Lesson video

Hello, everyone, my name is Mrs. Steele, and I'm so excited that we're going to be learning together today.

Today's music lesson is all about singing major pentatonic folk songs, and we're going to have so much fun together.

There's lots to do, so let's get started.

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to sing folk songs with accuracy of pitch and pulse.

Let's have a look together at the keywords that will be important in our learning today.

Here they are.

Warm up: a sequence of exercises used to prepare the mind, body, and the voice for singing or playing instruments.

Folk song: a song that originates from a particular country, culture or people that is usually passed down orally.

Pulse: the regular, steady heartbeat of the music.

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

And rhythm: the pattern of sounds that we play and sing.

We're going to begin by warming up so that we're ready to make some music together.

Before every music lesson, it's important that we warm up our minds, our bodies, and our voices, so that we are ready to move and ready to sing.

Before we warm up together, let's check in with our learning so far.

True or false?

Warming up is fun, but we don't need to warm up every time we practice our singing.

Do you think that's true or false?

What do you think?

Here comes the answer.

That's false.

Well done if you remembered that.

Warming up is really important to prevent our voices from injury.

It also helps us to improve many of our music skills, so it's important that we warm up every time we practice our singing.

First, we need to warm up our bodies.

Warming up our bodies helps our singing posture and helps us to stand at ease as we sing.

Join in with these whole-body warmups where you are.

Here comes the video.

(upbeat piano music) (feet stomping) (upbeat piano music) (palms slapping) (upbeat piano music continues) (fists clapping) (upbeat piano music continues) Now let's warm up our faces.

Join in with these face warm-ups.

Here they come.

Let's warm up all the muscles of our faces.

Show me your happy face.

Show me your grumpy face.

Show me your big face.

Show me your small face.

Show me your silly face.

Show me your thinking face.

Now join in with these breathing exercises.

Developing good breath control means we can sing longer phrases safely and musically.

Here comes the video for you to join in.

Are you ready.

(gentle piano music) (all inhaling) (all exhaling) (all inhaling deeply) (all exhaling deeply) (all inhaling deeply) (all exhaling deeply) (all inhaling deeply) (all exhaling deeply) Now let's gently warm and stretch our vocal chords with these vocal warmups.

Here comes the video.

<v ->Echo my singing.

</v> ♪ New ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ New ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ New-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ Nay ay-ay ♪ ♪ Nay ay-ay ♪ ♪ Nay-ay-ay ay-ay ♪ ♪ Me-ee-ee ♪ ♪ Me-ee-ee ♪ ♪ Me-ee-ee-ee-ee ♪ ♪ Moo-ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ Moo-ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ Moo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪ ♪ May-ay-ay ♪ ♪ May-ay-ay ♪ ♪ May-ay-ay-ay-ay ♪ <v ->Now it's time to warm up our mouths</v> to help improve our articulation.

Join in with this tricky tongue twister.

Here comes the video Copy this tricky tongue twister.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Let's take a moment to think about how we know that we are warmed up and ready to sing.

You are warmed up and ready to sing when: your body feels awake and muscles feel relaxed; when our breathing is controlled and our chest feels open; we feel alert and focused and our mouth feels loose and our voice feels warm and ready.

Great warming up, everyone.

It's time for another check-in with our learning.

Listen carefully to two of our Oak friends here.

Then decide who you agree with more.

Jacob says, "Warming up is important.

It's an opportunity to practice our musical skills as well as gently warming up our voice safely, to help prevent injury.

And Aisha says, "Warming up is important.

We should warm up if we have time, as it helps protect our voice from injury.

But we only really need to do this before a performance.

Pause now to decide who you agree with more.

I wonder what you decided.

Here comes the answer.

I definitely agree with Jacob more.

Warming up is very important.

It helps us to practice our musical skills as well as making sure that we can sing safely and avoid injury.

Well done if you remembered that.

Great understanding.

Let's listen together to this echo song.

It's called "Tongo," and it's a folk song that most likely comes from the Solomon Islands.

The word Tongo means "mangrove.

" Here comes the music.

(upbeat percussive music) ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oo a lay ♪ ♪ Oo a lay ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oo a lay ♪ ♪ Oo a lay ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ <v ->Have a listen to "Tongo" again now.

</v> Now, this time join in and sing the echo softly.

Here comes the music again.

<v ->Join in the echoes with me.

</v> (upbeat percussive music) ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oo a lay ♪ ♪ Oo a lay ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oo a lay ♪ ♪ Oo a lay ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ <v ->So are you warmed up and ready to sing?

</v> Remember that you are warmed up when: Your voice feels warm and stretched.

You are standing with feet slightly apart, your chest open and your body relaxed.

You can speak and sing really clearly and you feel ready to learn.

Now we're going to be feeling the pulse and following the beat.

Let's sing another folk song together.

Now this one's called "Ame Ame" and it's from Japan.

It's about how much fun we can have playing in the rain.

Here comes the music.

