What is pitch?

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Pitch

﻿Hi, everyone. I'm Ms. Boyd, and I'm your music teacher. Today, we're going to learn about pitch. What is pitch? In today's lesson, we will learn and practise how to hear high pitch sounds, middle pitch sounds and low pitch sounds, and you'll definitely be able to describe for me what pitch is. In this lesson, you'll need three things your singing voice, your bodies and your thinking brain. But before we get started, should we sing a song to say hello? ♪ Off we go. ♪ ♪ Hello, hello. ♪ ♪ It's good to see you. ♪ ♪ Hello, hello. ♪ ♪ It's good to see you. ♪ ♪ I must say, you've made my day. ♪ ♪ Hello, hello, hello. ♪ Okay, so what is pitch? Pitch is how high or how low a note is in a piece of music. So, if you hear a piece of music, and you think, oh, that's really high. The pitch is really high, you're right. Or if you hear a piece of music and you think, Ooh, that's really low, it's because the pitch of the notes and the instruments are low. For our first learning activity today we're going to play, what can you hear? I'm going to play some notes on my instrument, and I'd like you to listen up for high pitches and low pitches. Have a listen to this. Was that a high pitch or low pitch? That's right. Pretty high pitched, isn't it? How about this one? That's really low, isn't it? So, it's a low pitch sound. For this activity, I would like you to give me a thumbs up if you think you can hear a high pitch sound, or if you can hear a low pitch sound, give me a thumbs down. Got it? Thumbs up for a high pitch sound, thumbs down for a low pitch sound. Listening ears on. Great, let's go. Okay, on to our second learning activity. We're going to play Do Re Mi. All you need is your singing voice and your hands. I'd like you to copy me. ♪ Do, Do, Do. ♪ ♪ Hum, hum, hum. ♪ ♪ Re, Re, Re. ♪ ♪ Hum, hum, hum. ♪ ♪ Mi, Mi, Mi. ♪ ♪ Hmm, hmm, hmm. ♪ ♪ Do, Re, Mi. ♪ ♪ Hum, hum, hum. ♪ ♪ Mi, Re, Do. ♪ ♪ Hmm, hmm, hmm. ♪ How was that? Easy? Great. These signs represent our high notes, our medium notes and our low notes. So, now, for our game, I'd like you to copy me. I'm going to make a pattern out of those notes, and I want you to sing the correct pictures back to me. Are you ready? Off We go. ♪ Do, Do, Do. ♪ ♪ Hmm, hmm, hmm. ♪ ♪ Do, Re, Do. ♪ ♪ Hmm, hmm, hmm. ♪ ♪ Do, Re, Mi, Mi, Mi. ♪ ♪ Hmm, hmm, hmm-hmm-hmm. ♪ ♪ Mi, Re, Re, Mi, Re. ♪ ♪ Hmm, hm-hm, hmm-hm. ♪ How was that? Still too easy? Okay, let's make it a bit longer. Are you ready? Copy me. ♪ Do, Re, Mi, Mi, Mi. ♪ ♪ Hmm, hmm, hm-hm-hm. ♪ ♪ Do, Re, Mi, Mi, Mi. ♪ ♪ Hmm, hmm, hm-hm-hm. ♪ ♪ Mi, Re, Mi, Re. ♪ ♪ Hmm-hm, hmm-hm. ♪ ♪ Mi, Re, Do, Do, Do. ♪ ♪ Hmm-hm, hm-hm-hm. ♪ ♪ Do, Re, Mi, Mi, Mi. ♪ ♪ Hmm-hm, hm-hm-hm. ♪ ♪ Me, Re, Mi, Re, Re. ♪ ♪ Hmm-hm, hmm-hm-hm. ♪ ♪ Me, Re, Do. ♪ ♪ Me, Re, Do. ♪ Fantastic. You can really sing those different pitches. Well done. Okay, so, for our third learning activity today, we're going to sing a song. So, all you need is your singing voice. In this song we're going to explore our high voice and our low voice. So, copy me. This is how the song goes ♪ Off we go. ♪ ♪ This is how my singing voice sings in high pitch. ♪ ♪ Hmm-hm, hm-hm-hmm, hm-hmm-hm. ♪ Did you get that? Let's have another go. ♪ Off we go. ♪ ♪ This is how my singing voice sings in high pitch. ♪ ♪ Hmm-hm-Hm-Hm, hmm-hm, hmm-hm-hm-hmm. ♪ Fabulous. Okay, so for this game, we're going to sing that part together, and then after that, when I go like this, it's my turn to sing a solo, which means by myself. And I'm going to sing anything I like in a high pitch sound. And then I'm going to go like this, and that invites you to have a go, to have a solo, to sing by yourself and sing your own high pitch notes. Are you ready? Okay. ♪ Off we go. ♪ ♪ This is how my singing voice sings in high pitch. ♪ ♪ La-La-La-La-Laa-Laa-La-La. ♪ Excellent. Let's try that again. ♪ Off we go. ♪ ♪ This is how my singing voice sings in high pitch. ♪ ♪ La-Laa-La-Laa-La-Laaa! ♪ ♪ This is how our singing voice sings in high pitch. ♪ ♪ La, ha-ha-ha, haa-haa! ♪ ♪ This is how our singing voice sings in high pitched. ♪ ♪ La-La, la-ta-da! ♪ ♪ This is how our singing voice sings in high pitched. ♪ ♪ La, la-la-la, tha-tha! ♪ Excellent. Well done. Okay. We're going to sing the same song now, but this time we're going to use our low pitched voice. Are you ready? ♪ Off we go. ♪ ♪ This is how my singing voice sings in low pitched. ♪ ♪ La, la-la-la, la-la. ♪ ♪ This is how my singing voice sings in low pitched. ♪ ♪ La-Laa, laa-la-la, la-la! ♪ ♪ This is how my singing voice sings in low pitch. ♪ ♪ La, la-la-la, la-laa, laaa! ♪ ♪ This is how our singing voice sings in low pitched. ♪ ♪ La-Laa, la-laa, laaa! ♪ Excellent, well done. Great work, everyone. That's the end of our lesson today, and we've learned so much. We've looked at high pitched sound, low pitched sounds, middle pitched sounds. And I think you can describe what pitch is. What is pitch? That's right. It's how high or how low the notes of a piece of music are. Great work. Before we go, let's close with our Goodbye Song. Are you ready? ♪ Off we go. ♪ ♪ Goodbye, goodbye. ♪ ♪ It's time to go now. ♪ ♪ Goodbye, goodbye. ♪ ♪ It's time to go now. ♪ ♪ I must say, you've made my day. ♪ ♪ Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. ♪

What is pitch?

What is pitch?

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