La Basque - Beat Copying Game

British English CC

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

When music is in 4-time, the beat pattern feels:

Match the words of the first line of 'London Bridge' with the correct beat number.

Sing 'Double Double'. How many pitches are there?

When singing with others we should not ...

the regular, steady heartbeat of the music

Which two of the following options can help us feel the pulse as we sing?

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

Lesson outcome