the regular, steady heartbeat of the music

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

the organisation and feel of the beats as strong-weak

Whole body warm-ups

Face warm-ups: Big Face, Little Face

Vocal warm ups

Task A - Knock on the door

Task A feedback

She'll be Coming Round Mountain

She'll be Coming Round Mountain (piano accompaniment)

What can you hear?

Engine, Engine, Number Nine - example video

Task B - Echo Body Percussion

Train, Train (verse 1)

Train, Train (verse 2)

Train, Train (verse 3)

Train, Train (verse 4)

Train, Train (whole song)

Developing pulse and moving in time to the music

Music

Adding body percussion to a song

Building a thicker texture with a chanted ostinato

Building a thicker texture with a sung ostinato

Developing part singing

Performing songs with simple accompaniments

In this unit pupils add simple vocal accompaniments to songs. They learn chanted and sung ostinati, adding these to songs they have learnt. Pupils practise in order to improve and understand the importance of maintaining a steady pulse.

Singing for performance: adding a simple vocal accompaniment

playing or singing the same thing at the same time

to make a percussive musical sound with the body

a musical part that supports the main melody or chant

the organisation and feel of the beats as: strong-weak-medium-weak

To Stop The Train (video)

Task A - body percussion (c)

Task A - body percussion (b)

Task A - body percussion (a)

Join in when you spot the body percussion patterns

Train Train Unison

To Stop the Train (audio)

To Stop the Train (video - building the song with the actions)

Freedom Train

Warm up sequence

She'll be Coming Round the Mountain (vocals)

She'll be Coming Round the Mountain (piano accompaniment)

Knock on the door (sung vocals and spoken vocals)

Knock On The Door (instrumental)

the voice we use to create musical sounds that can be a mixture of high sounds and low sounds

the pattern of sounds that we play and sing

Engine, Engine (Bristol) chant example

Train, Train (with 'click click clack' ostinato)

To Stop the Train (video)

Dr Knickerbocker (accompaniment)

The More we get Together

Dr Knickerbocker (audio)

Dr Knickerbocker (video)

Warm-up sequence

a combination of notes to make a memorable tune

When the Train Comes Along

Freedom Train (with ostinato layers)

Freedom train (original)

My Journey Song (vocals) 

Dr Knickerbocker (piano accompaniment)

Slowly, Slowly (video)

My Journey Song (piano accompaniment) 

making sure that all the musical parts work together and no part is too loud or too quiet

how loud or quiet the music is played or sung

a musical part that supports the main melody or chant e.g. an ostinato

When the Train Comes Along (piano accompaniment)

When the Train Comes Along (vocals)

Freedom Train (with ostinato)

Train Train (Whole song with Ostinato)

My Journey Song (vocals)

Knock on The Door (no spoken vocals)

Knock on the Door (vocals)

My Journey Song (accompaniment)

Knock on the Door (accompaniment)

a sequence of exercises used to prepare the mind, body and voice for singing / playing instruments

to practise in order to improve and prepare for performance

a person who directs musicians or singers

a group of people gathered to listen and watch a live performance

Slowly, Slowly

The More we Get Together

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