Lesson video

Hello, everyone, it's Mrs. Steele here, for another music lesson.

I'm particularly excited about this one, because it's all about composing.

We are going to have a brilliant time together.

Let's get going.

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to use pictures to help you to compose a rhythm.

Let's take a look at the keywords that we'll need in our learning today.

Beat, the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock, rhythm, the pattern of sounds that we play and sing.

Composer, a person who creates music.

You are going to do that today, and compose, to create music.

We know that it's very important to warm up our voices and body for every music lesson.

Join in with these warmups where you are.

Here comes the video.

(upbeat piano music) Let's warm up our bodies.

We'll start with our shoulders.

And let's say hello to our arms.

And the other arm.

And our middle.

All the way down to our toes.

Give your toes a wiggle.

Let's go to a restaurant.

I wonder what's on the menu today.

Our first course is delicious, garlic bread, chew some garlic bread, mhm.

<v Group>Mhm.

</v> <v ->It's delicious, mhm.

</v> What's on the menu, next?

It's a worm burger, ew.

Give that a chew.

<v ->Ew.

</v> <v ->Oh, disgusting, oh, horrible, bleh.

</v> Oh, what's coming up, next?

Phew, it's chocolate ice-cream, mhm.

Show me how delicious it is.

<v Group>Mhm.

</v> <v ->Chocolate ice-cream.

</v> <v ->And to finish our meal at this amazing restaurant,</v> it's some spider squash, give it a taste.

Oh, oh, disgusting.

<v ->Disgusting, bleh.

</v> <v ->Ugh.

</v> <v ->Ready, ready?

</v> (Mrs Steele exhaling) (class exhaling) (Mrs Steele exhaling) (class exhaling) (Mrs Steele exhaling) (class exhaling) (Mrs Steele exhaling) (class exhaling) Ready?

(Mrs Steele buzzing) (class buzzing) <v ->(whispering) My turn.

</v> ♪ Busy buzzy bumblebees ♪ ♪ Busy buzzy bumblebees ♪ ♪ Busy buzzy bumblebees ♪ ♪ Busy buzzy bumblebees ♪ ♪ Busy buzzy bumblebees ♪ ♪ Busy buzzy bumblebees ♪ ♪ Busy buzzy bumblebees ♪ ♪ Busy buzzy bumblebees ♪ <v ->These songs and chants will help us warm up even further.

</v> The first one is, "Boom, Chicka, Boom.

" Join in with the video.

(metronome clicking) ♪ I said a boom chicka boom ♪ (metronome clicking) ♪ I said a boom chicka boom ♪ (metronome clicking) ♪ I said a boom chicka ♪ ♪ Rocka chicka ♪ ♪ Rocka chicka boom ♪ (metronome clicking) ♪ Aha ♪ ♪ Ehee ♪ ♪ One more time ♪ ♪ Like a robot ♪ ♪ I said a boom chicka boom ♪ (metronome clicking) ♪ I said a boom chicka boom ♪ (metronome clicking) ♪ I said a boom chicka ♪ ♪ Rocka chicka ♪ ♪ Rocka chicka boom ♪ (metronome clicking) ♪ Aha ♪ ♪ Ehee ♪ ♪ One more time underwater ♪ ♪ I said a boom chicka boom ♪ (metronome clicking) ♪ I said a boom chicka boom ♪ (metronome clicking) ♪ I said a boom chicka ♪ ♪ Rocka chicka ♪ ♪ Rocka chicka boom ♪ (metronome clicking) ♪ Aha ♪ ♪ Ehee ♪ ♪ One more time ♪ (metronome clicking) Speedy.

♪ I said a boom chicka boom ♪ (metronome clicking) ♪ I said a boom chicka boom ♪ (metronome clicking) ♪ I said a boom chicka ♪ ♪ Rocka chicka ♪ ♪ Rocka chicka boom ♪ ♪ Aha ♪ ♪ Ehee ♪ Now it's time to join in with the echoes, in this echo song, "Standing Tall.

" Here it comes.

This is an echo song.

You're going to copy me.

