DragonScales

1. Year 3 and 4
MUSIC year B
Autumn Term
QCA unit 12
Dragon Scales

2. Lesson 1 equipment
• Old Mac sheets 1 and 2
• Pencils and rubbers
• Xylophone
• Class glocks

3. Year 3 and 4
MUSIC
Dragon Scales
1

4. LESSON 1
LEARNING INTENTIONS
• To learn about PENTATONIC SCALES and how
they are used in music

5. Instruments
• Xylophone – Greek – wood sound
• Glockenspiel – German – bells speaking

6. Old MacDonald
Old MacDonald had a glock, B B A A G
And on that glock he had some notes, B B A A G
With a G G here and a G G there
Here a G, there a G, everywhere a G G
Old MacDonald had a glock, B B A A G
Use the glocks and join in with B B A A G

7. Pentatonic Scales
• A SCALE in music is a set of notes that move up or
down by step – like a ladder. The Latin word for
ladder is “scala”
• What do we think might be special about a
PENTATONIC scale?
• Can you think of anything else with the prefix pent- ?
• A PENTagon has ……?????

8. Pentatonic Scales
• Pentatonic scales have different 5 note names
in them.
• The Greek word “pent” means five
• (Demonstrate on the piano)
• In a song the notes can be used in any order

9. Old MacDonald
Sing again and use your hand to show the PITCH of the notes
Old MacDonald had a glock, B B A A G
And on that glock he had some notes, B B A A G
With a G G here and a G G there
Here a G, there a G, everywhere a G G
Old MacDonald had a glock, B B A A G
Use the glocks and join in with B B A A G

10. Old MacDonald
• We’re going to work out the notes of Old MacDonald
on our glocks.
• The first note is G. Is the next note higher, lower or
the same?
• What about the next note?
• And then? Old MacDonald. Higher, lower or the
same? •Link to Old Mac Pitch Puzzle

11. Old MacDonald
• Now use your glock to work out the notes of the rest
of the song
• Look out for bits where the tune repeats.
• Use the notes B A G E D
• Practise playing the tune when you have finished

12. Learning Outcomes
Today we have….
• Identified a PENTATONIC scale in a song
• Identified the notes

13. Year 3 and 4
MUSIC year B
Autumn Term
QCA unit 12
Dragon Scales

14. Lesson 1a equipment
• Old Mac sheets 1 and 2
• Pencils and rubbers
• Xylophone
• Class glocks

15. Year 3 and 4
MUSIC
Dragon Scales
1a

16. LESSON 1a
LEARNING INTENTIONS
• To learn about PENTATONIC SCALES and how
they are used in music

17. Revise - Instruments
• Xylophone
• Greek
• wood sound
• Glockenspiel
• German
• bells speaking

18. Revise - Pentatonic Scales
• What is a SCALE in music?
• a set of notes that move up or down by step –
like a ladder. The Latin word for ladder is
“scala”
• What is special about a PENTATONIC scale?

19. Old MacDonald
Sing again and use your hand to show the PITCH of the notes
Old MacDonald had a glock, B B A A G
And on that glock he had some notes, B B A A G
With a G G here and a G G there
Here a G, there a G, everywhere a G G
Old MacDonald had a glock, B B A A G
Use the glocks and join in with B B A A G

20. Old MacDonald
• We’re going to work out the notes of Old MacDonald
on our glocks.
• The first note is G. Is the next note higher, lower or
the same?
• What about the next note?
• And then? Old MacDonald. Higher, lower or the
same? •Link to Old Mac Pitch Puzzle

21. Old MacDonald
• Now use your glock to work out the notes of the rest of the
song
• Look out for bits where the tune repeats.
• Use the notes B A G E D
• Practise playing the tune when you have finished
• Those who finished it all correctly last week, now work out
the tune using only the black notes (top row of glock)
• If you finish that, work it out starting on A#

22. Learning Outcomes
Today we have….
• Identified a PENTATONIC scale in a song
• Identified the notes

23. Year 3 and 4
MUSIC year B
Autumn Term
QCA unit 12
Dragon Scales

24. Lesson 2 equipment
• Glocks and xylophones
• Own instruments
• VIDEO CAMERA OR SOUND RECORDER

25. Year 3 and 4
MUSIC
Dragon Scales
2 and 2a

26. LESSON 2 and 2a
LEARNING INTENTIONS
• To learn more about PENTATONIC SCALES
and how they are used in music
• To learn how to accompany pentatonic songs

27. RECAP
• What did we learn last week about Pentatonic
Scales? – Write on the sheet.

28. What you got?
• Listen –
• Listen again and join in…
What you got, cooking in the pot?
Is it sweet and sour or spicy and hot?
Is it crunchy? Is it chewy?
Is it runny? Is it gooey?
Oh what? I can’t believe it!
You’ve eaten the lot!

