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

singing music inside your head, rather than out loud

the up and down movement of pitches in music

La Basque - Beat Copying Game

London Bridge - Singing on beat 3 only

London Bridge - Singing on beat 1 only

London Bridge - Singing with the pencil beat pattern

London Bridge - Pencil beat pattern

London Bridge - AUDIO

Double Double - AUDIO

Double Double - TASK ANSWER

O My Aunt Came Back - Warm Up Game

O My Aunt Came Back - Demonstration

Johnny Caught a Flea - AUDIO

Johnny Caught a Flea - Warm Up Game

Preparing for part work: staying in time and following melodic shape

Music

Preparing for part work: practising songs in rhythm names and solfège

Partner songs and rounds

Rhythmic ostinato and practising rounds

Perform a melodic ostinato

Harmony writing and singing in 2 or 3 parts

This unit celebrates the many ways of singing in harmony, utilising rounds, partner songs, melodic and rhythmic ostinato and counter melody to create layers of sound. Through short examples, pupils discover how pitches can be combined to make pleasing harmonies.

Singing for performance: discovering different ways to sing in harmony

the pattern of sounds that we play and sing

a system of naming pitches so we can recognise patterns by ear (e.g. do re mi)

Bubblegum - AUDIO

Bubblegum - RHYTHM NAME CLAPPING

Double Double - WORDS AND ACTIONS

Double Double - HIGH-MID-LOW

Practising so-mi-do

Double Double - HAND SIGNS

Mystery Song - AUDIO

Up Down Go Stop - Warm Up Game

Johnny Caught a Flea - Wam Up Game

Alabama Gal - AUDIO

Alabama Gal - Warm Up Game

the combination of two or more notes played or sung together, creating a pleasing sound

two songs that fit together when sung at the same time

a song structure where multiple groups sing the same melody, but start at different times

Johnny - BEAT POINTING

Partner Songs - DEMO

Johnny and Alabama - BEAT POINTING

Partner Songs - BACKING TRACK

Bubblegum - RHYTHM NAMES

Bubblegum - CANON

Mystery Song

Digga Digga Dong - Warm Up Game

Digga Digga Dong - AUDIO

a song structure where multiple groups sing the same melody but start at different times

a repeating musical idea created from a rhythmic pattern

a system of naming pitches so we can recognise patterns by ear, e.g. sol mi do

Digga Digga Dong with a rhythm ostinato

Ostinato example: Ta Ta-di Ta-di Ta

Ta-di Ta-di Ta Ta (Clave)

Double Double - 3-part round in solfège

Vaisakhi - Shivani Rattan 

Double Double - solfège and actions

Double Double - 2-part round in solfège

Bubblegum - ROUND

London Bridge - Warm Up Game

Salibonani - Warm Up Game

Salibonani - AUDIO

a repeating musical pattern which can by rhythmic or melodic

vertical lines on a stave that show how the music is organised into groups of strong and weak beats

a system of naming pitches so we can recognise patterns by ear, e.g. so, mi, do

horizontal lines on which musical notes can be placed

Oliver Cromwell - AUDIO

Oliver Cromwell - ALL TOGETHER

Oliver Cromwell - OSTINATO

Oliver Cromwell - LEARN THE SONG

Did You Ever? - AUDIO

Did You Ever? - BEAT

Did You Ever? - OSTINATO

Alabama Gal - SONG ONLY

Double Double - FINGER STAVE

Alabama Gal - OSTINATO ONLY

Alabama Gal - OSTINATO and SONG

Alabama Gal - MISKTAKE

when two or more pitches are played or sung together

lines on which musical notes can be placed

a system of naming pitches so we can recognise patterns by ear, e.g. so, mi and do

Fogo - OSTINATO PRACTISE

Fogo - OSTINATO 3 TIMES

Fogo - GUIDE TRACK

Fogo - HARMONY PATH 2

Fogo - HARMONY PATH 1

3 Songs - GUIDE

Bubblegum - PAIR DEMO

3 - Songs - DEMONSTRATION

Double Bubblegum - PARTNER SONG DEMO

Double / Bubble / Salibonani - THREE SONG DEMONSTRATION

Double Double - SOLFEGE ACTIONS

3 Songs - COUNT IN EXAMPLES

Bubblegum - SONG

O My Aunt Came Back - DEMONSTRATION

Salibonani - WARM UP

O My Aunt Came Back - WARM UP

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