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Hello everyone.

It's me again, Mrs. Steele, and I've got another music lesson for us to explore together today.

Today's lesson is called Creating an Ostinato to help us to keep in time.

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to create a rhythmic ostinato to help us to keep in time together.

Here are the key words we'll need in our learning today.

There are quite a few.

Pulse, the regular steady heartbeat of the music.

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.

Ostinato, a repeated musical pattern.

And finally, texture, the combination of different layers of sounds.

We know how important it is to warm up at the start of every music lesson.

Warming up using movement helps us to feel the pulse so that we can make music together in time.

It's lots of fun too.

Join in with "Baby, one, two, three.

" Here comes the video.

(bright 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 ♪ <v ->These warmup chants and songs will help us to feel focused</v> and to listen carefully so that we're ready to make music together.

Here comes the video for "Do As I Do.

" Join in.

<v ->Ready, steady.

Off we go.

</v> ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ If I do it high or low ♪ ♪ If I do it fast or slow ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ Ready, steady off we go ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ If I do it high or low ♪ ♪ If I do it fast or slow ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ Ready, steady.

Off we go ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ If I do it high or low ♪ ♪ If I do it fast or slow ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ Ready, steady.

Off we go ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ If I do it high or low ♪ ♪ If I do it fast or slow ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ ♪ Do as I do and follow me ♪ <v ->And now sing the echoes in the song "Warming up my voice.

"</v> Here's the music.

(piano music) ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Sing this like a cat ♪ ♪ Sing this like a cat ♪ ♪ Meow, meow.

Just like that ♪ ♪ Meow, meow.

Just like that ♪ ♪ Me-Ee-ow ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Sing this like a mouse ♪ ♪ Sing this like a mouse ♪ ♪ Eek, eek, round the house ♪ ♪ Eek, eek, in my house ♪ ♪ Ee-Ee-Ee-Eek ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Sing this like a cow ♪ ♪ Sing this like a cow ♪ ♪ Moo, moo.

I know how ♪ ♪ Moo, moo, I know how ♪ ♪ Moo-Oo-Oo ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ I am warming up my voice ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ High notes all in a row ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Low notes down below ♪ ♪ Sing this like a bee ♪ ♪ Sing this like a bee ♪ ♪ Buzz buzz just like me ♪ ♪ Buzz buzz just like me ♪ ♪ Bu-U-zz ♪ <v ->And finally join in with "Music Time.

"</v> Here comes the video.

<v ->This is an echo chant.

</v> Can you copy my voice and my actions?

Ready, steady.

Off we go.

♪ Nice to see you everyone ♪ ♪ Nice to see you everyone ♪ ♪ Music time is so much fun ♪ ♪ Music time is so much fun ♪ ♪ Pat your head, stamp your feet ♪ ♪ Pat your head, stamp your feet ♪ ♪ Moving to your heartbeat ♪ ♪ Moving to your heart beat ♪ <v ->Are you ready to make music together?

</v> Does your body feel relaxed?

Are you listening?

And does your voice feel warm?

Fantastic.

You're ready to go.

Let's begin by playing an ostinato to a strong beat.

We can sing sea shanties and other working songs together.

We've been doing a lot of that in this unit.

These songs have a steady pulse that's often sounded as a strong beat and we know that playing the steady pulse as a strong beat can help us to play and sing in time together.

We can also play an ostinato to help us sing and play in time.

Remember that an ostinato is a repeated musical pattern.

We can already play an ostinato for "What Shall we Do with the Drunken Sailor?

" This ostinato sounds like this.

♪ What shall we do ♪ ♪ What shall we do ♪ ♪ What shall we do ♪ Listen to "What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor" and join in with our ostinato.

Tap your knees and whisper the lyrics in time.

Remember to feel the pulse and listen to the steady beat.

Here comes the music.

Join in and tap the ostinato.

