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Which subject	Music
What age group	Year or Grade 3
What topic	Flats
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Lesson Introduction: Discovering Flats in Music 🎵

Welcome, young musicians! Today, we are going to embark on a fun adventure into the world of music, where we will learn about a special note that has a flat in front of it. Are you ready? Let’s start our lesson with a musical journey!

🎶 Musical Magic: The Flat Note Adventure

Setting the Scene

Imagine you are a treasure hunter in a magical land filled with musical notes! Each note has its own personality, and today, we're going to meet one very important character: Flat. But wait! Before we meet Flat, let's warm up our ears with a fun game.

🎤 Game: "Musical Simon Says"

Instructions:

1. Gather in a Circle: Stand in a circle to make the game more interactive.
2. Musical Simon: One student will take on the role of "Musical Simon". This person will clap a rhythm or play a note on a simple instrument.
3. Follow the Leader: The rest of the class must listen carefully and repeat the rhythm or note exactly.
4. Introducing Flat: After a few rounds, Simon can say, "Let’s make it a flat note!" and demonstrate how a note sounds when it is played flat (lower in pitch).

Let’s find out how Flat affects our music!

🌟 Meet Flat!

After the game, we will dive deeper into the concept of a flat note. Flat notes are denoted by the symbol "♭", and they lower the pitch of a note by a half step! This means that if we take a note like B and make it flat, we get B♭ (B flat).

Discussion Questions

• Have you heard a flat note in your favourite song?
• Can anyone guess how it might change the way a song sounds?

🎵 Wrap-Up Activity

To close our introduction, let’s create our very own flat note song! We'll brainstorm a few simple melodies, and I will help you add flat notes into them.

Are you excited to learn more about flats and how they can change the music we play? Let’s get started on our musical exploration!