♪ Standing tall ♪ ♪ Standing tall ♪ ♪ Try not to fall ♪ ♪ Try not to fall ♪ ♪ Mouth open wide ♪ ♪ Mouth open wide ♪ ♪ Hands by your side ♪ ♪ Hands by your side ♪ ♪ Feet apart ♪ ♪ Feet apart ♪ ♪ Sing from your heart ♪ ♪ Sing from your heart ♪ ♪ Singing strong ♪ ♪ Singing strong ♪ ♪ To the end of the song ♪ ♪ Till the end of the song ♪ <v ->And finally, listen and join in</v> with our song.

♪ Baby one two three ♪ (gentle piano music) ♪ Head and shoulders ♪ ♪ Baby one two three ♪ ♪ Head and shoulders ♪ ♪ Baby one two three ♪ ♪ Head and shoulders ♪ ♪ Head and shoulders ♪ ♪ Head and shoulders ♪ ♪ Baby one two three ♪ ♪ Shoulders elbows ♪ ♪ Baby one two three ♪ ♪ Shoulders elbows ♪ ♪ Baby one two three ♪ ♪ Shoulders elbows ♪ ♪ Shoulders elbows ♪ ♪ Shoulders elbows ♪ ♪ Baby one two three ♪ ♪ Elbows knees ♪ ♪ Baby one two three ♪ ♪ Elbows knees ♪ ♪ Baby one two three ♪ ♪ Elbows knees ♪ ♪ Elbows knees ♪ ♪ Elbows knees ♪ ♪ Baby one two three ♪ ♪ Knees and toes ♪ ♪ Baby one two three ♪ ♪ Knees and toes ♪ ♪ Baby one two three ♪ ♪ Knees and toes ♪ ♪ Knees and toes ♪ ♪ Knees and toes ♪ ♪ Baby one two three ♪ Does your body feel relaxed and ready?

Is your voice warm?

And do you feel focused?

Brilliant, you're ready to sing, let's go.

Let's begin by singing and playing the beat and the rhythm, we can play instruments on the steady pulse.

When we do this, we're playing the beat.

Sam's reminding us that when we play the beat, we are playing or showing the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock.

Now, it's time to divide into two groups, call and response, and perform our song, "Minibeast Party.

" Choose an instrument or use body percussion to play a strong beat, as you sing and chant, here comes the music, which will have vocals on it, too.

But if you'd like, you could pause this video and find the backing track for, "Minibeast Party," if you'd like to perform on your own.

Here's your music.

♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast bop ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast bop ♪ ♪ Friday night and it's half past eight ♪ ♪ Minibeasts are feeling great ♪ ♪ Time to dance and celebrate ♪ ♪ Minibeasts are feeling great ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast bop ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast bop ♪ ♪ Spiders running very late ♪ ♪ Minibeasts are feeling great ♪ ♪ Finding shoes she'll need eight ♪ ♪ Minibeasts are feeling great ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast bop ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast bop ♪ ♪ Ants arriving at the gate ♪ ♪ Minibeasts are feeling great ♪ ♪ Feasts of leaves upon their plate ♪ ♪ Minibeasts are feeling great ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast bop ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast bop ♪ ♪ Underneath the stars so bright ♪ ♪ Minibeasts dance through the night ♪ ♪ Wriggling crawling marching too ♪ ♪ Creepy crawly rendezvous ♪ ♪ One two three four ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast bop ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast bop ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast bop ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast party ♪ ♪ Party party minibeast bop ♪ It's time for a check-in.

Can you remember what, beat, is?

Is it, A, a part of a word?

Is it B, the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock?

Or do you think beat is, C?

The pattern of sounds that we play and sing?

Pause the video here, and have a think.

Well done, if you've got this one right, the beat is the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock.

Well done, musicians.

We can play our instruments on the syllables of the words, too.

When we do this, we're playing the rhythm, or part of the rhythm.

Lucas is reminding us that a syllable is part of a word.

Thanks Aisha, she's reminding us that the rhythm is the pattern of sounds that we play and sing.

Have a look at this example in the video.

What can you notice?

