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(no audio) <v ->Hello everyone, it's me again, Mrs. Steele,</v> and I'm back with another music lesson.

In today's lesson, we're going to be learning about rhythm.

Here we go.

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to identify the rhythm in songs that you sing, and you'll know the difference between beat and rhythm.

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

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

Tempo, how fast or slow the music is played.

Rhythm, the pattern of sounds that we play and sing.

Syllable, a part of a word.

And stick notation, a way of writing rhythms down.

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

We need to stretch our muscles to make sure that we are ready to sing safely.

Join in with these warmups so that you're ready to sing.

(bright music) Let's warm up our bodies.

We'll start with our shoulders.

(bright music) And let's say hello to our arms. (bright music) And the other arm.

(bright music) And our middle.

(bright music) 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.

(Mrs. Steele rubbing hands together) (Mrs. Steele blowing into hands) (Mrs. Steele rubbing hands together) (Mrs. Steele blowing into hands) (Mrs. Steele rubbing hands together) (Mrs. Steele blowing into hands) (Mrs. Steele vocalizing) (class 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 songs and chants will help us to warm up further</v> as they help us to use our bodies and our voices in lots of different ways.

Let's start with "Lemon, Lime." Here's the video.

Join in.

(claves thudding rhythmically) ♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Lemon lime keep in time ♪ ♪ Lemon lime keep in time ♪ ♪ Make it neat feel the beat ♪ ♪ Make it neat feel the beat ♪ ♪ Not too fast not too slow ♪ ♪ Not too fast not too slow ♪ ♪ Ready steady go go go ♪ ♪ Ready steady go go go ♪ ♪ Lemon lime keep in time ♪ ♪ Lemon lime keep in time ♪ ♪ Make it neat feel the beat ♪ ♪ Make it neat feel the beat ♪ ♪ Not too fast not too slow ♪ ♪ Not too fast not too slow ♪ ♪ Ready steady go go go ♪ ♪ Ready steady go go go ♪ ♪ Lemon lime keep in time ♪ ♪ Lemon lime keep in time ♪ ♪ Make it neat feel the beat ♪ ♪ Make it neat feel the beat ♪ ♪ Not too fast not too slow ♪ ♪ Not too fast not too slow ♪ ♪ Ready steady go go go ♪ ♪ Ready steady go go go ♪ <v ->Next, join in with "Walk and Stop."</v> <v ->Let's walk.

</v> ♪ Oh well you walk and you walk and you walk and you stop ♪ ♪ Oh well you walk and you walk and you walk and you stop ♪ <v Mrs. Steele>Let's march.

</v> ♪ Oh well you march and you march ♪ ♪ And you march and you stop ♪ ♪ Oh well you march and you march ♪ ♪ And you march and you stop ♪ <v Mrs. Steele>Let's skip.

</v> ♪ Oh well you skip and you skip ♪ ♪ And you skip and you stop ♪ ♪ Oh well you skip and you skip ♪ ♪ And you skip and you stop ♪ <v Mrs. Steele>Let's hop.

</v> ♪ Oh well you hop and you hop ♪ ♪ And you hop and you stop ♪ ♪ Oh well you hop and you hop ♪ ♪ And you hop and you stop ♪ <v Mrs. Steele>Let's fly.

</v> ♪ Oh well you fly and you fly ♪ ♪ And you fly and you stop ♪ ♪ Oh well you fly and you fly ♪ ♪ And you fly and stop ♪ <v ->And finally let's sing "Dr.

Nickerbocker."</v> Here comes the video.

(bright music) ♪ Dr.

Nickerbocker Nickerbocker number nine ♪ ♪ I just got back and I'm feeling fine ♪ ♪ Now let's get the rhythm of the hands ♪ (class clapping hands) ♪ Now we've the rhythm of the hands ♪ ♪ Now let's get the rhythm of the feet ♪ ♪ Now we've got the rhythm of the feet ♪ (class feet thudding) ♪ Now let's get the rhythm of the hips ♪ ♪ Now we've got the rhythm of the hips ♪ ♪ Now lets get the rhythm of the number nine ♪ ♪ One two three four five ♪ ♪ Six seven eight nine ♪ <v ->After all that, are you ready to sing?</v> Do your muscles feel loose? Is your throat relaxed? And are you alert and ready to focus? Fantastic news.

Let's get going.

We're going to begin by comparing beat and rhythm.

