1. Year 7 Music
Keyboard Skills
Term 2

2. What is an Interval/Octave? What is a Stave?
Key Questions:
What is an Interval/Octave?
What is a Stave?
What is the pattern of notes on the keyboard?
TODAY’S LESSON
Lesson Objective:
Perform right hand melodies in basic position.
Key Words:
Keyboard
White & Black notes
Interval
Octave
Stave
Success Criteria:
B3:
Perform a simple tune and demonstrate co-ordination
B4:
Perform a simple tune with reasonable fluency and accuracy
I know some notes on the musical stave
I know the notes on the keyboard with the aid of a guide
Pupils to work their way through the Keyboard Skills card this term. At teacher discretion, some of the pieces can be used to perform as a whole class ensemble.
Start each lesson with a video of performance by the pianist Jarrod Radnich and discuss the techniques used to give a realistic performance.

3. What is AN INTERVAL?

4. The space between two notes
What is AN INTERVAL?
The space between two notes

5. What is AN OCTAVE?

6. The space between two notes of the same name
What is AN OCTAVE?
The space between two notes of the same name

7. What IS THE PATTERN OF NOTES ON THE KEYBOARD?

8. What IS THE PATTERN OF NOTES ON THE KEYBOARD?
Group of 2, group of 3 black notes etc

9. What IS A STAVE?

10. The 5 lines that music is read from
What IS A STAVE?
The 5 lines that music is read from