29. Good Singing
• Sing again and concentrate on good
CONSONANTS – especially “t”
What you got, cooking in the pot?
Is it sweet and sour or spicy and hot?
Is it crunchy? Is it chewy?
Is it runny? Is it gooey?
Oh what? I can’t believe it!
You’ve eaten the lot!

30. Thinking Voice
• Only sing the words that end in “t”!
What you got, cooking in the pot?
Is it sweet and sour or spicy and hot ?
Is it crunchy? Is it chewy?
Is it runny? Is it gooey?
Oh what? I can’t believe it!
You’ve eaten the lot!
Very tricky!

31. Pentatonic Scale
• This song uses a pentatonic scale
–CDE GA
• We’re going to accompany the song using
notes from the C pentatonic scale

32. Pentatonic Scale
• Play a steady beat on E
• Now we’ll add a DRONE on G and C
– For Bb instruments – A and D
– For Eb instruments – E and A

33. Pentatonic Scale
• Pentatonic songs can be accompanied by any of the
five notes of the scale
• Make repeating patterns using the notes of the scale
– CDE GA
– For Bb instruments – D E F# A B
– For Eb instruments – A B C# E F#
• The name for a repeating pattern is OSTINATO

34. Pentatonic Scale
• We’ll perform in groups using repeating notes,
drones and ostinatos – and RECORD our work.

35. Learning Outcomes
Today we have….
• Sung and accompanied a PENTATONIC song
• Used a DRONE and an OSTINATO

36. Year 3 and 4
MUSIC year B
Autumn Term
QCA unit 12
Dragon Scales

37. Lesson 3 equipment
• “What you got” appraisal sheets
• Recordings from last session
• Glock or xylo

38. Year 3 and 4
MUSIC
Dragon Scales
3

39. LESSON 3
LEARNING INTENTIONS
• To learn more about PENTATONIC SCALES
and how they are used in music
• To “appraise” our own and others’
performances
• To learn how to make simple tunes from a
pentatonic scale

40. RECAP
• What did we learn last week and before about
Pentatonic Scales?
• How did we accompany “What you got?” last week?
• We used a sustained notes called a…. D_ _ _ _
• DRONE
• We had a repeating pattern called an…. O _ _ _ _ _ _ _
• OSTINATO

41. Listen and appraise
• We’re going to listen to our performances of
“What you got?”
• We are going to “appraise” them – which
means comment on what went well and what
could be better.
• link to worksheet

42. Which notes are these?
• Listen to these 4 notes –
• (AAAE)
• Do they all stay the same? Show me with
your hands?
• Now try these –
• (GAGA) (AAAA) (BAGG) (GGED)
• Sing Start, Same, Up, Down

43. Which notes are these?
• Which notes are these?
• ? ? ? ?
• Which notes are these?
• Can you tell me what they are?
• Look at next slide and decide which notes I’m
playing…..

44. W X
Y Z

45. Which notes are these?
• We know the notes…….
• ? ? ? ?
• We know the notes…….
• We can tell you what they are
• Look at the next slide and sing or play the
notes.

