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- Hello, everyone.

Welcome to Lesson Five in this unit, all about syncopation.

In lesson four, we were looking at composing syncopated rhythms, weren't we? Make sure you have done lessons one to four first before completing this lesson.

Today we are going to be looking at Samba music and the syncopated rhythms featured within it.

So get your hands ready and have a look at what you are going to need in this lesson.

In this lesson, you will need your hands, brain and a musical instrument.

Don't worry if you don't have one at home, you could find something lying around.

For example, some pots and pans with a wooden spoon or you could fill up a water bottle with rice to make a shaker.

Just make sure you do up the top tightly.

Go and have a look.

See what you can find now.

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In today's lesson, we are going to perform syncopated rhythms, learn syncopated Samba rhythms, and learn the Samba breaks.

Activity One, performing syncopated rhythms. Let's go over the definition of syncopation.

Rhythm patterns where stress notes are placed off the beat.

Right, we're going to clap some syncopated patterns now as a warmup.

We're going to have a go at two different patterns.

And then what we're going to do is we're going to layer them on top of each other and make a little performance.

Are you ready? I will clap it first.

1, 2, 3, 4.

One and two and three and four.

One and two and three and four.

One and two and three and four.

One and two and three.

And join in! And one and two and three and four.

One and two and three and four.

One and two and three and four.

One and two and three and four.

Well done.

Let's have a go at the second one.

And now for the second rhythm, I will clap it first.

1, 2, 3, 4.

One, two and three, four.

One, two and three, four.

One, two and three, four.

One, two and three, Join in.

One, two and three, four.

One, two and three, four.

One, two and three, four.

One, two and three, four.

Well done.

Should we have a go at layering them now? In the next part of the video, you will see both of the rhythms being clapped at the same time.

What you can do is have a go at one and then rewind the video and have a go at the other one as well.

Okay, let's layer them.

I'm number one.

And the other version of me is number two.

Okay? You choose your pattern, then rewind the video and have another go at the other pattern.

Okay, we'll add them one at a time.

Pattern one, ready? 1, 2, 3, 4.

Number two.

Well done.

Let's recap.

What is it called when lots of rhythms are layered together? Is it, Syncopation, Polyrhythm, Multirhythm or Rhythmoso? Have a think.

When lots of rhythms are layered together, it's called a Polyrhythm.

Well done if you got this right.

Activity three, to learn syncopated Samba rhythms. For the next part of this lesson, you are going to compose your very own rhythm pattern.

It must be syncopated.

So, one of the notes that you use must feature on the end of the beat.

Let's go over the notation you can use once more, just to make sure we understand.

So we have crotchets, one beats.

We have crotchet rest.

That mean a sh for one beat.

We have quavers.

You can have these as single quavers, which are half a beat and joined together, which make a full beat.

The quavers on their own are a great one to use with syncopation and they have rests as well.

Then we have semiquavers.

These are a quarter each and we go teka, teka, teka, teka, teka, teka, teka, teka and a rest.

We're going to be looking at Samba music today.

Samba music traditionally comes from Brazil and you will often see Street Carnivals and parties where these Samba drummers perform.

A lot of the rhythms used in Samba music are syncopated.

Let's have a look at this video and have a listen to some of those rhythms. Remember at the beginning of this lesson, I asked you to look for a musical instrument.

You're going to need it now.

I'm lucky, I've got Samba instruments at home, but if you've made a shaker or you found some pots and pans, well done, if not, you can use your hands.

So I've got four Samba instruments here.

I've got a Surdo.

This is the big bass drum.

Okay? I've also got a ganza.

A ganza is a shaker that is used in Samba music.

I've got a tambourine and I've got an Agogo bell as well.

Okay? And this one is used with a drumstick like this.

Now we're going to learn four rhythms now, and then we're going to layer them on top of each other.

You'll see there's a theme in this lesson.

Now let's have a go at the different rhythms. Number one on the screen is our base.

1, 2, 3, 4.

Tar, tar, tar, tar, join in! One, two, three, four.

On the beat.

Two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Rhythm number two.

Okay, this has got an offbeat feel to it.

For this one, I'm going to choose tambourine.

And this one goes like this.

I like banana, I like banana, I like banana, I like, join in.

I like banana, I like banana, I like banana, I like banana.

Fantastic.

Well done.

Right, next one.

This one is going to go like this.

1, 2, 3, 4.

We love the Samba.

1, 2, 3, 4.

We love the Samba.

1, 2, 3, 4.

We love to join in! 1, 2, 3, 4.

We love the Samba.

1, 2, 3, 4.

We love the Samba.

1, 2, 3, 4.

We love the Samba.

1, 2, 3, 4.

We love the Samba.

Well done.

And the last one, going to use the Ganza now goes like this.

Apple and pear, sh.

Apple and pear, sh.

Apple and pear, sh.

Apple and pear, join in.

Apple and pear, sh.

Apple and pear, sh.

Apple and pear, sh.

Apple and pear, sh.

If you want to rewind the video and have another practise at these rhythms, please feel free.

Or you can carry on and choose your favourite.

And we'll start to layer our Samba piece of music.

Okay, each of these boxes is a different rhythm.

I hope you've chosen your favourite.

There's going to be two rounds in this video so you can try out two patterns.

If you want to do all four, all you have to do is rewind.

I'm pattern one, off we go, ready? One, two, pattern one.

Pattern two.

Pattern three.

Pattern four.

Well done.

Choose a different pattern this time.

We're gonna have another go, okay? Ready? One, two, pattern one.

Pattern two.

Pattern three.

Pattern four.

- Well done! Remember if you'd like to try any more patterns, just rewind now.

Activity four, to learn Samba breaks Well done for having a go at your Samba piece and having a go at the rhythms. Now, what we're going to do is we're going to learn some breaks.

When we watch the Samba video you will notice there was a leader who blew a whistle and we are going to be listening out for a call so we can stop our rhythm and all join in together.

Now the first call will sound like this.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

and you are going to go, Ta, ta, ti, ta.

Okay, so it'll be a my turn, your turn.

You should be doing something different to me so I will go, And you will answer, Ta, ta, sh, ti, ta.

Okay, should we try it? My turn.

ta, ta, sh, ti, ta.

My turn.

ta, ta, sh, ti, ta.

Well done.

We're going to call that break number one and I will blow four whistles and show you the symbol one.

The next one, number two, will sound like this And you are going to answer, Sh.

I'll do it again.

Sh.

Should we have a go? My turn, your turn.

Off I go.

Dum, du, du, dum.

Sh.

Dum, dum.

Yum, bu, bu, bum, bum, bum.

Well done.

Let's learn the final one, the ending.

And I'll do a big cross symbol like this.

And we don't do a call and response idea for this one.

You hear the four whistles and then we both do this pattern in unison.

Unison means the same time and it will go like this.

1, 2, 3, 4.

And you're gonna put your arm in the air to show we've finished.

Okay.

I'll do it again.

1, 2, 3, 4.

Should we try it together? 1, 2, 3, 4.

Sh.

Yeah.

Well done.

One more go.

1, 2, 3, 4.

Sh.

Fantastic.

Next time, we are going to put all of these breaks into our Samba piece.

So if you've enjoyed doing these and you want to finish the performance.

Tune in for lesson six next time.

Well done for completing lesson five.

In today's lesson, we have learned to perform syncopated rhythms, perform syncopated Samba rhythms, and perform the Samba breaks, Goodbye everyone.

I hope you've enjoyed learning all about Samba and syncopated rhythms in this lesson.

Join me next time in lesson six to complete the unit on syncopation and write your very own Samba break for our Samba piece.

Goodbye.

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