Lesson video

Hi everyone.

It's me, Mrs. Steele, and I'm back again with another music lesson for us today.

Today's lesson is all about bringing everything together that we've been learning so far about beat, rhythm and pitch.

There's lots to do, so let's get started together.

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to play singing games with awareness of beat, rhythm, and pitch.

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

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.

Call and response, a question and answer musical structure.

And pitch, how high or low a note is.

We know that it's important to warm up our voices and our bodies before every music lesson.

Just like we stretch our muscles before we exercise, we need to stretch our vocal chords before we sing.

Join in with these warmups so that you are ready for singing.

Here comes the video.

(upbeat music) <v ->Let's warm up our bodies.

</v> We'll start with our shoulders and let's say hello to our arms and the other arm and our middle all the way down to our toes.

Give your toes a wiggle.

Let's warm up all the muscles of our faces.

Show me your happy face.

Show me your grumpy face.

Show me your big face.

Show me your small face.

Show me your silly face.

Show me your thinking face.

Join in with these breathing exercises.

Copy me.

(imitating buzzing) <v ->Kitty caught the kitten in the kitchen.

</v> Kitty caught the kitten in the kitchen.

Kitty caught the kitten in the kitchen.

<v ->These chants and songs will help us to warm up further</v> as they help us to use our bodies and our voices in all sorts of different ways.

Let's start with Yoo Hoo.

Here comes the video.

♪ There's someone sitting on a high, high hill ♪ ♪ I wonder who it could be ♪ ♪ There's someone sitting on a high high hill ♪ ♪ Who always answers me ♪ ♪ Yoo-Hoo ♪ ♪ Yoo-Hoo ♪ ♪ They always answer me ♪ ♪ Yoo-Hoo ♪ ♪ Yoo-Hoo ♪ ♪ They always answer me ♪ Now, let's make a fruit salad with Chop, Chop.

Here it comes.

Join in.

<v ->Let's make a fruit salad.

Chopping boards ready?</v> Ready, steady, off we go.

♪ Chop, chop, choppity chop ♪ ♪ Chop off the bottom and chop off the top ♪ ♪ What we have left, we put into the pot ♪ ♪ Chop, chop, choppity, chop ♪ <v ->What should our first fruit be?</v> <v ->Strawberry.

</v> <v ->A strawberry.

Ready, steady, off we go.

</v> ♪ Chop, chop, choppity, chop ♪ ♪ Chop off the bottom and chop off the top ♪ ♪ What we have left, we put into the pot ♪ ♪ Chop, chop, choppity, chop ♪ <v ->What should our second fruit be?</v> <v ->An orange.

</v> <v ->An orange.

Ready, steady, off we go.

</v> ♪ Chop, chop, choppity, chop ♪ ♪ Chop off the bottom and chop off the top ♪ ♪ What we have left we put into the pot ♪ ♪ Chop, chop, choppity, chop ♪ <v ->What should fruit number three be?</v> <v ->Pear.

</v> <v ->A pear.

Ready, steady, off we go.

</v> ♪ Chop, chop, choppity, chop ♪ ♪ Chop off the bottom and chop off the top ♪ ♪ What we have left we put into the pot ♪ ♪ Chop, chop, choppity, chop ♪ <v ->What should fruit number four be?</v> <v ->Watermelon.

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

</v> ♪ Chop, chop, choppity, chop ♪ ♪ Chop off the bottom and chop off the top ♪ ♪ What we have left, we put into the pot ♪ ♪ Chop, chop, choppity, chop ♪ <v ->And finally join in with Tony Chestnut.

</v> Can you get all of the actions in the right places? Here it comes.

♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Tony Chestnut ♪ ♪ Knows I love you ♪ ♪ Tony knows ♪ ♪ Tony knows ♪ ♪ Tony Chestnut knows I love you ♪ ♪ That's what Tony knows ♪ ♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Tony Chestnut knows I love you ♪ ♪ Tony knows ♪ ♪ Tony knows ♪ ♪ Tony Chestnut knows I love you ♪ ♪ That's what Tony knows ♪ ♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Tony Chestnut knows I love you.

♪ ♪ Tony knows ♪ ♪ Tony knows ♪ ♪ Tony Chestnut knows I love you ♪ ♪ That's what Tony knows ♪ <v ->Are you ready to sing?</v> Do your muscles feel loose? Does your throat feel relaxed? And are you alert and ready to focus? Brilliant.

You are ready to sing.

Here we go.

We are going to start by consolidating our beat and rhythm work.

Join in singing our song Here Comes a Bluebird.

