Lesson video

Hello, and welcome to another music lesson, with me Miss Miner, I'm really looking forward to today's lesson all about exploring compound time.

What will we cover in this lesson? We'll start off with a warm up song called Sorida.

We will then move to music in compound time.

Following that we will understand the difference between compound and simple time.

And finally, here comes the challenge to sing a song, to recap our learning.

In this lesson, you will need just your bodies.

However, please do make sure that you are clear of distractions and you've turned off any notifications on any apps or conversations that you have running.

Try to find a quiet place where you won't be disturbed during the lesson.

When you've done that and you're ready, let's go.

So for the warm up today, we are going to use a song from Zimbabwe called Sorida, literal meaning hello.

And it goes like this.

♪ Sorida, sorida, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Sorida, sorida, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Da da da, da da da, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Da da da, da da da, rida, rida ♪ Let's learn it together my turn first and then yours.

♪ Sorida, sorida, ♪ ♪ Of you go ♪ And then we do.

♪ Rida, rida ♪ Off you go.

I'll put that together.

My ten first and then yours.

♪ Sorida, sorida, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Off you go ♪ Excellent and we do that through twice.

Let's try that together so let's go together.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Sorida, sorida, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Sorida, sorida, rida, rida ♪ Excellent, the second section goes like this.

♪ Da da da, da da da, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Have a go ♪ ♪ Da da da, da da da, rida, rida ♪ Excellent one more time.

♪ Off you go ♪ ♪ Da da da, da da da, rida, rida ♪ Excellent, let's try it twice through, that last bit twice through from, ♪ Da da da ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Da da da, da da da, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Da da da, da da da, rida, rida ♪ Super, lets try the whole song all the way through.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Sorida, sorida, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Sorida, sorida, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Da da da, da da da, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Da da da, da da da, rida, rida ♪ Let's try it one more time for luck all the way through.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Sorida, sorida, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Sorida, sorida, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Da da da, da da da, rida, rida ♪ ♪ Da da da, da da da, rida, rida ♪ Well done, now if you have someone in your household that you can do this with at home, you are welcome to practise this as if you're in partners so instead of doing.

♪ Da da da ♪ You could infarct do.

♪ Da da da, da da da ♪ Against your partner's hands.

Well done.

Pause the video to practise this song with the actions.

As mentioned in the video, you can absolutely do this as a partner song with a member of your household.

When you finish, press play and we'll carry on.

Where was Sorida from? Was it from the UK, Italy, Zimbabwe or Ghana? Point to the answer you think is correct.

That's right, it was from Zimbabwe.

So now we're going to learn a hundred clapping pattern in compound time.

Now, please don't worry about what that means or how that works just yet.

It's more important for us to be able to feel compound time first.

And the way we're going to do that is by doing this hand-clapping pattern.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

I'll do it slowly.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

Try to that speed with me.

Off we go, one, two, three, five, six.

Slow but now we're going to try it a little bit faster.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

A little bit quicker, One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

Super, let's see if we can do that along to some music.

A little slap baseline.

What did you notice happened at the end there? Absolutely right, it got slower and it was quite tricky to slow down that hand clapping pattern along with the music, well done.

And now you have the opportunity to hear that compound time, pattern, in some more well known music that you may recognise.

Have a lesson and see if you can clap along.

♪ Each morning I get up I die a little ♪ ♪ Can barely stand on my feet ♪ ♪ Take a look in the mirror and cry ♪ ♪ Lord, what you're doing to me ♪ ♪ I have spent all my years in believing you ♪ ♪ But I just can't get no relief, Lord ♪ ♪ Somebody, somebody ♪ ♪ Ooh, somebody ♪ You may recognise this too.

♪ I keep on fallin' in and out ♪ ♪ Of love with you ♪ ♪ I never loved someone ♪ ♪ The way that I love you ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, I ♪ ♪ Never felt this way ♪ Listen to the piano and bazz.

♪ How do you give so much pleasure ♪ ♪ And cause me so much pain ♪ Pause the video to practise the hand clapping pattern.

When you've done that press play and we'll carry on.

What is rhythm? Is it the pattern of sounds or the heartbeat of the music? That's right, it's the pattern of sounds.

What is metre? Is that the heartbeat of the music? The grouping of pulse into strong and weak beats defined by the time signature? The pattern of sounds or the size of the sheet music in centimetres? That's right, it's the grouping of pulse into strong and weak beats defined by the time signature.

So let's do a rhythm recap of the notes we've looked at so far.

We've looked at crotchet, Ta worth one beat.

We've looked at quavers Ti Ti, worth a half each and together making up a whole beat.

And a minim Ta-aa, worth two whole beats.

We are now going to explore the difference between simple and compound time.

