1. Scottish Music
Composing

2. Lesson 12
Name these notes:

3. The Pentatonic Scale
The PENTATONIC SCALE has five notes – in the same way as a PENTAGON has five sides, and a PENTATHLON has five events.
The PENTATONIC SCALE is used in lots of Scottish melodies.

4. Notes for the Pentatonic ScaleD E G A
Auld Lang Syne was written using the Pentatonic Scale

5. Task You are going to compose your own piece of Scottish Music
This will be in the style of a Scottish Waltz
You will write for up to 3 different parts
Once complete you may have the chance to input your composition to sibelius!

6. Scottish Dances There are lots of different types of Scottish Dances;
You are going to compose a Waltz!
Think carefully,
can you name any?
Reel
March
Waltz

7. What Is The Difference? The difference between a Waltz and a Reel is:
A Waltz has 3 beats in the bar and sounds slow and stately
A Reel has 4 beats in the bar and sounds fast and lively

8. Let’s learn this Waltz rhythm
Time Signature
Let’s learn this Waltz rhythm

9. Time To Practise First of all put your right hand thumb on Middle C
Then practise playing the scale ASCENDING
Now practise playing the scale DESCENDING
Listen carefully to how it sounds

10. Let’s Compose!
Revise the rhythm of the Waltz – make sure you can clap it
On your keyboard, experiment playing the notes of the pentatonic scale in time with the rhythm you have chosen
You can play the notes in any order and you can repeat notes – just listen until you play something that you like
When you have decided on something that you like, write it down!
Your teacher will help
you with this!

11. Lesson 13
Add time signatures to the following 3 passages and write the letter names underneath:

12. Lesson 14
Can you tell if the following passages are ASCENDING or DESCENDING?

13. Lesson 15
Can you tell if the following passages are moving by STEP or by LEAP?

14. Lesson 16
Complete the evaluation at the back of your workbook.