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Hi everyone! My name's Mr. Pate.

And I'm looking forward to making some great music with you in today's lesson.

This unit is called "Singing for Performance: changing tempo and dynamics in our songs." And this lesson is called, "Responding to different musical moods." By the end of this lesson, you will be able to listen carefully and share your ideas about how music makes you feel.

Some of the words that we'll be using in today's lesson are: singing, which is creating musical sounds with our voice that can be a mixture of high and low sounds.

We'll be warming up.

And a warm up is a sequence of exercises used to prepare the mind, body, and voice for singing.

And our songs will use lyrics, and that's just a term that means the words of a song.

Here are the learning cycles for today's lesson.

First, we'll be warming up, so we're ready to sing.

Then, we'll look at responding to different musical moods.

It's important to warm up our voices and body for every music lesson.

This makes sure that all the muscles, even those really tiny ones in your throat, are ready to move and sing.

This helps keep your voice strong and healthy.

Let's start by warming up our body.

Sofia says, "When we warm up our body, it helps us to connect how we stand to our breathing and our voice." Join in with these whole-body warm ups and make sure you've got plenty of space around you 'cause you're gonna need to move.

Let's warm up our bodies.

We're gonna start by giving our hands a good shake.

So put your hand in the air, we're gonna shake it 16 times.

Then we're gonna move over to the other one.

Then we're gonna go down low and on the other side.

Ready? Here we go.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

Now down low.

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

And the other one.

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Now we'll do eight.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Now four.

1, 2, 3, 4.

One to Two.

1, 2.

1, 1, 1, 1, hey.

Very good.

Well done! Let's try it one more time.

This time we're gonna go even faster.

And at the end, I want you to make your body like the shape of an animal.

So you could be an elephant or you could be a crocodile.

Up to you.

Ready? Here we go.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, now four.

1, 2, 3, 4.

One to Two.

1, 2.

1, 1, 1, 1.

Hey.

Hey, what did you do? I'm a mouse.

Now it's time to warm up our faces.

As Lucas tells us, "We need to warm up our faces so the muscles will be relaxed and nice and awake." Join in with these face warm ups.

Let's warm up our faces.

This warm up is called big face, small face.

When I shout big face, I want you to make the biggest face you can.

That means eyes open-wide, open mouth (bleh).

Big, big, big.

And when I shout small face, I want you to make the smallest face you can, closed eyes, closed mouth, everything really small, like that.

Ready? Here we go.

And big face.

And small face.

And big face.

And small face.

Now let's do big happy face.

And now let's do small closed face.

Now, big angry face.

And finally, small, tired face.

We do breathing warm-ups to help connect our body, breathing and voice together.

As Izzy tells us, "Breathing exercises help our lungs fill with more air, which will support our singing." Join in with these breathing exercises.

Now let's do some breathing exercises.

We are gonna pretend that we've got a birthday cake in front of us, and we're gonna breathe in deeply and then blow out the candles.

For this first one, we're gonna pretend we are four years old.

And when we breathe in, we're gonna breathe in for four counts and then we're gonna blow out four times for each of the four candles.

Bit like this.

In 2, 3, 4 and.

(blowing air) And let's give it a try.

Ready and breathe in.

2, 3, 4, and blow.

(blowing air) Great.

Now, let's pretend you're a year older.

You're five now.

We're gonna breathe in for five, and then blow out five candles.

Here we go.

Ready and? In 2, 3, 4, 5 and.

(blowing air) Very good.

One more.

This time, it's a year later.

And you're six.

Here we go.

Ready and in 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and.

(blowing air) Finally, we are ready to do some vocal exercises.

When we do vocal exercises, we warm up our voice, which helps protect it from getting hurt.

Join in with these vocal warm ups.

Now let's start warming up our voices.

We're gonna pretend that we're at a fireworks display.

We are gonna imagine seeing an amazing firework.

And then we're gonna say, Ooh! Ready? Here it comes.

(crackers bursting) Ooh! Now this next one's really impressive.

We're gonna go, Ahh! Ready? Here it comes.

(crackers bursting) Ahh! Great.

Finally, this one's amazing.

I want you to do a Wow! Ready? Here we go.

Here comes the firework.

(crackers bursting) Wow! So hopefully you are feeling really nice and warmed up now.

When we are warmed up and ready to sing, our body feels nice and tall and relaxed.

Our chest feels open, our mind is ready to concentrate, and our voice and mouth feels warm and ready.

