Friday, January 24, 2014

Improvising with a Five Note Scale

Today in Music class, Second Graders played with xylophones, glockenspiels and metallophones.  We learned about a five note scale called Pentatonic.  There is a pattern with the set up:  three bars, space, two bars, space, three bars, space, two bars.  Students figured out where the dividing line is between five bars. There is a "B" in this space, and we called that the "Boundary" line or "Boarder" line. This is so two students could improvise or experiment using the instrument at the same time. Check it out!