Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

My name is Mrs. Steele.

And I'm back with another music lesson for us today.

In today's lesson, we will be learning all about rhythm and beat.

And we're going to have lots of fun together.

Let's get started.

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to identify and play the beat or rhythm of a song.

Here are the key words that will be important in our learning today.

Sea shanty, a traditional folk song sung by sailors to help them work together in time.

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.

And finally, a new one, ostinato, a repeated musical pattern.

We know that it's important to warm up before every music lesson.

In this chant, we use our voices in lots of different ways, and this will help us to warm up.

Watch this video.

It's me, actually.

Can you copy all of my different voices? I've got quite a lot of silly ones in there.

Here comes the video.

Can you echo me in all of my different voices? (claves clapping) I said a "Boom chicka boom".

(claves clapping) I said a "Boom chicka boom".

(claves clapping) I said a "Boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom" (claves clapping) Uh huh.

Iggy! One more time, in a squeaky voice! I said a "Boom chicka boom" (claves clapping) I said a "Boom chicka boom" (claves clapping) I said a "Boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom" (claves clapping) Uh huh.

Iggy! One more time.

Low and strong.

I said a "Boom chicka boom" (claves clapping) I said a "Boom chicka boom" (claves clapping) I said a "Boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom" (claves clapping) Uh huh.

Iggy! One more time.

Just a whisper.

I said a "Boom chicka boom" (claves clapping) I said a "Boom chicka boom" (claves clapping) I said a "Boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom" (claves clapping) Uh huh.

Iggy.

Let's warm up even further with these songs and chants.

They will help us to feel full of energy and focused, so we're ready to go.

First up, join in with "Marching Feet." Here's the video.

<v Teacher>Ready, steady, off you go.

</v> <v ->Marching feet, marching feet,</v> moving up and down the street.

Walking here, walking there, on the feet, everywhere.

<v Teacher>Ready, steady, off you go.

</v> <v ->Marching feet, marching feet,</v> moving up and down the street.

Walking here, walking there, on the feet, everywhere.

(claves clapping) <v Teacher>Ready, steady, off you go.

</v> <v ->Marching feet, marching feet,</v> moving up and down the street.

Walking here, walking there, on the feet, everywhere.

<v ->Now join in with "Slowly, Slowly." Here it comes.

</v> <v ->Ready, steady, off we go.

</v> Slowly, slowly, very slowly, creeps the garden snail.

Slowly, slowly, very slowly, up the garden rail.

Quickly, quickly, very quickly, runs the little mouse.

Quickly, quickly, very quickly, all about the house.

<v ->And finally, it's one of my favorites.

</v> It's "Rubber Chicken." Here it comes.

(piano music) <v Teacher 1>Ready, chickens?</v> <v ->One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

</v> One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.

One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two.

One, one, one, one, rubber chicken! (piano music) <v Teacher 1>Ready, chickens?</v> <v ->One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

</v> One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.

One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two.

One, one, one, one, rubber chicken! <v ->Let's take a moment to check</v> if you're ready to make music together.

Do you feel full of energy? Perhaps you feel calm and focused.

And does your body feel relaxed? Okay, let's go.

Let's begin by learning about rhythm and beat.

We know that sea shanties and other working songs have a steady pulse.

We can play the pulse as a strong beat.

And this helps us to sing in time together.

Sea shanties and other working songs also have a rhythm.

And Lucas is reminding us that rhythm is the pattern of sounds that we play and sing.

I know a perfect game to help us practice playing different rhythms. It's called Don't Clap This One Back.

Watch this video to learn how to play.

<v ->This is a game called Don't Clap This One Back.

</v> You'll hear me clapping different rhythms, like this one.

(teacher clapping) And that rhythm is actually our secret rhythm that we are never going to clap.

Because that rhythm says, "Don't clap this one back." So if you hear it, you do nothing.

Any other rhythm you hear, we all clap together.

Let's try a couple.

(teacher clapping) Very, very good.

Now you're going to listen super carefully, because if you hear, (teacher clapping) we don't clap that rhythm back.

Okay, let's play! (teacher clapping) (teacher clapping) Did I catch any of you out? Let's try one more time.

Here we go.

(teacher clapping) (teacher clapping) Very well done.

Now you can practice that where you are.

<v ->Now it's your turn to join in and play,</v> Don't Clap This One Back.

Listen to the leader in the video and echo the rhythms. Can you spot the rhythm, don't clap this one back.

Every time you hear it, don't clap, and wiggle your fingers each time.

Our echo song, "Tongo," has a steady pulse that can be sounded as a beat.

Join in and sing softly, tapping the beat on your knees.

Here's the music.

(rhythmic drumbeat) ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ <v ->The song "Tongo" also has a rhythm.

</v> This time, tap the rhythm on your knees as you sing "Tongo." You could split into two groups.

One group could tap the rhythm of the call, and the other group tap the rhythm of the echo.

But remember, in an echo song, those two will be exactly the same, won't they? Choose a leader to play a steady drum beat as you play and sing.

Here comes the music again.

Tap the rhythm and sing, with the drumbeat to help you stay together in time.

(rhythmic drumbeat) ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Jimnee bye bye oh ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Oom ba de kim bye oh ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Ooh a lay ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ ♪ Mah le ka ah lo way ♪ <v ->It's time for a quick check in with our learning so far.

</v> True or false? Sea shanties and other working songs only have a steady pulse that can be sounded as a beat.

Is that the only thing they have? If you think that's true, show me a thumbs up.

