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Colourful melodies

Learning objects Colourful melodies

TLF ID M025759

This resource explores making and organising sounds to compose a simple musical composition. Through making a rainbow water xylophone, students will learn how sound waves travel and how different pitches are produced.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource addresses the NSW Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus outcomes: Music MUS1.2: Explores, creates, selects and organises sound in simple structures. MUS2.2: Improvises musical phrases, organises sounds and explains reasons for choices. MUS3.2: Improvises, experiments, selects, combines and orders sound using musical concepts.
Year level

1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6

Topics Musical notation Sound Music Pitch (Music) Audience participation Audiences Rhythm (Music) Music structure Composing (Music) Music performance Tempo Dynamics (Music) Musical elements Pitch (Sound) Xylophones Improvisation (Music) Ear training
Learning area
  • The Arts
  • Music

Other details

Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of New South Wales, Department of Education.