Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

It's Mrs. Steele again, and I've got another great music lesson for us today.

Today, we're going to be learning about building texture with a rhythmic ostinato.

But before we begin, there are some listening examples that don't feature in today's video, so you're going to need to take a moment to find those before we begin.

There's a teacher guidance slide at the beginning of the slide deck, and there you'll find all of the information that you need to do this.

Press pause now to find those listening examples, if you haven't already done so, and I'll see you in a sec.

Okay, now that you're ready, let's begin.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to play a rhythmic ostinato and chant at the same time.

Here are the keywords that we'll need in our learning today.

Rhythm: the pattern of sounds that we play and sing.

Ostinato: a repeating musical pattern, which can be rhythmic or melodic.

Texture: the combination of different layers of sounds.

Beat: the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock.

And stick notation: a way of writing music down.

We know that before each music lesson, it's important to warm up our bodies, voices and minds.

Join in with these whole body warmups so that you're ready for singing.

♪ Ready, chickens ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, one, two ♪ ♪ One, two, one, two ♪ ♪ One, one, one, one ♪ ♪ Warmup chicken ♪ ♪ Ready, chickens ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, one, two ♪ ♪ One, two, one, two ♪ ♪ One, one, one, one ♪ ♪ Warmup chicken ♪ <v ->Now we are going to warm up our faces</v> by chewing a toffee.

Find yours.

Mine's in my pocket right here, and it's this big, and when we put it in our mouth, we're going to begin to chew.

Let's all do it together.

It's quite tough.

Mm, it's getting a bit softer.

Doing some really good chewing.

Oh, no, it's stuck to my teeth at the back.

I'll have to use my tongue.

And the other bit, mm.

Really big chewing now.

And now we're going to do something horrible and chew with our mouth open.

Don't tell the folks at home.

Mm, delicious.

We'll begin by breathing.

We'll breathe in for four, hold for one, and out for five.

Watch first.

You'll notice we breathe in through our nose and out through our mouth.

Let's now join in all together.

Well done.

We're going to do that two more times.

Here we go.

Make sure we're feeling nice and relaxed and.

That's great.

We should be feeling quite relaxed and the air should be flowing quite calmly.

This time, we're going to breathe in for four, hold for one, and we're going to breathe out for six imagining we're blowing out through a straw.

Watch first.

Okay, let's all do that together.

Feeling relaxed, shoulders relaxed.

Off we go.

Let's do that two more times.

And one more.

Well done.

<v ->Join in with my voice and follow my finger.

</v> ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Mm ♪ ♪ Mm ♪ Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously; For nobody's toeses are posies of roses, as Moses supposes his toeses to be.

<v ->These songs and chants will help us to warm up gently</v> and help us to get our voices focused and ready to learn.

Let's start with "Boom Chicka Boom.

" Here comes the video.

I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka, rocka chicka rocka chicka boom.

Ah-ha.

Ee-hee.

One more time.

In a squeaky voice.

I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom.

Ah-ha.

Ee-hee.

One more time, low and strong.

I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom.

Ah-ha.

Ee-hee.

One more time, just a whisper.

I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom.

Ah-ha.

Ee-hee.

Next, join in with "A Ram Sam Sam.

" You can choose whether you use the audio button here or the video button for the actions.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ A-ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ A-ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ Gulli gulli gulli gulli gulli ♪ ♪ Ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ A-ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ A-ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ Gulli gulli gulli gulli gulli ♪ ♪ Ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ A ra-vi ♪ ♪ A ra-vi ♪ ♪ Gulli gulli gulli gulli gulli ♪ ♪ Ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ A ra-vi ♪ ♪ A ra-vi ♪ ♪ Gulli gulli gulli gulli gulli ♪ ♪ Ram-sam-sam ♪ <v ->And finally, let's join in with "I Have a Car.

"</v> You can do this the audio button, or join in with the video.

♪ I have a car, it's made of tin ♪ ♪ Nobody knows what shape it's in ♪ ♪ It has four wheels and a rumble seat ♪ ♪ Hear us chugging down the street ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Toot, crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Toot, crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Toot, crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk ♪ ♪ I have a car, it's made of tin ♪ ♪ Nobody knows what shape it's in ♪ ♪ It has four wheels and a rumble seat ♪ ♪ Hear us chugging down the street ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Toot, crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Toot, crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk, rattle, rattle ♪ ♪ Toot, crash, beep, beep ♪ ♪ Honk, honk ♪ Are you ready to sing?

Check that your throat feel warm, your muscles feel relaxed and are you concentrating and ready to learn.

Great.

Let's go.

We're going to begin by introducing ostinato.

Join in with "Up the Ladder, Down the Ladder.