We've got a new song to join in singing today.

It's called "Star Light Star Bright.

As you sing, feel the steady pulse.

Here comes 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 ♪ <v ->Let's sing "Star Light Star Bright" again.

</v> This time, tap the beat on your knees.

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 ♪ <v ->Here's a song we know well,</v> it's "Engine, Engine Number Nine." As you join in, march on the spot, and move your arms back and forth like train pistons on the beat.

Here's "Engine, Engine Number Nine." Get ready.

♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Engine engine number nine ♪ ♪ Going down the railroad line ♪ ♪ If the train should leave the track ♪ ♪ Will I get my money back ♪ <v ->Listen carefully to this recording</v> of "Engine, Engine Number Nine.

Tap the beat gently on your hand as you listen, what do you notice? Here comes the music.

Listen carefully.

(claves thudding rhythmically) ♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Engine engine number nine ♪ ♪ Going down the railroad line ♪ ♪ If the train should leave the track ♪ ♪ Will I get my money back ♪ (claves thudding rhythmically) ♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Engine engine number nine ♪ ♪ Going down the railroad line ♪ ♪ If the train should leave the track ♪ ♪ Will I get my money back ♪ (claves thudding rhythmically) ♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Engine engine number nine ♪ ♪ Going down the railroad line ♪ ♪ If the train should leave the track ♪ ♪ Will I get my money back ♪ (claves thudding rhythmically) ♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Engine engine number nine ♪ ♪ Going down the railroad line ♪ ♪ If the train should leave the track ♪ ♪ Will I get my money back ♪ <v ->What did you notice as you listened</v> and tapped the beat on your hand? Lucas spotted that the beat was getting faster and faster.

Well done if you spotted that too.

Most music has a steady beat.

Sometimes the beat is faster or slower.

We use the word tempo to describe how fast or slow the music is.

Can you keep the beat when the tempo changes? In "Engine, Engine Number Nine" this time, tap the beat on your knees as you sing.

Keep the beat steady and neat even when the tempo changes.

And your big challenge here is try not to tap louder when the beat gets faster.

Here comes the music.

Get ready to tap the beat and keep it steady even when the tempo changes.

(claves thudding rhythmically) ♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Engine engine number nine ♪ ♪ Going down the railroad line ♪ ♪ If the train should leave the track ♪ ♪ Will I get my money back ♪ (claves thudding rhythmically) ♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Engine engine number nine ♪ ♪ Going down the railroad line ♪ ♪ If the train should leave the track ♪ ♪ Will I get my money back ♪ (claves thudding rhythmically) ♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Engine engine number nine ♪ ♪ Going down the railroad line ♪ ♪ If the train should leave the track ♪ ♪ Will I get my money back ♪ (claves thudding rhythmically) ♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Engine engine number nine ♪ ♪ Going down the railroad line ♪ ♪ If the train should leave the track ♪ ♪ Will I get my money back ♪ <v ->Something else is different</v> in this video of "Engine, Engine Number Nine." Watch closely to notice how the teacher is clapping along.

♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Engine engine number nine ♪ ♪ Going down the railroad line ♪ ♪ If the train should leave the track ♪ ♪ Will I get my money back ♪ <v ->What did you spot?</v> Did you notice that the teacher is not clapping the beat? Did you spot what she is clapping? Yes, the teacher in the video is clapping along to the words of the song.

Well done if you notice that.

The teacher in the video was clapping the pattern of the lyrics of the song.

They were clapping every syllable.

When we clap the pattern of the lyrics of a song, we're clapping the rhythm.

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

Sing and clap the rhythm of "Engine, Engine Number Nine." ♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Engine engine number nine ♪ ♪ Going down the railroad line ♪ ♪ If the train should leave the track ♪ ♪ Will I get my money back ♪ <v ->It's time to work as a whole class</v> to show the beat and the rhythm of "Engine, Engine Number Nine." To do this, split into two groups.

One group is going to show the beat by marching on the spot, while the other group claps the rhythm.

Then swap groups and repeat.

If you've mastered that and you fancy an extra challenge, you could try it at a faster tempo.

Remember to keep the beat and rhythm steady and neat if you do this.

You're going to want to do this at your own pace where you are.

So I'm going to show you the slide that you need, and then you can choose whether you'd like to do it nice and steady or to try it to a faster tempo.

Maybe you'll try both.

Here's the slide that you'll need.

There you go.

