High or Low?

This afternoon in music we were learning about high and low notes. We made high and low noises with our voices and moved our hands to show if the sound was high or low. We had to copy Miss Ayres saying lots of sounds low and then high. Then we had to say our names in a low voice followed by a high voice.

After that we looked at the xylophone. Miss Ayres taught us the best way to play the xylophone and we all had a go at playing high and low notes. We also practised playing all the notes, either going from low to high or from high to low.

We played some games to develop our listening. We took it in turns to play high or low notes and everyone else had to close their eyes, showing with their hands whether they thought they could hear a high note or a low note. We also looked at a middle note that is between the high and low note on our xylophone. We played some more games, listening and identifying which note was being played.

Then we looked at how we could record which note we wanted to play. Miss Ayres drew some lines on the board and we used circles to show if the note was high, middle or low. This is similar to how real music is written, so we're going to be super at reading music when we're a bit older! We chose 4 notes to play and practised them, then we chose another 4. We had a go at playing all 8 notes and made a super effort! Well done to Harry who was able to play all the notes brilliantly without help and earned himself a housepoint.