Rainbow Dots — Sample Activity

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Overview

Learn playfully how to read music and place the dots on a music stave.

Prepare to have a Red coloured pen ready to make a note that Red means the pitch C.

Simply follow the teacher along and play the game.

There are three videos each adding a new pitch starting with C, followed by D and the note E during the blues term. Each Video is repeated twice for best learning outcome.

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Contributes to Learning Outcomes

KS1 (Years 1–2)

use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the interrelated dimensions of music

KS2 (Years 3–6)

play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
use and understand staff and other musical notations

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