melodic Lines, Melodic Patterns and contour.
Grade 4: Musical symbols and concepts, Intervals, Scales,
Melodic counters, and Patterns of successive pitches of a C Major
Scale.
Grade 5: Musical symbols and concepts, Accidentals, Bass clef or F-clef,
melodic contours, intervals, scales(C Major, G Major, and the Pentatonic
scale)
Grade 6: Emphasis on these scales: (C Major, G Major, and the Pentatonic
scales) Intervals, Major and Minor Scales.
PITCH
In music, pitch simply refers to the highness or lowness of a
sound. Usually, pitches are labelled in two standard ways: by
letters (C, D, E, F, G, etc.) or by "sol-fa syllables" (do, re, mi, fa,
sol, etc.). Pitches are represented by notes written on the staff.
Pitches are written on the staff. A staff is a group of five horizontal lines
and four spaces where pitches are noted.
A grand staff is a pair of two staves written together.
Clefs are symbols placed at the beginning of the staff, to show the
position of pitches.
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Treble clef (g-clef) and bass clef (f-clef). Pitches written on the treble
clef generally sound higher than those written on the bass clef.
Ledger Lines – are horizontal lines written above or below staves to
represent notes that are not normally found within the five lines and
four spaces of a staff.
Bar Lines – are vertical lines that divide the staff, and they divide the
staff into measures.
Brace – is a symbol written to connect two or more staves together.
You may use acronyms when teaching these line and space notes.
Examples: Good Boys Do Fine Always
All Cows Eat Grass
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Intervals
It is the distance relationship between two pitches. Intervals
maybe melodic or harmonic.
Harmonic Intervals
• Semitone – is a half step; is a distance between two immediately
adjacent keys whether black or white.
• Whole tone/whole step – is an interval made up of two
semitones.
[Link] a whole step between two black keys, C#
( C-sharp) and D# (D-sharp)
[Link] a half step because the white key (C)is
immediately adjacent to the black key to its
right(C# or Db)
Accidentals
This are the signs written to either raise or lower a pitch by a half
step or whole step.
5 commonly used Accidentals
a. Sharp – is used to raise a pitch one half step. A sharp
symbol(#) is written before a note or pitch.
b. Flat – is used to lower a pitch one half step. A flat symbol (b) is
written before on note or pitch. It is written in the key signature that
denotes what key a piece of music is in.
c. Natural –This symbol cancels out any sharp or flat signs.
d. Double Sharp- raises a pitch by one whole step. In the picture
below, does F double sharp the same as G? Yes. Because G is
two half steps or one whole step higher from F.
e. Double Flat – lowers a pitch by one whole step. Below, does B
double flat sound the same as A(La)? Yes, because A is two half or
one whole step below B.
4. Scale – is a group of specific pitches going from lowest to
highest or vice versa. There are many different kinds of
scales ,but the most commonly used are the major and the minor
scales. Each scale has a key signature –an arrangement of
sharps and flats usually written at the beginning of a staff which
identifies and presets which notes are to be played sharp or flat.
a. The C Major Scale
are constructed following a certain pattern which makes
them sound more on the “happy side”. Minor scale, on the other
hand, sound rather “sad”.
Has a key signature of 0 sharp and 0 f lats,that is, all the notes or
pitches found within this scale are played in the white keys of a
piano.
b. The F major scale
Note: WS=Whole step interval; HS= Half step interval
The pattern of whole and half step intervals between the
pitches is the same as with the C major scale.
c. The G major scale
is constructed the same way as C and F major, but its key signature
has 1 sharp and this note is F. This means that all the Fs in a piece or
song written in the G major key are automatically sharp, unless a natural
sign is placed before it.
ARE YOU READY?
QUIZ!
1. In grade 1&2, What are content topics of teaching music?
A. Intervals and Pitch
B. Melodic Lines and Contour
C. Pitch and Simple Melodic Patterns
2. What are the content topics of teaching music in grade 3?
A. Pitch, melodic lines, and Melodic patterns and contour.
B. Pitch and Simple Melodic Patterns
C. Scale and Intervals
3. Simply refers to the highness and lowness of a sound. It comes up
with two standard ways which is letters and sol-fa syllables.
A. Intervals
B. Pitch
C. Staff
4. It is a group of five horizontal lines and four spaces where pitches
are noted.
D. Clefs
E. Staff
F. Pitch
5. It is a pair of two staves written together.
A. Staff
B. Grand Staff
C. Clefs
6. Are symbols placed at the beginning of the staff, to show the position
of pitches.
A. Staff
B. Grand Staff
C. Clefs
7. Are vertical lines that staff and they divide the staff into measures.
D. Bar lines
E. Ledger lines
F. Brace
8. It is the distance relationship between two pitches. It maybe melodic
and harmonic.
A. Intervals
B. Accidentals
C. Scale
9. Is an Interval made up of two semitones.
D. Whole tone/step
E. Semitones
F. Intervals
10. It is used to lower a pitch one half step.
G. Sharp
H. Flat
I. Semi-flat
11. It raises a pitch by one whole step.
A. Flat
B. Sharp
C. Double Sharp
12. It is a group of specific pitches going from lowest to highest or vice-
versa.
D. Scale
E. Intervals
F. Accidentals
*Enumerate the 3 types of scales (3pts)
(15 Items overall)
Thank you for listening
and participating on our
reports!
1. C
Answer key 2. A
3. B *The C Major
4. B Scale
5. B
6. C
*The F Major
7. A Scale
8. A *The G Major
9. A
10. B
Scale
11. C
12. A