Tap the beat on your knees as you sing.

Here comes the music.

♪ Ready, steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Here comes a bluebird through my window ♪ ♪ Hey diddle-dum-a day day day ♪ ♪ Take a little partner, hop in the garden ♪ ♪ Hey diddle-dum-a day day day ♪ <v ->Now can you try clapping the rhythm of the words</v> press pause to try that now.

Let's compare beat and rhythm in our song, Here comes a Bluebird.

We'll start by learning this body percussion pattern.

This pattern follows the steady beat of the song.

It looks like this.

♪ Ready, steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Here comes a bluebird through my window.

♪ Press pause to practice that body percussion pattern.

Can you sing at the same time? See you in a minute.

Here's another body percussion pattern for us to learn.

This one follows the rhythm of the words.

I'll have to tap in the air instead of on my knees so you can see what I'm doing, but you'll tap on your knees.

It looks like this.

♪ Hey diddle-dum-a day day day ♪ Press pause to practice that body percussion pattern and sing at the same time.

Let's put all of that together and perform those body percussion patterns as you sing the song.

Alternating between beat and rhythm.

♪ Here comes a bluebird through my window ♪ ♪ Hey diddle-dum-a day day day ♪ And so on.

Press pause to practice those body percussion rhythms as you sing Here Comes a Bluebird.

Let's try all of that with a partner now.

You're going to want to do this at your own pace where you are, so I'll show you all of the slides that you might want to refer to to remind yourselves of what this might look like.

Here's the first one.

You might need this slide or maybe this one, and this is the last bit.

So now it's time to press pause and perform Here Comes a Bluebird with a partner using the body percussion actions.

And remember, if you'd like to, you can skip back and refer to any of those slides we've just looked at together.

Have fun.

See you in a bit.

Now let's sing and play Doggie, Doggie.

Remember, when it's your turn to sing the response, make sure the pitch matches the call.

Listen carefully to Doggie, Doggie first so that you can remind yourselves how it goes.

Here's the music ♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Doggie, doggie, where's your bone ♪ ♪ Who stole your bone ♪ Now it's time to press pause and play Doggie, Doggie where you are.

Have fun.

Your next challenge is to sing the song again.

This time clapping the rhythm of the words.

Here are the rhythms in the first part of the song, and here are the rhythms in the call and response.

Press pause now to play Doggie, Doggie Where's Your Bone.

This time clapping the rhythm as you sing.

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

True or false.

In a song or chant, the rhythm follows the pattern of the words.

Do you think that's true or false? Here comes the answer.

That's true.

Well done if you remember that.

We can feel the pattern of the words when we clap the syllables just like you just did in Doggie, Doggie.

Our song Doggie, Doggie uses a call and response musical structure.

It's made up of two sets of questions and answers, and Jacob's reminding us that in this song the call has the same pitch and rhythm as the response.

Now try clapping the rhythm in two groups.

One group will clap the questions or the call.

♪ Doggie, doggie, where's your bone ♪ And the other group will clap the answers, the response.

♪ Someone stole it from my home ♪ And the two groups can clap these rhythms too.

The call and the response, press pause to try clapping the rhythm of Doggie, Doggie in two groups as a call and response.

Hello again.

Here's another challenge.

Try the same thing again, but this time say the words in your thinking voice like this.

(teacher claps) Press pause to try the exact same thing again, but this time all the words are in your thinking voice.

It's time for a big musical challenge now.

Play the beat and the rhythm in our song, Doggie, Doggie using percussion instruments.

To do this work in three groups and choose a different unhitched percussion instrument for each group.

The first group will play the beat.

The second group will play the rhythm of the questions, the call, and the third group will play the rhythm of the answers, the response.

Then if you'd like an extra challenge, see if you can try all of that again, but this time put all of the words in your thinking voices.

You are definitely going to want to do all of that at your own pace where you are and take some time to get ready.

So I'm going to show you the slides that you might need for this task.

Then you can press pause and give it a try.

Here's the first one, and you might also want to refer to this slide.

Here we go.

It's time to press pause.

Get ready and perform Doggie, Doggie in your three groups using unpitched percussion instruments.

Good luck.

Hello again.

How did it go? Did the beat players play with a steady sense of pulse and keep a steady tempo throughout? Well done if you did.

That helps keep everybody in time together.

And did the rhythm players play the rhythm of the lyrics accurately and neatly following the call and response musical structure? Brilliant.

Well done everyone.

There was a lot going on there.

Excellent music making.

Now let's move on to developing our singing games further.

Join in singing Star Light, Star Bright.

We know this song really well now.

