My first five-note song

Learning goal

Learns an original four-bar song in five-finger position in sections and plays it as a whole.

Topic

Your first song is ‘Butterfly’. First piece by piece, then from start to finish!

Prior knowledge

Five fingers in C position and the note names.

Teacher note

Teach the song in two sections, then have students play it all the way through. Finger numbers appear on the keys. At the end, students can make up their own words for the song.

Related lessons

• C–D–E melodies
• An eight-bar melody
• A short right-hand song
• Making my own melody

Related games

• Note Hunter
• Melody Memory
• Complete the Melody