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Composing in Pentatonic: a guided music composition activity – music composition

(109 customer reviews)
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This guided composition activity is for students in grades 3–5 who already know the pentatonic scale (do, re, mi, so, and la). Students warm up with vocal exploration, sing four-beat pentatonic patterns, and then arrange those patterns into their own composition.

What’s included

  • A slideshow with a clickable table of contents
  • 9 vocal exploration warm-ups with high-low, low-high, and same contours, plus create-your-own options
  • Match It, a game where students match what they hear to the contour on the screen
  • 9 practice slides with four-beat pentatonic patterns, plus 2 two-part challenges
  • Composition prompts for vocal explorations and for composing with the printable cards
  • Drag-and-drop Google Slides where students compose by moving pitches and rhythms
  • Printable do, re, mi, so, and la composing cards, in color (to match colored bells and tubes) and in black and white
  • Half-page printable worksheets

Formats

  • PDF
  • Google Slides: A link is included in your download and lets you add your own copy to Google Drive.

Ways to use it

  • A composition unit after students learn the full pentatonic scale
  • Partner work, where students share their compositions with each other
  • Two-group practice, with one group singing the patterns from the beginning while the other starts from the end
  • Play the colored cards on Boomwhackers™ or colored bells
  • To practice reading pentatonic patterns before composing, pair it with Snowball Pitches: Pentatonic.

Standards (NCAS)

  • Creating: Anchor Standard 1 (generate and conceptualize artistic ideas)
  • Creating: Anchor Standard 2 (organize and develop artistic ideas and work)
  • Performing: Anchor Standard 4 (select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation)

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109 reviews for Composing in Pentatonic: a guided music composition activity – music composition

  1. Suzanne R. –

    Composing – always looking for fresh ideas. Thanks for the help with this. Love it!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks for the great feedback!

  2. Tweet Resources –

    This is one of the best purchases I have ever made on TpT for my music class. I used this package so many times, in so many ways- with so many grades! I just love that you color coded it for Boomwhackers, I cannot tell you how easy that has made my job! And my youngest students just loved the vocal activities. Thank you so much! Kind Regards, Chrystine

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      This is by far one of the best compliments I’ve received thus far! I’m thrilled you’re getting so much use out of my creation! Thank you 🙂

  3. Melinda M. –

    these have been so helpful to my students! Thanks

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome 🙂

  4. Gay G. –

    This really helped me with my composing component of the curriculum. Thanks.

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      You’re welcome! I’ve been using this this week to review the pentatonic scale with my 3rd graders and as a composition activity for my 2nd graders 🙂

  5. Meryl G. –

    Love Pentatonic!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks 🙂

  6. Carol M. –

    I love the progression in this bundle. It can be used to teach so many different concepts and from different angles and using different strategies. EXCELLENT!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you!

  7. Kari O. –

    well made! very useful and kid-friendly!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you! If you have suggestions for a product you would like to see in my store in the future, please email me at theylbrickroad@gmail.com 🙂

  8. Linda S. –

    Thanks for the great lesson ideas!

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thank you for the purchase and the compliment 🙂

  9. Sara B. –

    Another activity to add to the creating strand in music class

    • Yellow Brick Road Music –

      Thanks for the feedback 🙂

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