Creating Music with Solfa Notation Values Primary 5 (Basic 5) – Cultural and Creative Arts
CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS
FIRST TERM
WEEK 3 – CREATING MUSIC
WEEK 4 – SOLFA NOTATION VALUE
PRIMARY 5
THEME – MUSIC
PREVIOUS LESSON – ARTS – MEANING AND ORIGIN Primary 5 (Basic 5) – Cultural and Creative Arts
TOPIC – CREATING MUSIC AND SOLFA NOTATION VALUES
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson,most of the the pupils should have attained the following objectives –
1. write values of solfa names.
2. formulation of poems.
3. set words to solfa notation.
4. clap rhythm of the phrase set to music.
5. play music.
ENTRY BEHAVIOUR
Singing and listening to music
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of Manuscript, Pencil, Eraser, Ruler
METHOD OF TEACHING
Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.
Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons.
REFERENCE MATERIALS
Scheme of Work
9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum
Course Book
All Relevant Material
Online Information
CONTENT OF THE LESSON
INTRODUCTION
MUSIC VALUES
Music notation is a system of signs used to represent music sounds.
There are two – staff notation and sol-fa notation.
STAFF NOTATION
Staff notation has seven notes. They are often written on the staff.
SOLFA NOTATION
Sol-fa notation is music notes that are usually replaced seven notes of staff notation.
It written and abbreviated as,
do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do
d, r, m, f, s, l, t, d
POEM WRITING
John bull my son, I sent you to school
d d r m
s r r m f
f f m m d r t d
Some have food but cannot eat
d d d t l t d
r r m s l r d t
r f m d t r d
d d d d d t d
H I P for the Hip for the hip-po-po
d d d t d r l t d l s
r r r r d r m d s
s l l l l l d r m d r t d
PLAY MUSIC OR SING AND CLAP RHYTHM
IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it,
And you really want to show it,
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
PRESENTATION
To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:
1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;
2. Explains what solfa values means.
Pupil’s Activities – Bar given solfa names.
3. Assists the pupils on how to compose text.
Pupil’s Activities – Compose text to a popular tune.
4. Fixes solfa values.
Pupil’s Activities – Fix the solfa name of the text.
5. Assists the pupils to clap rhythms.
Pupil’s Activities – Clap the rhythm.
6. Plays a phrase.
Pupil’s Activities – Listen to the teachers piano playing.
CONCLUSION
- To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.
- Next Lesson – Drawing – Meaning (Uses and Types of Drawing)
LESSON EVALUATION
Ask pupils to:
1. complete the following in complete phrase d mm f s m…..
2. compose a simple text to music.
3. bar the phrase.
4. clap rhythm.