Now, when we're thinking about simple time, that is when each of the beats can be easily broken down into halves or even quarters.

So for example, if we have one whole beat, we know that that can be broken down into two halves a Ti Ti.

So we can have, One and two and one and two and.

Let's try it out together.

Off we go, One and two, and one and two and, Super, whereas when we're in compound time, each of the beats can be broken down into three.

One and a two, and a one, and a two and a, One and a two, and a one and a two, and a.

Let's try that together off we go.

One and two and one two, and, off we go, One and a two, and a one, and a two, and a.

Well done.

We are now going to play a game called switch.

You are going to start off by doing the hand clapping pattern in simple time.

So you're going to do, One and two, and one and two, and.

Except when I say switch, you're going to switch into compound metre.

So you're going to switch to, one and a two, one and a two and a, when I say switch again, you're going to go back into simple time, one and two and one and two, and.

Let's see how you get on.

We're going to start off in simple time, one and two and one and two and one and two and one and two, switch, one and a two, and a one, and a two, and a one, and a two, and a one, and a two and switch, one and two, and one and two, switch, one and a two and a one, and a two, and a one and a two, and a one and a two, switch one and two, and one and two, switch one and a two, and a one, and a two.

And switch, one and two, and one and two, switch, one and a two, and a one, and a two switch, one and two and switch, one and a two, switch, and one and two, switch, switch, switch, switch, switch, Well done.

So here comes a vocabulary recap, simple time, musical metre in which each beat can be simply halved or quartered.

Whereas we have compound time, which is a musical metre in which each beat can be split into three equal units.

Pause the video to play the game switch with a member of your household.

Once you've played, press play and we'll carry on.

What is simple time? Is it musical metre in which each beat can be simply halved or quartered? Is it a piece of music that just contains one note value? Is it children's songs such as nursery rhymes? Or, is it musical metre in which each beat can be split into three equal units? Point to the answer you think is correct.

Well done, it's musical metre in which each beat can be simply halved or quartered.

In which case, which of these answers describes compound time, point to the answer you think is correct.

That's right, it's a musical metre in which each beat can be split into three equal units.

So, in order to help you remember the vital difference between simple and compound time, I have written you a song to make sure you will never forget it again.

I would like you to listen to the song and firstly identify where it's in simple time and where it's in compound time.

You could use the hand clapping to help you identify.

If you listen very carefully, you may hear where beat suddenly is able to split into three.

♪ Sing in simple time ♪ ♪ No reason, rule or rhyme ♪ ♪ Monotony gets in my way ♪ ♪ Something with a bit more sway ♪ ♪ Alicia and Freddie Mercury ♪ ♪ Preferred all the beats broken down into three ♪ ♪ With swing and a sway I get the gist ♪ ♪ But simple time I sometimes miss ♪ ♪ Sing in simple time ♪ ♪ No reason, rule or rhyme ♪ ♪ Monotony gets in my way ♪ ♪ Something with a bit more sway ♪ ♪ Alicia and Freddie Mercury ♪ ♪ Preferred all the beats broken down into three ♪ ♪ With swing and a sway I get the gist ♪ ♪ But simple time I sometimes miss ♪ See if you can join in with me this time.

♪ Sing in simple time ♪ ♪ No reason, rule or rhyme ♪ ♪ Monotony gets in my way ♪ ♪ Something with a bit more sway ♪ ♪ Alicia and Freddie Mercury ♪ ♪ Preferred all the beats broken down into three ♪ ♪ With swing and a sway I get the gist ♪ ♪ But simple time I sometimes miss ♪ One last time.

♪ Sing in simple time ♪ ♪ No reason, rule or rhyme ♪ ♪ Monotony gets in my way ♪ ♪ Something with a bit more sway ♪ ♪ Alicia and Freddie Mercury ♪ ♪ Preferred all the beats broken down into three ♪ ♪ With swing and a sway I get the gist ♪ ♪ But simple time I sometimes miss ♪ Well done.

So here comes your challenge.

Can you teach a member of your household the difference between simple and compound time? You could use the song or the music and movement skills you've learnt in this lesson to help you.

So that brings us to the end of the lesson, a really big well done on all the fantastic learning you've achieved in this lesson.

I've got two final things I'd like you to do now.

Firstly, think back and identify one key thing you've learned today.

It's totally up to you what it is.

Secondly, if you'd like to please take a picture of your work and ask your parent or carer to share it with your teacher so that they can see all the fantastic things you've learnt.

If you'd like to, please ask your parents or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, tagging at OakNational and hashtag learnwithOak.

Now don't forget to complete the end of lesson quiz.

Well, all that's left for me to say is thank, take care and enjoy the rest of your learning for today.

Bye.