♪ I said a boom chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a boom chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a boom chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a boom chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a boom chicka ♪ ♪ Rocka chicka ♪ ♪ Rocka chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a boom chicka ♪ ♪ Rocka chicka ♪ ♪ Rocka chicka boom ♪ ♪ Aha ♪ ♪ Aha ♪ ♪ Ehee ♪ ♪ Ehee ♪ <v ->Let's sing and play, "Beetle on my Toe.

"</v> To do this, you'll need to divide into two teams.

Team beat and team rhythm.

Team beat, play your instrument on the beat as you sing, and team rhythm, play the rhythm of, beetle, on your instrument, as you sing.

When you're finished, remember to swap teams.

Here comes your music, which will have vocals on it too, but if you'd like to, you could pause here and find the backing track for, "Beetle on my Toe," if you'd like to perform it on your own.

Here comes your music.

("London Bridge is Falling Down") ♪ There's a beetle on my toe ♪ ♪ On my toe ♪ ♪ On my toe ♪ ♪ Where's it going ♪ ♪ I know ♪ ♪ Where it's going ♪ ♪ There's a beetle on my knee ♪ ♪ On my knee ♪ ♪ On my knee ♪ ♪ Where's it going ♪ ♪ I can't see ♪ ♪ Where it's going ♪ ♪ There's a beetle on my nose ♪ ♪ On my nose ♪ ♪ On my nose ♪ ♪ Where's it going ♪ ♪ No-one knows ♪ ♪ Where it's going ♪ ♪ There's a beetle on my head ♪ ♪ On my head ♪ ♪ On my head ♪ ♪ Where's it going ♪ ♪ I just said where it's going ♪ Let's have another check-in.

Can you remember what rhythm is, this time?

Do you think rhythm is A, a part of a word?

B, the regular, steady heartbeat of the music, or C, the pattern of sounds that we play and sing?

Pause the video here, and have a think.

Rhythm is the pattern of sounds that we play and sing.

Fantastic, if you remembered that one.

Here comes a video of me playing my instrument on the beat, as I chant.

♪ Bee bee bumblebee ♪ Have a look at the video and join in.

After you've watched me, you might want to pause and have a go on your own, in your classroom.

Here comes me.

♪ Bee bee bumblebee ♪ ♪ Stung a man upon his knee ♪ ♪ Stung a pig upon his snout ♪ ♪ I declare that you are out ♪ In this next video, I'm playing the rhythm as I chant.

♪ Bee bee bumblebee ♪ Watch me and join in, again, after you've seen me have a go, you might want to pause the video and have a go on your own, here I come.

♪ Bee bee bumblebee ♪ ♪ Stung a man upon his knee ♪ ♪ Stung a pig upon his snout ♪ ♪ I declare that you are out ♪ Good news, it's time for a game.

Watch the video to learn how to play this.

♪ Bee bee bumblebee ♪ Game, then have a go, yourselves.

(stick knocking) ♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Bee bee bumblebee ♪ ♪ Stung a man upon his knee ♪ ♪ Stung a pig upon his snout ♪ ♪ I declare that you are out ♪ ♪ Bee bee bumblebee ♪ ♪ Stung a man upon his knee ♪ ♪ Stung a pig upon his snout ♪ ♪ I declare that you are out ♪ <v Mrs Steele>Beat or rhythm?

</v> <v ->Rhythm.

</v> <v Mrs Steele>Yes.

</v> (stick knocking) ♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Bee bee bumblebee ♪ ♪ Stung a man upon his knee ♪ ♪ Stung a pig upon his snout ♪ ♪ I declare that you are out ♪ ♪ Bee bee bumblebee ♪ ♪ Stung man upon his knee ♪ ♪ Stung a pig upon his snout ♪ ♪ I declare that you are out ♪ <v Mrs Steele>Beat or rhythm?

</v> <v ->Beat.

</v> <v Mrs Steele>Yes.

</v> (stick knocking) ♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Bee bee bumblebee ♪ ♪ Stung a man upon his knee ♪ ♪ Stung a pig upon his snout ♪ ♪ I declare that you are out ♪ ♪ Bee bee bumblebee ♪ ♪ Stung a man upon his knee ♪ ♪ Stung a pig upon his snout ♪ ♪ I declare that you are out ♪ <v Mrs Steele>Beat or rhythm?

