Lesson video

Hi everyone.

I'm Ms Boyd, and I'll be your music teacher today.

In this lesson, we are going to learn how to follow the pitch of a piece of music.

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to sing at different pitches, you'll be able to follow the pitch of a song with your hands, and you'll be able to follow the pitch of a piece of music.

But before we get started, should we begin with a Hello Song? ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Hello hello ♪ ♪ It's good to see you ♪ ♪ Hello hello ♪ ♪ It's good to see you ♪ ♪ I must say ♪ ♪ You've made my day ♪ ♪ Hello hello hello ♪ So, how do you follow the pitch? Now to get us warmed up, we are going to play a game called Do Re Mi.

All you need to do is switch on your singing voice and copy me.

Are you ready? ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Do do do ♪ Your turn.

♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Re re re ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Mi mi mi ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Re re re ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Do do do ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ Well done.

Now these-- These hand signs just represent the pitch of the music going lower, higher and higher, and lower and lower.

So I want you to have a go at practising moving your hands for those different pitches.

Are you ready? I'm going to sing a pattern and I want you to copy it back.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Do do re ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Do do re mi ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Do do re mi ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Do do do ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ Well done.

Let's make it a bit harder.

Are you ready? ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Do do mi mi ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Mi re do ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Mi re re re ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Do do do ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Do re mi ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Mi re do ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ Well done.

I think we're nice and warmed up for our next activity.

For the next few activities, we are going to practise following the pitch of a piece of music.

Now, you don't need to understand all of the notes on the page.

All you need to do, is follow the pitch of the music just like you did for Do Re Mi.

The first time, let us just sing it through together.

Are you ready? ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Cobbler cobbler mend my shoe ♪ ♪ Get it done by half-past two ♪ ♪ Half-past two is much too late ♪ ♪ Get it done by half-past eight ♪ Great singing.

Should we try that again just so that you've got the tune? ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Cobbler cobbler mend my shoe ♪ ♪ Get it done by half-past two ♪ ♪ Half-past two is much too late ♪ ♪ Get it done by half-past eight ♪ Great singing.

Now we're going to have a go following this music again.

But this time we're going to use our Do, Re, Mi hand signs to follow the pitch of the music.

Let's have a go.

This song actually starts here.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Cobbler cobbler mend my shoe ♪ ♪ Get it done by a half-past two ♪ ♪ Half-past two is much too late ♪ ♪ Get it done by a half-past eight ♪ Well done.

It's not that tricky, is it? Should we have another go? Just a little bit faster.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Cobbler cobbler mend my shoe ♪ ♪ Get it done by a half-past two ♪ ♪ Half-past two is much too late ♪ ♪ Get it done by a half-past eight ♪ Well done.

Would you like to have a go singing that song by yourself? Great.

Don't forget to use your hand signs.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ Excellent.

This time let's get really loud and really clear with those hand signs.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ Now, let's try the same thing with a different piece of music.

The first time, we'll sing together, the second time, we'll use our hand signs, and the third time, you can have it go singing it all by yourself.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ One a penny two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns.

♪ Excellent.

Shall we sing that again just so we've got the melody right? ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ One a penny two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ Excellent.

Okay.

Let's try this time with our hand signs.

The pitch of this song starts here.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ One a penny two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ Great work.

Should we try again? ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross bun ♪ ♪ One a penny two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ Great work.

Okay.

Have a go singing that by yourself showing us the pitch by using your hand signs.

♪ Off you go ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ Great.

And again.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ Well done.

I hope you've realised it's not that hard to follow the pitch of a piece of music, is it? Here's one more song for us to practise with, Mary had a little lamb.

Let's sing it through together first.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ Little lamb ♪ ♪ Little lamb ♪ ♪ Mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ It's fleece was white as snow ♪ Now there's something different about this song compared to the other two we just sang.

Halfway through the song, there's a note that goes higher than our Do Re Mi pitch.

It goes even higher.

So for that extra note we're just going to do another level like this, okay.

So we've got here, here, here, here to show the high and low pitches of this song.

Let's have a go together.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ Little lamb ♪ ♪ Little lamb ♪ There it is, that extra high notes.

We're just going to use this sign to show that we're going even higher.

Let's start again.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Mary had a little ♪ ♪ Little lamb ♪ ♪ Little lamb ♪ ♪ Mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ It's fleece was white as snow ♪ Well done.

Should we try that again? ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ Little lamb ♪ ♪ Little lamb ♪ ♪ Mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ It's fleece was white as snow ♪ Well done.

Would you like to have a go by yourself? ♪ Off you go ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ ♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪ That's the end of our lesson today, and you've done really well.

You've learned how to sing at different pitches, you've learned how to follow the pitch of a song with your hands, and, you've learned how to follow the pitch of a piece of music.

Great work.

But before we go, we have to say goodbye properly with our goodbye song.

Are you ready? ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Goodbye, goodbye ♪ ♪ It's time to go now ♪ ♪ Good bye, goodbye ♪ ♪ It's time to go now ♪ ♪ I must say ♪ ♪ You've made my day ♪ ♪ Goodbye ♪ ♪ Goodbye ♪ ♪ Goodbye ♪ If you'd like to share some of the music we've made together today, feel free to ask your parent or carer to share your work on social media.