(upbeat piano music) ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ Earl-eye in the morning ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Earl-eye in the morning ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ Earl-eye in the morning ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Earl-eye in the morning ♪ <v ->Here's a different ostinato</v> for "What Shall we Do with the Drunken Sailor?

" Alex has written down the rhythm of this ostinato like this.

♪ Hoo-ray up she ri-ses ♪ Join in with this ostinato by tapping your shoulders and whispering the lyrics in time.

♪ Hooray up she rises ♪ Here's the music.

Join in with this ostinato.

(upbeat piano music) ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ Early-eye in the morning ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Early-eye in the morning ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ Early-eye in the morning ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Early-eye in the morning ♪ <v ->Aisha knows another ostinato to play</v> in "What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor?

" She's written down the rhythm of her ostinato too.

It sounds like this.

♪ Early-eye in the morning ♪ Join in with this ostinato by tapping two fingers on the palm of one hand and whispering the lyrics in time like this, ♪ Earl-eye in the morning ♪ ♪ Earl-eye in the morning ♪ Here comes the music.

Join in with Aisha's ostinato.

(upbeat piano music) ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ Early in the morning ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Early in the morning ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ Early in the morning ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Early in the morning ♪ <v ->Now we know three different ostinati</v> to help us play and sing in time together in our song "What Shall we Do with the Drunken Sailor?

" We already know ostinato one.

♪ What shall we do ♪ And now we know ostinato two ♪ Hooray up she rises ♪ And ostinato three, ♪ Earl-eye in the morning ♪ Each ostinato is a layer of sound, like the layers in this delicious cake here.

We can combine these layers of sound and play them at the same time.

Combining layers of sound is called texture.

It's time for a check-in with our learning so far.

True or false, combining layers of sound is called ostinato.

Show me a thumb up if you think that's true Or a thumb down if you think that's false.

Here comes the answer.

That's false.

Well done if you knew that.

Texture is combining layers of sound, an ostinato is a repeated musical pattern.

We can use an ostinato to create one layer of sound.

It's time for another big musical challenge now.

Let's split into two teams to create texture by playing ostinato two and ostinato three at the same time in "What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?

" Team A, you are going to play ostinato two on claves and team B are going to play ostinato three on the drums.

Whisper the lyrics and listen to the strong drumbeat to help you to play your ostinato in time.

Remember to play your instruments softly so you can have open ears and hear how everything fits together.

Let's take a look at the slide that you might need to complete this challenge.

Here it is.

Team A are going to play this ostinato on claves.

♪ Hooray up she rises ♪ And team B are going to play this ostinato on their drums.

♪ Earl-eye in the morning ♪ Remember to whisper those words and play your instruments softly so you can hear how everything fits together as you play.

This challenge may take a lot of practice.

Playing two ostinati at the same time is quite tricky.

Press pause now to organize yourselves into your two teams, A and B, and meet me back here for the music.

Are you ready Team A and Team B?

Here comes, "What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor?

" Play your ostinato.

How did you get on?

</v> Were your teams successful?

I wonder how you know.

Here are two of our Oak teams.

This is how they got on.

The first team says, "We whispered the lyrics as we tapped the rhythm of our ostinato.

" Well done if you did that in your team too.

And our second Oak team says, "We listened to the strong drumbeat to help us to play in time.

" That's a great strategy to be successful too.

Now let's move on to creating a rhythmic ostinato.

We know that the sea shanty, "What Shall we Do with the Drunken Sailor?

" Has a steady pulse that can be sounded as a strong beat.

In this song, we can feel the pulse and sound the beat by counting 1, 2, 1, 2.

Let's practice sounding the beat in "What Shall we Do with the Drunken Sailor?

" together.

As you listen, feel the pulse and tap your knees to the beat.

But as you tap, try whispering "1, 2, 1, 2.

" And sound the beats as strong, weak, strong, weak.

Here comes the music.

Feel the pulse and tap your knees to the beat.

