a sequence of exercises used to prepare the mind, body and voice for singing / playing instruments

the regular, steady heartbeat of the music

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

Rubber Chicken - video

British English CC

Toffee Face warm-up - video

Breathing exercises - video

Vocal warm-up - video

Moses Supposes - tongue twister - audio

I Have a Car - audio

I Have a Car - actions - video

Up the Ladder Down the Ladder - examole video

Alligator rhyme - audio

Alligator with actions - video

Check - how many beats? - audio

Kumala Vista with Drum

Obwisana - audio

Obwisana - one clave - video

Chanting and singing in time

Music

Adding simple instrumental parts to songs and chants

Building texture with a rhythmic ostinato

Playing and singing simultaneously

Rehearsing layers of unpitched accompaniments under a chant

Rehearsing layers of unpitched accompaniments under a song

In this unit, pupils explore texture by adding untuned percussion layers to songs and chants. Using repeated rhythms, pupils will develop their sense of pulse and accuracy of rhythm. They will identify rhythmic ostinati in listening examples and begin to describe texture.

Start with playing: adding percussive layers to build texture in our songs

Which of the following are good ways to warm up for singing?

When we show or play the pulse it is called ...

When we play the beat, we can hear it. The pulse is something we can't always hear, but we can {{}} it.

What is something we should do at the start of each music lesson, before we sing?

creating musical sounds that can be a mixture of high and low notes

the voice we use when we talk to each other

Having a steady __________ helps us keep in time when we sing together.

We can feel the {{}} when we move in time to the music.

Chanting and singing in time

Lesson outcome