(bright piano music) ♪ Ame ame fure fure ♪ ♪ Kaasan ga ♪ ♪ Janome de o-mukae ♪ ♪ Ureshii na ♪ ♪ Pichi pichi ♪ ♪ Chappu chappu ♪ ♪ Ran ran ran ♪ ♪ Ame ame fure fure ♪ ♪ Kaasan ga ♪ ♪ Janome de o-mukae ♪ ♪ Ureshii na ♪ ♪ Pichi pichi ♪ ♪ Chappu chappu ♪ ♪ Ran ran ran ♪ <v ->Listen again to "Ame Ame.

"</v> This time join in with the syllables of the raindrops, creating actions on the beat to help you to follow the lyrics.

Here comes the music again.

(bright piano music) ♪ Ame ame fure fure ♪ ♪ Kaasan ga ♪ ♪ Janome de o-mukae ♪ ♪ Ureshii na ♪ ♪ Pichi pichi ♪ ♪ Chappu chappu ♪ ♪ Ran ran ran ♪ ♪ Ame ame fure fure ♪ ♪ Kaasan ga ♪ ♪ Janome de o-mukae ♪ ♪ Ureshii na ♪ ♪ Pichi pichi ♪ ♪ Chappu chappu ♪ ♪ Ran ran ran ♪ <v ->Folk songs come from all over the world</v> and originate from a particular country, culture or people.

Folk songs are usually simple songs passed down by the oral tradition.

This means that they're traditionally shared by singing and listening, not by notating.

I wonder if you know any folk songs that are special to you or your family, school or community.

We sing lots of folk songs in our music lessons, and all of the songs in this unit are folk songs from around the world.

You might like to pause now to talk about any other folk songs that you know that are special to you.

It's time for a check-in with our learning all about folk songs.

Using the word bank, fill in the blanks in this paragraph about folk songs.

Pause now to work on that where you are.

How did you get on?

Here come the answers.

Folk songs come from all around the world and originate from a particular country, area or people.

Folk songs are usually simple songs passed down by the oral tradition.

This means that they're traditionally shared by singing and listening, not notating.

Well done if you filled in those blanks correctly.

Excellent understanding about folk songs.

Here's another folk song from the Caribbean.

It's called "Round and Round.

" Have a listen.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Round and round we must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ ♪ Down, mm mm, you must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ ♪ Round and round we must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ ♪ Down, mm mm you must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ <v ->This fun circle game with "Round and Round"</v> tests our sense of pulse as well as our stamina.

It's pretty tricky.

Here's a video to show you how it works.

(uptempo beat tapping) (sticks clicking in time) ♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Round and round we must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ ♪ Down, Sofia, you must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ ♪ Round and round we must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ ♪ Down, Jacob, you must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ ♪ Round and round we must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ ♪ Down Izzy, you must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ <v ->It's time to listen to "Round and Round" again.

</v> This time, tap your knees gently on the beat, feeling the pulse as you listen.

Here's the music again.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Round and round we must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ ♪ Down, mm mm, you must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ ♪ Round and round we must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ ♪ Down mm mm, you must go ♪ ♪ Bom, makaleli, chee chiem bom ♪ <v ->Moving and singing together</v> helps develop our sense of pulse.

Jacob's telling us that when we feel the pulse of the music, it helps us to be able to sing accurately, play rhythms, and perform successfully.

This next folk song is called "Rocky Mountain" and it's from North America.

Perhaps it tells the story of migration, movement of people as they leave their family behind, taking their belongings with them in wagons, to look for work.

Have a listen to "Rocky Mountain.

" Here comes the music.

(bright piano music) ♪ Rocky mountain, rocky mountain, rocky mountain high ♪ ♪ When you're on that rocky mountain ♪ ♪ Hang your head and cry ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do remember me ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do remember me ♪ (bright piano music continues) ♪ Stormy ocean, stormy ocean, stormy ocean wide ♪ ♪ When you're on that stormy ocean ♪ ♪ There's no place to hide ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do remember me ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do remember me ♪ (bright music continues) ♪ Sunny valley, sunny valley, sunny valley low ♪ ♪ When you're in that sunny valley, sing it soft and low ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do remember me ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do remember me ♪ Now it's your turn to sing the folk song "Rocky Mountain.

" We can feel the pulse and sound the steady beat with our actions in this song.

Here comes the video for you to join in.

(bright piano music) ♪ Rocky mountain ♪ (hands slapping) ♪ Rocky mountain, rocky mountain high ♪ ♪ When you're on that rocky mountain ♪ ♪ Hang your head and cry ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do remember me ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do remember me ♪ (bright piano music continues) ♪ Stormy ocean, stormy ocean ♪ (hand slapping) ♪ Stormy ocean wide ♪ ♪ When you're on that stormy ocean ♪ ♪ There's nowhere to hide ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do remember me ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do remember me ♪ (bright music continues) ♪ Sunny valley, sunny valley ♪ (hands slapping) ♪ Sunny valley low ♪ ♪ When you're in that sunny valley, sing it soft and low ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do remember me ♪ ♪ Do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ Do remember me ♪ <v ->It's time for another check-in with our learning.

</v> Can you remember what pulse is?

Pulse is.

A: how fast or slow the music is played.

Pulse is.

B: the regular, steady heartbeat of the music.