46. W X
Y Z

47. Learning Outcomes
Today we have….
• learned more about PENTATONIC SCALES and
how they are used in music
• “appraised” our own and others’
performances
• learned how to make simple tunes from a
pentatonic scale

48. Year 3 and 4
MUSIC year B
Autumn Term
QCA unit 12
Dragon Scales

49. Lesson 4 equipment
• Glocks
• Tambourines
• SOUND OR VIDEO RECORDER

50. Year 3 and 4
MUSIC
Dragon Scales
4

51. LESSON 4
LEARNING INTENTIONS
• To learn more about PENTATONIC SCALES and how they are
used in music
• To learn more about how to make simple tunes from a
pentatonic scale
• To learn about how pentatonic songs fit together
• To create different TEXTURES using the pentatonic scale
• To perform together using a steady beat

52. RECAP
• What have we learned about Pentatonic Scales?
• Last week we sang “Which notes are these?”
• (Sing and revise if appropriate)
• Now listen to this – and this -
• We’ll take it in turns to make up patterns –
– What pattern’s this? X 2
– We’ll do it too….. X 2

53. What pattern’s this?
• Listen to this –
• We can use any of the notes of this pentatonic
scale CDE GA
• We’ll do it too…….. Can you work out the
patterns?

54. Double Pentatonic
• It’s a special feature of Pentatonic songs that
all the notes sound well together.
• We can put two pentatonic songs together to
make a more interesting piece.

55. Double Pentatonic
Old MacDonald had a What you got, cooking in
glock, BBAAG the pot?
And on that glock he had
some notes, BBAAG Is it sweet and sour or spicy
and hot?
With a GG here and a GG
there Is it crunchy? Is it chewy?
Here a G, there a G, Is it runny? Is it gooey?
everywhere a GG
Old MacDonald had a Oh what? I can’t believe it!
glock, BBAAG You’ve eaten the lot!

56. Double Pentatonic
• Now we’ll use some patterns to accompany
the songs.
• What is the name of a repeating pattern?
• O_______
• OSTINATO

57. Double Pentatonic
4 groups – 2 to sing
Glocks - C G C G
Cook-ing in the pot

58. Double Pentatonic
• We’ll record our performance and listen to it.
• What worked well?
• What could we have improved?
• Did everyone keep in time?

59. Learning Outcomes
Today we have….
• learned more about PENTATONIC SCALES and how they are used
in music
• learned more about how to make simple tunes from a pentatonic scale
• learned about how pentatonic songs fit together
• created different TEXTURES using the pentatonic scale
• performed together using a steady beat
• “appraised” our own and others’ performances

60. Year 3 and 4
MUSIC year B
Autumn Term
QCA unit 12
Dragon Scales

61. Lesson 5 equipment

62. Year 3 and 4
MUSIC
Dragon Scales
5

63. RECAP
• We have been learning about pentatonic scales
• Pentatonic scales are used in the music of lost of
different countries and cultures
• When we played the GAMELAN last year we used
pentatonic scales
• We also used OSTINATO patterns

64. LESSON 5
LEARNING INTENTIONS
• To learn about DRAGONS in different cultures
• To create some text about dragons that we can use for a class
song
• To start to create some music about Dragons

65. Dragons
• What do you know about dragons?
• The dragon is the most used and most ancient symbol in the far east (use
map)
• In China the dragon is the supreme spiritual power – it represents fertility,
wisdom and strength
• Every year there are parades to celebrate the Chinese New Year and the
dragon is there to drive away evil spirits
• In the west dragons are very different – they are often a symbol of threat
or destruction – we have the story of St George killing the dragon, and lots
of other stories where dragons are bad

66. Dragons
• Watch this clip…watch
what the dragon is
doing.

67. Dragons
• What was the dragon doing?
• How did he move?
• Think of words to describe the dragon…..

68. Chinese Dragon Song
• Now we need to make some phrases about the
dragon…. we need 8 lines to make a song.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

69. Chinese Dragon Song
• Listen –
• Reaches high – G A C’
• Swoops low – C’ A G
• Gold, red, shimmer, shimmer, shimmer
E G AGAGAG
• Notice how the tunes match the words – reaches high goes up,
swoops low goes down
• 1 2 3 4 5 | 1 2 3 4 5
clap, click, click, click, click | clap, click, click, click, click

70. Chinese Dragon Song
• Next we’re going to make our own pentatonic ostinato for each
of our phrases we made up. 8 GROUPS of 4 or 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
PENTATONIC SCALE - CDE GA

71. Chinese Dragon Song
• We’ll share our OSTINATI
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
PENTATONIC SCALE - CDE GA

72. Learning Outcomes
Today we have….
• learned about DRAGONS in different cultures
• created some text about dragons that we can
use for a class song
• started to create some music about Dragons