Perfect Pitch Development (PPD) | First Semester Curriculum

Perfect Pitch Development (PPD) curriculum for Level 1.

PPD – Level 1 Curriculum (Semester 1: Weeks 1–8)

Tone Range: C–E  

Daily Focus Areas:

- Vocal Pitch Matching  

- Instrumental Tone Familiarization  

- Visual-Pitch Association  

- Echo Singing & Listening  

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Week 1 – Focus Pitch: Middle C

-Day 1: Introduce Middle C (voice & piano), show red circle card, echo tone  

-Day 2: Sing “Twinkle Twinkle” from Middle C; tone bar play  

-Day 3: Bell tapping (C); pitch ladder: “C is low”  

-Day 4: Listening session: Solo piano pieces in C major  

Week 2 – Focus Pitch: D

- Day 1: Introduce D (voice & piano), yellow star visual  

- Day 2: “Rain Rain Go Away” from D; call-and-response  

- Day 3: Tone bar tapping (D); compare C vs D  

- Day 4: Listening session: short melody walk C-D-C  

Week 3 – Review: C & D

- Day 1: Mixed echo singing C vs D  

- Day 2: Color sort tones (red vs yellow)  

- Day 3: Play “tone ladder” game: low C to D  

- Day 4: “Name That Pitch” game with flashcards

Week 4 – Focus Pitch: E

- Day 1: Introduce E; green triangle visual  

- Day 2: Sing “Are You Sleeping?” from E  

- Day 3: Bell and vocal E tapping; echo sing C-D-E  

- Day 4: Listening session: melody C-D-E-E  

Week 5 – Review: C, D, E

- Day 1: Identify tones by ear  

- Day 2: Sing “C-D-E” warm-up  

- Day 3: Play tones on xylophone with matching flashcards  

- Day 4: Free play with tone bars  

Week 6 – Focus Pitch Contrast: C vs E

- Day 1: C-E comparison; up vs down pitch  

- Day 2: Echo “C-C-E-E” patterns  

- Day 3: Color tone game: red vs green  

- Day 4: Listening: jump-tone melodies  

Week 7 – Integration: C-D-E Song Building

- Day 1: Construct short 3-note songs  

- Day 2: Sing along with piano accompaniment  

- Day 3: Children try tones on instrument  

- Day 4: “Sing the Missing Note” game  

Week 8 – Assessment & Reinforcement

- Day 1: Call-and-echo mixed tones  

- Day 2: Point-to-pitch flashcard game  

- Day 3: Children choose correct bell/tone when note is heard  

- Day 4: Free musical play and recap  


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