meloktaLearning goal
Finds the A, B and high C bars, plays the C to high C row (8 notes) in order, and explains that low C and high C share the same name.
Topic
We’re climbing to the very top of the staircase: A, B and high C!
Prior knowledge
Can find the five bars from C to G.
Teacher note
High C is one octave above low C: the same name, a shorter bar, a higher sound. Have students play the two Cs one after the other and listen for what they have in common. These steps complete the row; students can play the whole row once slowly and once at normal speed.
Lesson steps
- A is to the right of G.
- Then B.
- The shortest bar: high C! It has the same name as low C.
- Climb to the top: G, A, B, C.
- The whole staircase: eight bars, from low C to high C.
- Mixed up: strike the bar whose name you see.