Pentatonic Etude Number 1

This simple 4 bar Pentatonic Etude is designed to give students the opportunity to:

  • Sing with letter names.
  • Sing with solfa - with a pentatonic focus.
  • Sing with rhythm names - with a focus on the rhythm tika-tika (semiquavers / sixteenth notes).
  • Sing musically with a gentle ebb and flow while still keeping the beat. The feel of the ebb and flow will come when a gentle accent is felt on the first beat of each bar and a pulling back on the 2nd beat of each bar.
  • Work on intonation of the ascending and descending pentatonic scale.

Your download includes one page without the solfa and one page with the solfa written in.

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Kodály Analysis:

Pentatonic Etude Number 1 Theme: Music Games:
Partner: Form: Song Type:
Scale: Pentatonic CSP: C - E Age: Middle Primary - Upper Primary
Tones: d finalis r m s l Rhythm: ;  
Melodic: d r m s l ; l s l ; l s m ; l s m r d finalis
Prep: , r
Prac: , r

 

Origin: Miriam McLatchey
Source: MySongFile.com

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