How do you feel? Do you think you are warmed up and ready to sing? Have a look at these statements from Lucas and Sophia, and I want you to think, who do you agree with? Lucas says, "I use lots of muscles in PE, but I don't really use any in music.

I just warm up because it's fun." Sophia says, "I know that I use big muscles for breathing and little muscles in my throat for singing.

It's important to warm these up safely." Who do you agree with? The answer is Sophia's correct here.

Lucas is right that warm ups are good fun, but as well as good fun, there's an important purpose to them.

They warm up our muscles, the big ones for breathing and the little tiny ones in your throat.

And all sorts of muscles are used while you are singing, which is why we warm up.

Let's have a go at a warm up chant.

Join in with this call and response warm up chant called, "Boom Chicka Boom." While you're doing it, think about standing really nice and tall and relaxed and listening carefully to the way that you need to use your voice in the echo.

(soft clacking) ♪ I said a Boom chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a Boom chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a Boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom ♪ ♪ Uh-huh ♪ ♪ Eee-hee ♪ ♪ One more time ♪ ♪ In a squeaky voice ♪ ♪ I said a Boom chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a Boom chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a Boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom ♪ ♪ Uh-huh ♪ ♪ Eee-hee ♪ ♪ One more time ♪ ♪ Low and strong ♪ ♪ I said a Boom chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a Boom chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a Boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom ♪ ♪ Uh-huh ♪ ♪ Eee-hee ♪ ♪ One more time ♪ ♪ Just a whisper ♪ ♪ I said a Boom chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a Boom chicka boom ♪ ♪ I said a Boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom ♪ ♪ Uh-huh ♪ ♪ Eee-hee ♪ <v ->Let's learn the warm up song, "Knock On The Door."</v> For this song, we're gonna imagine that we're sitting at home and suddenly we hear a knock at the door.

And we are gonna be visited by a whole load of weird and wonderful characters all coming to sing us a song.

Each of their songs is gonna make different silly sounds, which will get us using our voices in different ways.

Here's an example.

For the first verse, we'll sing.

♪ Knock, knock, knock on the door who could it be ♪ ♪ There's a little baby with a song for me ♪ And then we're gonna hear the baby song.

Now we're gonna use that same tune, but we're gonna do a wah-wah-wah like a baby, and it'll sound like this.

♪ Wah-wah-wah, wah-wah-wah, wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah, wah-wah-wah, wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ And that silly sound is getting us using our voices in various different ways and warming it up.

So try singing along with this song.

Each time, the knock, knock, knock on the door, is the same, but the sound will be different for each character who comes to the door.

Join in with knock at the door.

(instrumental music) ♪ Hello ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knock on the door who could it be ♪ ♪ There's a little baby with a song for me ♪ ♪ Hi little baby.

Let's hear your song ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah, wah-wah-wah, wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ ♪ Wah-wah-wah, wah-wah-wah, wah-wah-wah-wah ♪ ♪ That was lovely.

Bye ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knock on the door who could it be ♪ ♪ There's a cheeky monkey with a song for me ♪ ♪ Hi monkey.

Let's hear your song ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh, aah aah aah, ooh ooh ooh aah ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh, aah aah aah, ooh ooh ooh aah ♪ ♪ Oh, thank you very much.

Bye ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knock on the door who could it be ♪ ♪ There's a spooky ghost with a song for me ♪ ♪ Oh hello, let's hear your song ♪ ♪ Oo oo oo, oo oo oo, oo oo oo oo ♪ ♪ Oo oo oo, oo oo oo, oo oo oo oo ♪ ♪ Oh, that was scary.

Thanks.

Bye ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knock on the door who could it be ♪ ♪ There's a tiny mouse with a song for me ♪ ♪ Hi Little Mouse, let's hear your song ♪ ♪ Ee ee ee, ee ee ee, ee ee ee ee ♪ ♪ Ee ee ee, ee ee ee, ee ee ee ee ♪ ♪ Lovely.

Thanks.

Bye ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knock on the door who could it be ♪ ♪ There's an opera singer with a song for me ♪ ♪ Hi, let's hear that song ♪ ♪ La la la, la la la, la la la la ♪ ♪ La la la, la la la, la la la la ♪ ♪ Ah, that's enough visitors for one day ♪ (door creaks and thuds) Well done.

Great singing.

Now, are you warmed up and ready for the rest of our lesson? If so, then your body should feel tall and relaxed with your feet slightly apart; your face and neck should feel nice and relaxed; your chest should feel open and ready to take some deep breaths; your voice feels warm, your lips and mouth have had a good chance to move and hopefully your mind feels nice and ready to concentrate.