" Repeat this body percussion pattern throughout.

♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one, the ladder ♪ Here comes the video.

Join in.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one, the ladder ♪ ♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one, the ladder ♪ ♪ My name is Jacob ♪ ♪ Your name is Jacob ♪ ♪ My name is Jun ♪ ♪ Your name is Jun ♪ ♪ My name is Izzy ♪ ♪ Your name is Izzy ♪ ♪ My name is Lucas ♪ ♪ Your name is Lucas ♪ ♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one, the ladder ♪ ♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one, the ladder ♪ ♪ My name is Laura ♪ ♪ Your name is Laura ♪ ♪ My name is Aisha ♪ ♪ Your name is Aisha ♪ ♪ My name is Sofia ♪ ♪ Your name is Sofia ♪ ♪ My name is Sam ♪ ♪ Your name is Sam ♪ ♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one, the ladder ♪ ♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one ♪ <v ->We can often find patterns in music.

</v> We can find patterns in the lyrics of a song, the structure of the music, or patterns in the rhythm or melody.

When we hear patterns in a piece of music, it can make the music more memorable.

Here's an example of a musical pattern.

This pattern comes from a piece of music called "Bolero" by French composer Maurice Ravel.

A bolero is a type of Spanish dance.

Watch the video.

<v ->Hi, my name's Faith.

</v> I'm going to be playing the snare drum and I'm going to be playing "Bolero" by Ravel.

<v ->Now let's watch and listen again.

</v> This time try tapping the musical pattern.

Here comes the video one more time.

This snare drum pattern is repeated over and over again throughout the whole 15 minute piece.

A repeating pattern in music is called an ostinato.

It's time to press pause and find your first listening example, the beginning of "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel.

Can you hear the ostinato played on the snare drum?

Press pause to find and listen to this listening example.

We're going to listen again to Bolero, but this time let's try to capture some of our ideas.

As you listen again, write down some descriptive words or you could draw a picture on a whiteboard as you listen.

Think about how the music makes you feel.

What picture or story do you imagine the music is telling?

You could write or draw about this or both.

How does the repeating ostinato add interest to the music?

And finally, think about if you could describe the music with a color, what color do you think it would be?

Press pause to find and listen to "Bolero" one more time.

And this time, capture your ideas on some paper or a whiteboard.

Hello again.

How did you get on?

It's time to share your thoughts, so you could press pause here and talk about that together where you are.

Here are some of our Oak friends' ideas.

Aisha noticed that the music felt strong and soft at the same time, and Alex imagined more and more dancers coming onto a stage.

I wonder if you imagined something similar.

Sam could see the color orange as she listened.

What about you?

And Lucas noticed that the ostinato sounded like marching.

Jun liked hearing the ostinato.

It helped him to feel the music.

I wonder what your ideas were.

And ostinato can be rhythmic or melodic.

This means that it can be made up of just a rhythm or it can have a melody or tune.

The ostinato in "Bolero" is rhythmic.

And ostinato can be played using body percussion or instruments, or it can be sung or chanted.

The ostinato in "Bolero" is played on a snare drum.

It's time for a check-in with our learning so far.

Can you remember what an ostinato is?

Is it A: a repeating musical pattern, B: a type of percussion instrument, or C: the way the music is organized?

Press pause to choose your answer.

Could you remember?

An ostinato is a repeating musical pattern.

Well done if you remembered that.

Here's an example of another ostinato in a song, "Tideo.

This one's a rhythmic ostinato too, because it's a rhythm played on unpitched percussion.

It has the same rhythm as "jingle at the window.

" Have a listen.

♪ Ready, steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Pass one window, tideo ♪ ♪ Pass two windows, tideo ♪ ♪ Pass three windows, tideo ♪ ♪ Jingle at the window, tideo ♪ ♪ Tideo, tideo ♪ ♪ Jingle at the window, tideo ♪ ♪ Tideo, tideo ♪ ♪ Jingle at the window, tideo ♪ ♪ Pass one window, tideo ♪ ♪ Pass two windows, tideo ♪ ♪ Pass three windows, tideo ♪ ♪ Jingle at the window, tideo ♪ ♪ Tideo, tideo ♪ ♪ Jingle at the window, tideo ♪ ♪ Tideo, tideo ♪ ♪ Jingle at the window, tideo ♪ Our song "Tideo" can be performed in two groups, with group one singing and group two playing the ostinato, and this will create two layers of sound.

When we combine different layers of sound, we create musical texture.

It's time for another quick check-in.

Can you complete this sentence?

We can create musical texture by combining different- of sound.

What's the missing word?

Press pause to decide.

Here comes the answer.

We can create musical texture by combining different layers of sound.

