JHS3 Creative Arts And Design · Term 2, Week 3
Media and Techniques
Lesson notes
Learning Objectives
Indicator: B9.2.1.2.6 - Create/improvise a melody using (I, VI, IV, V) as the ostinato bass line
By the end of the lesson, learners can:
- Identify and sing the ostinato bass line pattern using solfa syllables (d, l, f, s) corresponding to the I, VI, IV, V chord progression.
- Improvise a simple melody over the I, VI, IV, V ostinato bass line using their voices or available instruments (e.g., recorder, keyboard, xylophone).
- Rehearse their improvised melody in small groups, ensuring that the melody fits harmonically with the ostinato bass line.
- Perform the improvised melody with voice or instrument while other group members maintain the ostinato bass line.
- Assess their own and peers’ performances using simple criteria such as pitch accuracy, rhythm, and how well the melody matches the bass line.
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- Strand
- Creative Arts (Strand 2)
- Sub-strand
- Media and Techniques (2.1)
- Content standard
- B9.2.1.2 - Performing Arts - Music: Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of triads, chord progression and improvisation in music
- Indicator
- B9.2.1.2.6 - Create/improvise a melody using (I, VI, IV, V) as the ostinato bass line
- Suggested placement
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Term 2, Week 3
(Week 15 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
- Curriculum reference
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Creative Arts and Design, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 79
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
1. Rehearse an improvised melody on [d: l: f: s ] ostinato and perform the melody with voice/instrument based on [I, VI, IV and V] chord progression. E.g.,