Let's move on to responding to different musical moods.

Music can make us feel lots of different emotions.

It can make us feel happy.

It can make us feel sad.

It can make us feel angry and it can make us feel really excited.

Let's listen to a song.

This song's called, "the More We Get Together." And this song is a happy song.

It makes us feel happy because the lyrics or the words talk about happiness.

And the singer is singing with lots of enthusiasm and joyfulness.

Have a listen to, "The More We Get Together." (bright music) ♪ The more we get together ♪ ♪ Together, together ♪ ♪ The more we get together ♪ ♪ The happier we'll be ♪ ♪ 'Cause your friends are my friends ♪ ♪ And my friends are your friends ♪ ♪ The more we get together ♪ ♪ The happier we'll be ♪ Now let's hear another example.

This song's called "Hush Little Baby." And this song makes us feel calm and peaceful because the singing's very smooth and gentle.

The lyrics are relaxing.

This song's a lullaby.

Have a listen to "Hush Little Baby." (relaxing music) ♪ Hush, little baby, don't say a word ♪ ♪ Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird ♪ ♪ And if that mockingbird don't sing ♪ ♪ Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring ♪ ♪ And if that diamond ring turns brass ♪ ♪ Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass ♪ ♪ And if that looking glass gets broke ♪ Now we've had to listen to two songs with really different feelings to them.

Let's listen to a couple more and see what you think they feel like.

Listen to the music and use your talking partners to explain how the music made you feel.

Listen to this first song called "Little Birch Tree" and think, how does this music make you feel? (gentle piano music) ♪ See the little birch in the meadow ♪ ♪ Curly leaves all dancing when the wind blows ♪ ♪ Loo-lee-loo, when the wind blows ♪ ♪ Loo-lee-loo, when the wind blows ♪ (gentle piano music) ♪ See the little birch in the meadow ♪ ♪ Curly leaves all dancing when the wind blows ♪ ♪ Loo-lee-loo, when the wind blows ♪ ♪ Loo-lee-loo, when the wind blows ♪ Sam says, "This song felt calm and relaxed.

The lyrics made me think of trees swaying in the breeze." Let's hear another song.

This song's called "I Like The Flowers." And again, while you are listening, think, how does this song make you feel? (lively music) ♪ I like the flowers ♪ ♪ I like the daffodils ♪ ♪ I like the mountains ♪ ♪ I like the rolling hills ♪ ♪ I like the fireside ♪ ♪ When the lights are low ♪ ♪ Sing Boom di-a-dah, boom di-a-dah, ♪ ♪ Boom di-a-dah, boom di-a-dah.

♪ ♪ I like the flowers ♪ ♪ I like the daffodils ♪ ♪ I like the mountains ♪ ♪ I like the rolling hills ♪ ♪ I like the fireside ♪ ♪ When the lights are low ♪ ♪ Sing Boom di-a-dah, boom di-a-dah, ♪ ♪ Boom di-a-dah, boom di-a-dah.

♪ That was, "I Like The Flowers." How did that song make you feel? Aisha says, "This song felt fun and happy.

The singer sounded enthusiastic and was talking about all the things they liked." So as we can see, music can make us feel lots of different things.

We are going to learn a new song called "Bunny Boogie." This is a song about a bunny's mood changing over the course of a day.

In the chorus, we encourage bunny to wiggle her ears, shake her paws, tap her feet, hop and dance.

Can you hear the different musical moods as we listen? Let's listen to "Bunny Boogie." (bright upbeat music) (bunny yawning) ♪ Good morning, bunny ♪ ♪ How are you feeling ♪ ♪ I'm feeling happy ♪ ♪ I've got a bunny you've got to meet ♪ ♪ She's got floppy ears and bouncy feet ♪ ♪ She wakes up in a happy mood ♪ ♪ For her morning bunny groove ♪ ♪ Listen to that happy tune.

♪ ♪ Soon she'll dance around the room ♪ ♪ I know a song to make her move ♪ ♪ So let's all do the bunny groove ♪ ♪ Wiggle those ears, here we go ♪ ♪ Shake your paws fast and shake them slow ♪ ♪ We'll make that bunny start to move ♪ ♪ When we do the bunny groove ♪ ♪ Jump to the left, jump to the right ♪ ♪ Dance like a bunny all through the night ♪ ♪ We'll make that bunny start to move ♪ ♪ When we do the bunny groove.

♪ (bright upbeat music) ♪ Good afternoon, bunny ♪ ♪ How you feeling ♪ ♪ I'm feeling excited.

