High or low; Loud or quiet?

 Year 2 have been looking at PITCH in their music lessons.  They have looked at how the size of an instrument affects how low or high the pitch of its sound is.

Today we used the Boomwhackers to investigate this.  We got ourselves into size order then tested by playing the instruments.

Reception - High or Low?

Reception Music Lessons

Children in Reception have been looking at how music is written out. They have learnt how to read rhythms, and now are starting to explore musical pitch.

We are using Boomwhackers and bells to explore high sounds and low sounds, and looking at how written music shows high and low!

Do you think the big red Boomwhackers would make a higher or lower sounds than the small purple ones?

When music is written down, we use 5 lines called a stave. It is like a ladder. The higher up the ladder the notes, the higher the pitch. 

We also play a warm up game called the 'Elevator Song'.