If you think it's false, thumbs down.

What do you think? Here's the answer.

Let's see if you're right.

It's false.

Well done if you knew that.

Sea shanties and other working songs do have a steady pulse that can be sounded as a beat, but they also have a rhythm.

Pulse is the regular steady heartbeat of the music, and rhythm is the pattern of sounds that we play and sing.

Sea shanties and other songs of the sea have both.

It's time to split into two groups to explore beat and rhythm now.

Let's perform "A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea" in two parts.

Team beat will feel the pulse and play a steady drumbeat.

And Team rhythm will play the rhythm on claves.

In this team, it would help to sing, or chant the words at the same time.

Here's the slide that you'll need to complete that challenge.

It might take a lot of practice to have both teams working together at the same time.

Listen to what it will sound like.

Then press pause to try it where you are.

And remember to swap teams, so that everybody gets a turn in Team beat and Team rhythm.

Here's what it will sound like.

Then press pause to try it where you are, using the audio to support if you need to.

(piano music) ♪ A sailor went to sea, sea, sea ♪ ♪ To see what he could see, see, see ♪ ♪ And all that he could see, see, see ♪ ♪ Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea! ♪ (piano music) ♪ A sailor went to sea, sea, sea ♪ ♪ To see what he could see, see, see ♪ ♪ And all that he could see, see, see ♪ ♪ Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea! ♪ <v ->Hi again.

How did you get on?</v> Were you successful in Team beat? Jun was.

He says, "I could feel the pulse and play a steady beat." Well done if you could too.

And were you successful when it was your turn in Team rhythm? Aisha certainly was.

She says, "I listened to the beat to help me play the rhythm in time.

My rhythm matched the words." Great work, Jun and Aisha.

And well done to you too.

Let's move on to playing an ostinato to help us keep in time.

We know that playing the pulse as a strong beat can help us to sing and play rhythms together in time.

But we can also play a repeated musical pattern called an ostinato to help us play and sing together in time.

We can add an ostinato to a song we already know well.

"A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea." Our ostinato, our repeated musical pattern, is going to sound like this.

Sea, sea, sea.

Sea, sea, sea.

Sea, sea, sea.

Sea, sea, sea.

Listen to the music.

Can you hear this ostinato repeated throughout the song? Join in with the ostinato by whispering the words "sea, sea, sea," and tapping the rhythm on your shoulders like me.

Sea, sea, sea, sea, sea, sea.

Here comes the music.

Join in with the ostinato.

(piano music) ♪ A sailor went to sea, sea, sea ♪ ♪ To see what he could see, see, see ♪ ♪ And all that he could see, see, see ♪ ♪ Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea! ♪ (piano music) ♪ A sailor went to sea, sea, sea ♪ ♪ To see what he could see, see, see ♪ ♪ And all that he could see, see, see ♪ ♪ Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea! ♪ <v ->Sometimes rhythms can be written down</v> so that we can remember them for another day.

The rhythm of our ostinato can be shown like this.

Sea, sea, sea.

It might also be written down like this.

Ta, di, ta.

There's time to squeeze in another quick check-in with our learning.

Can you remember what an ostinato is? Is it A, the regular, steady heartbeat of the music? B, the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock? C, a repeated musical pattern? Or D, the pattern of sounds that we play and sing? Press pause to decide which one is an ostinato.

Hi again.

Here comes the answer.

It's C.

Well done if you remember that.

An ostinato is a repeated musical pattern.

Well done team, great musical understanding.

We can also add an ostinato to another song we know.

Listen to this ostinato in "What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?" It sounds like this.

What shall we do? What shall we do? What shall we do? Let's split into two teams to perform, "What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?" Team ostinato, you're going to play the ostinato by tapping the rhythm on claves, and whispering the words, like this.

What shall we do? What shall we do? Over and over again.

And in Team singing, you're going to listen to the ostinato play to the steady beat and that will help you to sing in time.

'Cause that's your team's job.

You could choose a leader or a small team to join in with a steady drumbeat too.

Okay, I'm going to play the music now.

So take a moment to organize yourselves into Team singing and Team ostinato if you need to.

Press pause to do that now.

Are you ready? Here comes the music for "What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?" Play it in your teams. (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 ->Hello again.

How did you get on in Team singing?</v> And what about Team ostinato? Here are how some of our Oak friends got on with that challenge.

Who'd you think was the most successful this time on Team ostinato? Lucas? Or Alex? Lucas says, "I whispered the words to help me play the ostinato.

My rhythm stayed the same.

I listened to the drumbeat to help me play in time." And Alex says, "I listened to the singing team to help me play in time.

I concentrated on tapping my claves, so I didn't need to whisper the words." Who do you think would be more successful in Team ostinato this time? Pause now to share your ideas.

Here comes the answer.

I think Lucas would've been more successful this time around.

Well done if you spotted that.

It's really important to whisper the words to your ostinato because they didn't quite match the words of the singing all the time.

That will make sure that you can play the same rhythm all the way through.

Because an ostinato is a repeated musical pattern.

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

We know that sea shanties and other working songs have a steady pulse and a rhythm.

We know that rhythm is the pattern of sounds that we play and sing.

And a steady beat can help us to play and sing rhythms in time.

And we've learned that an ostinato is a repeated musical pattern that's played to a strong beat.

And finally, we know that playing and listening to an ostinato can help us to play and sing in time together, just like we did in "A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea," and "What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?" I've had a great time, everyone.

I can't wait till I see you again soon.

Bye!.