Meaning of Sounds and Music – Basic 1 Cultural & Creative Arts Lesson Note (First Term)

Sound is anything we hear with our ears. It can be loud or soft, and nice or not nice. Music is beautiful, organised sound with rhythm (beat), made when we sing or play instruments. Tonic sol-fa gives special names to music notes: doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah and te.

Behavioural objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

• say what sound is and give examples of sounds
• say what music is
• tell the difference between sound and music
• name the seven tonic sol-fa notes in order
• sing a simple song with sol-fa

What is sound?

• Sound is what we hear.
• Sound can be loud or soft.
• Sound can be nice or not nice.
• We hear sounds with our ears.

Examples of sounds

• Birds singing: tweet, tweet
• Dogs barking: woof, woof
• Cars honking: beep, beep
• Doors banging: bang!
• Rain falling: patter, patter

What is music?

• Music is beautiful sound.
• Music has rhythm (beat).
• We sing or play instruments to make music.
• Music makes us happy.

What is the difference between sound and music?

What is tonic sol-fa?

Tonic sol-fa is a set of special names for music notes.

The tonic sol-fa notes

• d (doh): first note
• r (ray): second note
• m (me): third note
• f (fah): fourth note
• s (soh): fifth note
• l (lah): sixth note
• t (te): seventh note

Simple song with sol-fa

d d s s l l s

Doh doh soh soh lah lah soh

Twinkle twinkle little star

Evaluation

Choose the correct answer.

1. We hear sound with our _____.
   • a) eyes
   • b) ears
   • c) nose
2. Music is _____ sound.
   • a) ugly
   • b) beautiful
   • c) bad
3. The first sol-fa note is _____.
   • a) doh
   • b) ray
   • c) me
4. Music has _____.
   • a) rhythm
   • b) nothing
   • c) smell
5. Birds make _____.
   • a) food
   • b) sound
   • c) houses

Assignment

1. Clap a simple rhythm: clap-clap-pause-clap.
2. Write the sol-fa notes: d, r, m, f, s, l, t.
3. Listen to music at home and tell what you heard.
4. Make a sound with your mouth and tell what it is.