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Level 3 Patterns

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Learning to Listen Tuning into Music

There are 16 ‘Patterns’ Tracks. These are meant for children and adults with profound learning difficulties, to help them get to grips with patterns in sound – with repetition and regular change. Perceiving patterns enables us to make sense of the world, to remember what has happened and to anticipate what is coming next.

First there are patterns made up of sounds that occur naturally in everyday life (Tracks 1–5).

Patterns: Track 1 – Water dripping

Patterns: Track 2 – Clocks ticking

Patterns: Track 3 – Footsteps

Patterns: Track 4 – Laughing

Patterns: Track 5 – Simple birdsong

Then there are digital everyday sounds (Tracks 6–8).

Patterns: Track 6 – Repeated chimes

Patterns: Track 7 – Electronic beeping

Patterns: Track 8 – Submarine sonar

And finally the simplest forms of pattern that occur in music: repeated notes and short fragments of melody that move up or down (Tracks 9–16).

Patterns: Track 9 – Two notes the same

Patterns: Track 10 – Three notes the same

Patterns: Track 11 – Four notes the same

Patterns: Track 12 – Walking down a scale

Patterns: Track 13 – Walking up a scale

Patterns: Track 14 – Jumping down a scale

Patterns: Track 15 – Jumping up a scale

Patterns: Track 16 – Rocking on two notes

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