♪ ♪ I've got a bunny you've got to meet ♪ ♪ She's got floppy ears and bouncy feet ♪ ♪ Now she's in an excited mood ♪ ♪ For her midday bunny groove ♪ ♪ Listen to that happy tune ♪ ♪ Soon she'll dance around the room ♪ ♪ I know a song to make her move ♪ ♪ So lets all do the bunny groove ♪ ♪ Wiggle those ears, here we go ♪ ♪ Shake your paws fast and shake them slow ♪ ♪ We'll make that bunny start to move ♪ ♪ When we do the bunny groove ♪ ♪ Jump to the left, jump to the right ♪ ♪ Dance like a bunny all through the night ♪ ♪ We'll make that bunny start to move ♪ ♪ When we do the bunny groove ♪ ♪ Good evening, bunny ♪ ♪ How are you feeling now ♪ ♪ I'm feeling sleepy.

♪ ♪ I've got a bunny you've got to meet ♪ ♪ She's got floppy ears and bouncy feet ♪ ♪ Now she's in a sleepy mood ♪ ♪ For her evening bunny groove ♪ ♪ Listen to that happy tune ♪ ♪ Soon she'll dance around the room ♪ ♪ I know a song to make her move ♪ ♪ So let's all do the bunny groove.

♪ ♪ Wiggle those ears, here we go ♪ ♪ Shake your paws fast and shake them slow ♪ ♪ We'll make that bunny start to move ♪ ♪ When we do the bunny groove ♪ ♪ Jump to the left.

Jump to the right ♪ ♪ Dance like a bunny all through the night ♪ ♪ We'll make that bunny start to move ♪ ♪ When we do the bunny groove.

♪ Now, when we sing "Bunny Boogie" again, try to show the different feelings in the song with your face and your body by changing the way that you sing.

How could you look and sound happy, excited, and tired when you sing? Sophia says, "I could make a sleepy face and sing quieter when bunny is tired, and I could smile and sing louder when Bunny is excited." That's a great idea Sophia.

Let's sing "Bunny Boogie" again, changing the way you sing for each verse.

(bright upbeat music) (bunny yawning) ♪ Good morning, bunny ♪ ♪ How are you feeling ♪ ♪ I'm feeling happy ♪ ♪ I've got a bunny you've got to meet ♪ ♪ She's got floppy ears and bouncy feet ♪ ♪ She wakes up in a happy mood ♪ ♪ For her morning bunny groove ♪ ♪ Listen to that happy tune.

♪ (bright upbeat music) ♪ Good afternoon, bunny ♪ ♪ How you feeling ♪ ♪ I'm feeling excited.

♪ ♪ I've got a bunny you've got to meet ♪ ♪ She's got floppy ears and bouncy feet ♪ ♪ Now she's in an excited mood ♪ ♪ For her midday bunny groove ♪ ♪ Listen to that happy tune ♪ ♪ Soon she'll dance around the room ♪ ♪ I know a song to make her move ♪ ♪ So lets all do the bunny groove ♪ ♪ Wiggle those ears, here we go ♪ ♪ Shake your paws fast and shake them slow ♪ ♪ We'll make that bunny start to move ♪ ♪ When we do the bunny groove ♪ ♪ Jump to the left, jump to the right ♪ ♪ Dance like a bunny all through the night ♪ ♪ We'll make that bunny start to move ♪ ♪ When we do the bunny groove ♪ (bright upbeat music) ♪ Good evening, bunny ♪ ♪ How are you feeling now ♪ ♪ I'm feeling sleepy.

♪ ♪ Wiggle those ears, here we go ♪ ♪ Shake your paws fast and shake them slow ♪ ♪ We'll make that bunny start to move ♪ ♪ When we do the bunny groove ♪ ♪ Jump to the left.

Jump to the right ♪ ♪ Dance like a bunny all through the night ♪ ♪ We'll make that bunny start to move ♪ ♪ When we do the bunny groove.

♪ How did our new song make you feel? Laura says, "It was fun dancing like a bunny.

The lyrics were silly and I made different faces to show different moods." Jun says, "I changed the way I was singing to give the music different feelings, like being tired or being excited." In today's lesson, we've learned that we warm up before singing so that our bodies, minds and voices are ready to sing.

We've learned that music can make us feel different emotions like happy, sad, sleepy, or excited.

And we've learned that we can show different feelings in our singing with our voice, face and body.

Great singing in today's lesson.

I'll see you again for the next one.

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