Well done if you remembered that word.

Great understanding about texture.

Now it's your turn to try singing "Tideo" in two groups.

You can use body percussion or unpitched percussion, such as claves to play the ostinato.

Remember, when you've finished to swap groups.

You can use the audio button to help you do this.

Press pause to try that musical challenge where you are, and play "Tideo" in two groups.

Hi again, musicians.

How did it go?

Did both groups stay together, keeping a steady pulse and tempo?

Well done if you did.

That's tricky.

Did you play the ostinato correctly using your thinking voice to help you stay in time?

And were you able to sing confidently as the ostinato was played?

Well done, everyone.

Now we're going to try playing a rhythmic ostinato.

Let's look at a new chant and game.

It's called "Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo.

" The chant only has three words.

And you repeat them over and again, keeping a steady pulse.

Here we can see how the words of this chant fit into four beats, like this.

♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ Have a go at saying the chant again, tapping your knees on each beat.

Repeat the chant over and over, choosing a new action each time.

It might look something like this.

♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ And so on.

Press pause to try the Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo chant with your body percussion actions.

Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo is a chant and game from the Philippines.

Watch this video to see how the game is played.

Notice how the leader creates a new action each time the chant is repeated, and the players keep a steady pulse as they perform their actions on the beat.

Here comes the video to show you the game.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ <v ->Now it's your turn to play the game.

</v> You could play it with a partner, in a small group or as one large group.

Press pause now to play the game Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo.

You could use the audio to help you if you'd like to.

See you soon.

Hello again.

Now let's try clapping the rhythm of the words of our chant using syllables.

Pay close attention to how the syllables fit into each beat.

It's my turn first, then it's your turn.

♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ The word sagidi has three syllables in one beat.

The first two sounds are shorter than the third.

We can write the rhythm using stick notation.

It looks like this.

Sa-gi-di.

Sa-gi-di.

The rhythm is made up of three sounds where the first two sounds are shorter than the third, and we call this rhythm takadi.

Have a go at clapping and saying the rhythm following the stick notation.

It's my turn first, then it's your turn.

♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ Press pause to practice that together where you are.

Just like we did with "Tideo," we can build texture in our chant by adding an ostinato.

We can create an ostinato using some rhythms from our chant.

We can use ta, tadi, and takadi.

This ostinato uses ta and tadi.

It goes like this.

♪ Ta ta tadi ta ♪ ♪ Ta ta tadi ta ♪ Press pause to practice clapping that rhythm following the stick notation.

To make a rhythmic ostinato, clap a rhythm over and over again, like this one.

♪ Ta ta tadi ta ♪ ♪ Ta ta tadi ta ♪ ♪ Ta ta tadi ta ♪ And so on and so on.

Try playing the ostinato on an unpitched percussion instrument, such as claves.

Press pause to try that challenge where you are.

We can layer this new ostinato pattern under the Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo chant to create a thicker texture.

We've got the chant here as our first layer, but when we add the ostinato, there are now two layers of sound.

Let's check in again with our learning so far.

Which of the following is an example of musical texture?

Is it A: two different instruments playing at the same time, B: a singer who is also playing an instrument, C: two groups of singers singing at the same time, or D: all of the above?

Which of those do you think is an example of musical texture or do you think it's all of them?

Press pause now to decide which one you think is correct.

Here comes the answer.

All of those are examples of musical texture.

Well done if you spotted that.

Great understanding, everyone.

Have a practice chanting Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo and playing the ostinato pattern at the same time.

Say the chant as you play the ostinato pattern.

Have a go at repeating it four times, keeping a steady pulse throughout.

Doing both things at the same time can take a bit of practice, so press pause and practice that together.

Good luck.

I wonder how you practiced in order to be successful.

Andeep says, "First, I practiced the ostinato on its own, and then I tried saying the chant at the same time.

" That's a great technique.

Laura says she practiced with a partner first and we took turns playing the ostinato.

That's a great idea too.

I wonder if any of you did that.

And Sofia remembered to keep a steady pulse as she chanted and played.

Well done if you did any of those things, or perhaps something different to help you practice successfully.

We've reached the end of our lesson together today, so let's take a moment to think about everything that we've been learning.

We know that an ostinato is a short, repeating musical pattern.

It can be rhythmic or melodic.

An ostinato is memorable and can add interest to a piece of music.

And we know that when we perform an ostinato, we can create musical texture.

That's exactly what we did today.

Musical texture describes the different layers that are happening at the same time in a piece of music.

And finally, we know that takadi is a rhythm where there are three sounds within one beat, and the first two sounds are shorter than the third.

Fantastic music making today, everyone.

I can't wait to see you again soon.

Bye.