(upbeat pian music) ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ Earl-eye in the morning ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Earl-eye in the morning ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ What shall we do with the drunken sailor ♪ ♪ Earl-eye in the morning ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪ ♪ Earl-eye in the morning ♪ <v ->Jun has created his own ostinato</v> to add to "What Shall we Do with the Drunken Sailor?

" It sounds like this.

♪ Sea shanty sea ssh ♪ ♪ Sea shanty sea ssh ♪ ♪ Sea shanty sea ssh ♪ Now Jun's gone one step further and notated his ostinato.

He's written it down like this.

♪ Sea shanty sea ssh ♪ Each rhythm that Jun has chosen fits neatly into a beat.

Jun says, "We can read my ostinato from left to right.

" That's just like when we're reading words on a page.

"We can sound the beat in this song by counting 1, 2, 1, 2.

In two-time, beat one is the strongest.

" 1, 2, 1, 2.

Each box in the grid is one beat.

We can chant the rhythm of Jun's ostinato over the beat like this.

♪ Sea shanty sea ssh ♪ ♪ Sea shanty sea ssh ♪ Now it's your turn to try playing Jun's ostinato.

There are two ways we can whisper the rhythm to help us keep in time.

The first one we already know.

It sounds like this.

♪ Sea shanty sea ssh ♪ The second way is like this.

♪ Ta ta-di ta shh ♪ Choose one of these ways and practice clapping the rhythm as you whisper.

♪ Sea shanty sea ssh ♪ or ♪ Ta ta-di ta shh ♪ Press pause to practice that now.

Sophia is also a composer and she's composed a different ostinato.

It sounds like this.

♪ Shanty shanty sea shanty ♪ ♪ Shanty shanty sea shanty ♪ Sophia has notated her Ostinato like this, ♪ Shanty shanty sea shanty ♪ Just like Jun, each rhythm Sophia has chosen fits neatly into a beat.

Let's try playing Sophia's ostinato.

Choose which of these two ways you'd like to chant the rhythm and tap it as you whisper.

Press pause to play Sophia's ostinato now and you can use the audio button to support if you need it.

Now it's your turn to be composers and create your own ostinato for "What Shall we Do with the Drunken Sailor?

" To do that, complete the grid that you can see here using any combination of the choices below.

You can choose from, ♪ Ta ♪ or ♪ Sea ♪ Ta-Di ♪ which is ♪ Shanty and ♪ Ssh which is always ♪ shh As long as you put one of those choices into each of those boxes in the grid, you'll create an amazing ostinato.

Remember to practice chanting and clapping it.

Press pause to try that challenge now.

You could do it as one big team or split into small groups.

Good luck composers.

I'll see you soon.

Hi everyone.

Let's take this challenge to the next level and split into teams to perform.

We're going to combine three layers of sound to create texture.

Team A, you are going to whisper and clap the ostinato that you've just composed.

Team B, you're going to sing and team C will play a steady drumbeat, a very important job as it will help us all to play and sing in time together.

Press pause to organize yourselves into teams A, B, and C and meet me back here and I'll play the music.

Here we go.

Here comes the music for "What Shall we Do with the Drunken Sailor?

" Play it in your three teams to create texture.

What a great performance.

Was it successful?

I wonder how you know.

Lucas says "In Team A, I whispered the words to help me play the ostinato accurately.

" Well done if you did that too.

And Aisha says, "In Team B, I listened to the drumbeat to help me to sing in time.

" That's a fantastic idea too.

We've reached the end of our lesson together today, so let's take a moment to think about everything we know.

We know that an ostinato is a repeated musical pattern and we know that playing an ostinato to a strong beat can help us to sing and play in time together just as you just did.

We know that we can create our own rhythmic ostinato to help us to keep in time together and we can combine different layers of sound to create texture.

For example, we can play different ostinati at the same time.

And you did that today too.

What great musical learning, everyone.

I'm looking forward to seeing you again soon for another music lesson.

Bye-bye.

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