Recognizing High and Low Pitch

Prior to playing their Tutti instruments, fifth graders practice harmony, pitch, and rhythm. They sing, clap, and echo the musical pattern they are going to play, focusing on harmony and pitch. They then practice the same song on their...

Take the guesswork out of instructing younger learners how to play in a music ensemble. Provide here are the steps to teaching and engaging them in practicing a song using rhythm and pitch. Orff instruments are used for this lesson plan.

Get out your Orff instruments and the text, Spotlight on Music, it's time to instruct the class in playing and performing music. They'll practice pitch, rhythm, and harmony by clapping and singing, then apply what they've learned as they...

Playing music while considering form, pitch, and rhythm is the topic of this music lesson. Third graders practice playing a song in small groups and then as an ensemble. This lesson uses the text, Spotlight on Music and Orff instruments. 

The xylephone, metalaphone, and glockenspiel are used to play the song, "Li’l ’Liza Jane" found in the text, Spotlight on Music. Learners are instructed to focus on rhythm, pitch, and form as the practice playing their Orff instruements.

Students practice combining relative pitch and reading music. They create, read and perform music on their own as they combine music and art to the concepts of differing pitches and reading music. Each student present their creations to...

Students explore how pitch changes when using instruments that are plucked, blown, and hit. In this sound and pitch activity, students blow across the top of bottles that are filled with water to create sound. Students use recorders...

Students design an instrument. In this sound, vibration and pitch instructional activity, students learn about the characteristics of sound, vibration and pitch.  Students design a guitar using the assembled craft materials and...

Learners investigate music and what causes the pitch of a sound.  In this sound properties lesson plan, students listen to a story about animals and the instinctual pitch they have in their voice and how musicians have that as well....

Students explore vocal anatomy. In this biology/music lesson plan, students first learn vocabulary associated with the voice and body. They then use straws, microphones and recorders to differentiate between high and low pitches and...