Tap the beat on your knees as you sing.

Here's the music.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Star light, star bright ♪ ♪ First star I see tonight ♪ ♪ Wish I may, wish I might ♪ ♪ Have the wish I wish tonight ♪ ♪ What do you wish for ♪ Do you remember the singing game for Star Light, Star Bright? In this game, the leader keeps a steady beat as they tap our hands with the magic wand.

Let's practice singing the question as you show the pitch using pitch actions.

I'll sing and you join in and do the pitch actions where you are ♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ What do you wish for ♪ Let's try that again.

You do the pitch actions and sing.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ What do you wish for ♪ Brilliant.

Remember that when we sing our answer, we try to match the pitch of the question.

Now let's try clapping the rhythm of the question.

What do you wish for? What do you wish for? Or it could be ta, ta-di, ta, ta.

Brilliant stuff.

Let's try putting all of that together and sing Star Light, Star Bright again.

Tap the beat on your knees to sing the song and then clap the rhythm of the question at the end.

Here comes the music.

Get ready.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ What do you wish for ♪ <v ->Let's put all of that together and play the game</v> Star Light, Star Bright.

Remember to clap the rhythm as you sing the question each time.

After you've had a turn to sing the response, it'll be your turn to keep the beat with a magic wand.

Sit down once your turn is finished, then you can continue until everyone's had a turn.

Press pause to place Star Light, Star Bright where you are.

We've got a new challenge now.

Do you recognize the song from its rhythm? Clap the rhythm following the stick notation.

Press pause to try that now.

Do you recognize it? What about the next bit of the song? Try clapping this rhythm following the stick notation.

Have you spotted what the song is now? Here comes the answer.

This is the rhythm of our song Burnie Bee.

Well done if you spotted that.

Join in now playing the Burnie Bee singing game.

Sit in a circle and choose one person to be Burnie Bee.

As you sing the song, Burnie Bee walks around the outside of the circle, tapping the shoulders of those in the circle on the beat.

Then whoever gets tapped at the end of the song chases Burnie Bee around the circle, and you've got to try and catch Burnie Bee before he sits back in your spot.

Have fun playing Burnie Bee as a class.

You could use the audio button to help you with this if you'd like it.

Off you go bees.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Burnie bee, Burnie bee ♪ ♪ Tell me when your wedding be ♪ ♪ If it be tomorrow day ♪ ♪ Take your wings and fly away ♪ It's time for another check-in.

Can you remember what beat is? The beat is A, how high or low the notice.

B, the pattern of the words in a song.

Or C, the playing or showing of the steady pulse.

Press pause to decide which one you think the beat is.

Here comes the answer.

The beat is the playing or showing of the steady pulse.

Let's join in singing another song now Listen, Listen, Here I Come.

Here comes the music for you to join in.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Listen, listen, here I come ♪ ♪ Somebody special gets the drum ♪ <v ->Now let's try another challenge</v> with Listen, Listen, Here I Come.

March around the room to the steady beat as you sing.

Then stop and clap the rhythm as you sing the song a second time, press pause to try that musical now, and you can use the audio button to help you with this if you need it.

We can turn Listen, Listen Here I Come into a beat and rhythm singing game that we can all play together.

To play this game, when it's your turn to play the drum, you can choose to play the beat or the rhythm.

The beat would sound like this.

♪ Listen, listen, here I come ♪ ♪ Somebody special gets the drum ♪ Or when it's your turn with the drum, you might choose to play the rhythm like this.

♪ Listen, listen, here I come ♪ ♪ Somebody special gets the drum ♪ Then the rest of the class can answer the question, did the player play the beat or the rhythm? This game needs a lot of careful listening.

Press pause now to try that beat or rhythm game with Listen, Listen, Here I Come.

How did you get on with the game? Did you spot whether the player was playing the beat or the rhythm? If they played the beat, did they show a steady sense of pulse as they played and did they manage to keep a consistent tempo throughout? And if they played the rhythm, did they play it accurately? Did it match the pattern of the words of the song? Well done everybody.

Excellent music making.

We've come to the end of our lesson together now.

Let's take a moment to think about everything that we've been learning.

We've been moving and singing together when we play singing games to help us to feel the beat, and we know that as we repeat songs, we become more familiar with the rhythm of the words and the way that the pitch moves.

We know that the beat of the song stays steady like a ticking clock while the rhythm follows the pattern of the words.

And when we know a song very well, like the ones we've been working on today, it's easier to clap or play the rhythm.

What a lot of brilliant music making together everyone, I can't wait to see you again soon for another music lesson.

Bye everybody.