Whole body warm-ups

British English CC

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

What might you like to do when you feel the pulse?

The pulse is the music’s heartbeat - the beat is how we show it!

The beat is the music’s heartbeat - the pulse is how we show it!

The tempo is the music’s heartbeat - the pitch is how we show it!

Why do we warm up our voices before we sing?

When the teacher gives a signal to stop, you should ...

If you sing too fast and your partner sings slowly, what might happen?

Which of these is not a percussion instrument?

Developing pulse and moving in time to the music

Lesson outcome