Or do you think it's C: the playing or showing of the steady pulse like the ticking of a clock?

Pause now to decide your answer.

What did you think?

Pulse is the regular, steady heartbeat of the music.

Well done, musicians if you remembered that.

Great work.

Have a listen to our new folk song, "I Have a Car.

" Here comes the music.

(bright upbeat music) ♪ 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 ♪ It's your turn to join in with I have a car.

As you sing, add a simple body percussion pattern to sound the beat.

This example will look and sound a bit like this.

♪ I have a car, It's made of tin ♪ ♪ Nobody knows what shape it's in ♪ And so on.

But you could create your own body percussion pattern to repeat if you'd like to.

Pause here to have a practice with that, you could go back in the video a little bit to use the music to help you if you'd like.

Our next challenge is to add these actions to the rhythm of the car sounds that you sing.

This is pretty tricky and you might need to practice slowly at first.

Here's a video to show you how it works.

Then pause and practice that musical challenge at your own pace where you are.

Here's the video.

(bright uptempo music) ♪ 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 ♪ Welcome back.

How did you get on?

That's a musical challenge that will probably take a lot of practice.

If your actions were accurate, you would've moved on the beat at the beginning of the song here and then changed to moving on the rhythm, when we hear the car sounds in the second part of the song.

Now we're going to work on identifying rhythm.

Listen carefully to the folk song, "Ding Dong Diggi-diggi-dong.

" It uses three rhythms that we know well, Ta, Ta-di, and Takadimi.

Here comes the music.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ <v ->Listen to the song again.

</v> This time, can you spot which lyrics use the rhythm Takadimi?

Here comes the song.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ <v ->Could you hear that rhythm?

Here comes the answer.

</v> Every time we sing "diggi-diggi," this is the rhythm Takadimi.

We're going to add some body percussion to this song now.

This time, as you sing, pat your alternating thighs four times for every Takadimi rhythm that you hear.

I'll have to do it in the air so you can see, but it will look a bit like this.

♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, my cat, she's gone ♪ And so on.

Here's the music for you to complete that musical challenge where you are.

Good luck.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ <v ->Listen again.

</v> This time, can you spot which rhythm is used for ding dong?

Every time we sing "ding dong," it uses the rhythm Ta.

We know this because we can feel the beat change on each word.

♪ Ding ♪ ♪ Dong ♪ Have a listen and see if you can spot that.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ <v ->Did you spot the rhythm Ta Ta</v> each time it appeared on ding dong?

Great if you spotted that.

Excellent listening.

Let's put all of that together now and sing "Ding dong diggi-diggi dong" with our body percussion actions.

Pat your alternating thighs four times for every Takadimi rhythm or diggi diggi, and clap your hands for every Ta rhythm, like in ding dong.

Remember that a musical challenge like this could take a lot of practice, so have a go with the music this first time.

Then you might like to pause and go back so that you can do it as many times as you need to before you are ready to move on.

Here comes the music for your first try.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ <v ->The remaining lyrics use the rhythm Ta-di.

</v> This time, stamp alternating feet for the Ta-di rhythm.

Here comes the music again.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ <v ->It's time for another check-in.

</v> Which rhythm shows "ding dong diggi diggi dong?

" Do you think it's this one?

A.

Perhaps you think it's rhythm B?

Or rhythm C?

Pause now to decide.

Here comes the answer.

It's C.

Here we can see the rhythm "ding dong diggi diggi dong.

" Well done if you spotted that.

Excellent understanding.

Your next challenge is to follow the stick notation for "Ding dong diggi diggi dong.

" Here comes the music again.

Look carefully and follow the stick notation.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-ding-dang-dong ♪ <v ->We've got two tricky musical challenges now.

</v> The first one is to use this body percussion that you can see on the screen to play the rhythm as you sing.

Pause the video now to give that a try using the musical backing if you need it.

Hello again.

Your next challenge is to create your own body percussion for the rhythms, Ta, Ta-Di, and Takadimi, and perform these as you sing.

Pause now to give that a try where you are.

Remember that it will take a lot of practice.

You can use the musical backing if you'd like it.

Have fun.

Brilliant work, musicians.

That was a lot to remember all at once.

Fantastic learning.

Did you follow along reading the stick notation as you sang?

Could you clap on Ta, stamp on Ta-di and pat your thighs every time you sang Takadimi?

Well done if you could.

I get a bit confused with all those three at once.

Did you create your own body percussion patterns for Ta, Ta-di and Takadimi?

and could you keep a steady pulse as you sang and moved?

Well done if you could do all of those things.

Fantastic musical learning.

As we come to the end of our lesson today, let's take a moment to think about everything that we've been learning.

We know that it's important to warm u before singing, to protect our voice from injury and to develop our vocal strength.

We know that folk songs come from all around the world, originating from a particular country, area or people.

And we know that folk songs are usually simple songs passed down by oral tradition.

We've been developing a sound sense of pulse to help us to sing and play together.

And we've used body percussion to help us identify and perform rhythm patterns accurately.

What a huge amount of musical learning today.

I've had a brilliant time and I can't wait for the next one.

See you soon.

Bye!

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