Melody & Pitch
📋 What it is
Pitch is how high or low a note sounds; a melody is a memorable series of pitches — the tune.
🗣️ Coach says
PITCH is how high or low a note is (a bird = high, a drum = low). A MELODY is a line of pitches you can sing — the "tune" you hum. Melodies move up, down, or stay the same, and that shape is what makes a tune memorable.
🧠 Memory hook
Pitch = high/low. Melody = a line of pitches (the tune). Its up/down SHAPE makes it memorable.
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What do you call a cow that plays an instrument?
A moo-sician!
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You can recognise a familiar tune from just its shape of ups and downs — even played on a totally different instrument.
✅ Quick check: What is a "melody" in music?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
A memorable series of pitches (notes) in a row — the tune you can sing or hum.
A melody is a horizontal sequence of pitches; its contour is what we remember as the tune.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Hum a tune you know — does it go up, down, or stay level at the start? Notice its shape.