</v> <v ->Beat.

</v> <v ->Yes, in your game,</v> were you successful at identifying the beat and the rhythm?

How were you able to tell the difference, I wonder?

Laura says she could feel the difference, because the beat stayed the same all the way through.

The rhythm followed the syllables in the words, so it changed between fast and slow.

I wonder if you had any ideas like Laura, or perhaps some different ones.

Now, it's time to choose pictures, to create some new rhythms.

We can echo rhythms, read rhythms, and recognize rhythms that we hear.

Watch the video to learn how to play this rhythm game.

It's called, "Don't Clap This One Back," and it's one of my favorites.

Watch the video and play it where you are.

In this game, remember, every time you hear.

Ant, ant, spider, ant.

Don't clap, wiggle your fingers.

♪ Spider spider ant ant ♪ ♪ Spider spider ant ant ♪ ♪ Spider ant spider ant ♪ ♪ Spider ant spider ant ♪ ♪ Ant ant spider ant ♪ ♪ Ant ant spider ant ♪ ♪ Ant ant ant ant ♪ ♪ Ant ant ant ant ♪ ♪ Ant spider spider spider ♪ ♪ Ant spider spider spider ♪ ♪ Ant spider spider ant ♪ ♪ Ant spider spider ant ♪ ♪ Ant ant spider ant ♪ ♪ Ant ant spider ant ♪ ♪ Spider spider spider ant ♪ ♪ Spider spider spider ant ♪ ♪ Ant ant spider ant ♪ ♪ Ant ant spider ant ♪ We can create our own rhythms, by choosing the order of the minibeasts.

When we do this, we are composers, that's exciting.

Andeep has composed this rhythm.

♪ Ant spider spider ant ♪ And, Alex has composed this one.

♪ Ant spider ant spider ♪ Great composing, it's time for a check-in with our learning.

Izzy has composed this four beat rhythm, that you can see on the screen.

Which of these rhythms that you are about to hear matches Izzy's rhythm, exactly?

Have a listen to rhythm, A.

Is it this one?

(stick knocking) How about rhythm, B?

Is this Izzy's rhythm?

(stick knocking) And finally, here's rhythm, C.

(stick knocking) Pause the video, and have a think.

Well done, if you've got this one right, Izzy's rhythm was, B, great listening.

We can see here, a rhythm that Lucas has composed.

Can you clap Lucas's rhythm?

Pause the video and have a try.

Here's the answer.

Lucas's rhythm sounds like this.

♪ Spider ant spider ant ♪ Did you get that right?

Well done, Laura has challenged herself to compose an, eight beat rhythm.

Well done Laura, can you clap Laura's rhythm?

Pause the video and give it a go.

Here's the answer.

Laura's rhythm sounds like this.

♪ Ant ant spider ant ♪ ♪ Spider spider spider ant ♪ Did you get that right?

That was a complicated one, great, well done, musicians.

Now, it's time for a composing challenge.

Challenge yourself to compose an, eight beat rhythm, by choosing an ant or a spider for each of the boxes that you can see here.

Before we get started, here are a few top tips.

Clap your rhythm with a good sense of pulse.

Change your minibeast around, to create a new rhythm, if you'd like to try something else.

Clap your new rhythm with a good sense of pulse and repeat, to decide on a final rhythm to keep, once you are happy, and when you've done all of that, congratulations, you will be a composer.

Pause the video now, and give that challenge a try.

Excellent composing, everyone.

I wonder, how did you know that you had been successful when you were composing in your task, just then?

Here are some ideas from Andeep, Sam and Jun.

I wonder if you thought of the same things or something different.

As we come to the end of our lesson today, composers, let's think for a moment, about what we have learned.

We know that we warm up before singing, so that our bodies, minds and voices are ready.

We can play along to the beat or the rhythm, and identify which one is being played.

We can use pictures and words to help us to play rhythms accurately, and we can be composers, creating new rhythms and using pictures to help us.

Fantastic work today, composers.

I can't wait to see you next time, bye.