Teach without rebuilding resources
Pitch-direction ear-training game, quick whiteboard vote or individual practice linking sound, movement and stave position.
Kidstrument activity family
Skies and Valleys Practice Tool
Pupils hear a root note and a second note, watch the pair appear on the stave and decide whether the pitch travelled higher or lower.
- Activity type
- Core Skill Practice Tools
- Music skills
- Rhythm & Pulse, Pitch & Singing, Reading & Theory, Listening & Appraising
- Included activities
- 1 activity
Classroom value
What this activity helps teachers do
Keep pupils active in the music
Listen to both notes, compare the second with the root, choose Higher or Lower, observe the notated answer and retry at a harder level.
Use a clear teaching route
Trace the direction with a hand before pupils vote, establish the first note as the reference, and sing the pair back after feedback to reinforce the interval's contour.
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- Skies and Valleys
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