Now it's time to press pause and complete this challenge showing the beat and rhythm of "Engine, Engine Number Nine." See you later.

How did it go? Did you keep a steady beat as you marched and sang? Did you clap the rhythm accurately, and did it match the pattern of the words when you did this? And did you try it at a faster tempo? Were you able to keep it steady and neat, or perhaps your train came off the track? Great work, everybody.

Let's move on to developing understanding of rhythm.

To help us understand more about rhythm, it can be helpful to see the rhythm written down.

One way of writing rhythms down is by using stick notation.

Chant the first line of "Engine, Engine Number Nine" and clap the rhythm.

Notice when there are two claps in a beat, or when there is only one.

Press pause to try that.

The word 'engine' has two syllables, or in stick notation we can call that.

♪ Ta-di ♪ ♪ Engine ♪ And the word 'nine' has one syllable.

In stick notation we call that.

♪ Ta ♪ ♪ Nine ♪ So using stick notation, the rhythm looks like this.

♪ Engine ♪ ♪ Engine ♪ ♪ Number nine ♪ Clap and say the rhythm of "Engine, Engine Number Nine" following the stick notation.

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

♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Engine engine number nine ♪ ♪ Going down the railroad line ♪ ♪ If the train should leave the track ♪ ♪ Will I get my money back ♪ <v ->Now it's time to join in singing "Burnie Bee."</v> Perform the beat actions as you sing.

Here comes the video.

Join in.

♪ 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 ♪ <v ->Now can you sing the song again,</v> this time clapping the rhythm of the words.

It's going to look like this.

Clap the rhythm of the words following the syllables.

It's my turn first.

♪ Burnie Bee ♪ (clapping rhythmically) ♪ Burnie Bee ♪ (clapping rhythmically) ♪ Burnie Bee ♪ (clapping rhythmically) ♪ Burnie Bee ♪ (clapping rhythmically) Brilliant.

Now let's clap the rhythm of the words following the stick notation.

It's my turn first.

♪ Burnie Bee ♪ (clapping rhythmically) ♪ Burnie Bee ♪ (clapping rhythmically) ♪ Burnie Bee ♪ (clapping rhythmically) ♪ Burnie Bee ♪ (clapping rhythmically) Well done, everyone.

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

The word 'Burnie' has two syllables.

♪ Burnie ♪ The word 'bee' has how many syllables? Can you show me with your fingers? How many syllables in the word 'bee?' Yes, that's right.

The word 'bee' has one syllable.

♪ Bee ♪ Now let's put all of that together and clap the rhythm following the stick notation.

Press pause to try these first two lines.

Now try the next two lines.

Notice that there's something different about that last line there.

You can still clap it, and follow the syllables, and I'll reveal why I've done that in a minute.

Press pause to clap these last two lines, following the stick notation, and the bees.

It's time for a check-in.

Which rhythm matches the last line of "Burnie Bee." It was missing wasn't it? Listen carefully to each of these three stick notation rhythms, then press pause to decide which one you think matches the last line of "Burnie Bee." Listen to rhythm A.

(claves thudding) Now listen to rhythm B.

(claves thudding) And now here's rhythm C.

(claves thudding) Press pause to decide which of these three rhythms matches the last line of "Burnie Bee." Here comes the answer.

Rhythm C is the last line of "Burnie Bee," isn't it? ♪ Take your wings and fly away ♪ Well done if you spotted that.

Excellent understanding all about rhythm.

Now it's time for our last musical challenge of this lesson today.

We're going to play the beat and rhythm of our song "Burnie Bee" following the stick notation.

To do this, you're going to split into two groups, then choose two percussion instruments, one to play the beat and one to play the rhythm.

Then as you sing the song, one group will play the beat on their instruments, and the other group plays the rhythm on their instruments.

Then swap groups and repeat.

I'm going to show you the slide that you're going to need to do this.

Here it comes.

If you're in team beat, follow the hearts as you play, and if you're in team rhythm, follow the stick notation.

It's time to press pause and try that challenge where you are.

Remember, you can use the audio button to help you if you need it.

Remember to swap groups.

See you soon.

Welcome back, everyone.

Who do you agree with? Jacob says, "When we played the rhythm, it matched the syllables of the words we were singing.

The stick notation matches the pattern of the words." And Aisha says, "When we played the beat, it matched the syllables of the words we were singing.

The stick notation shows us how many beats to play." Press pause to decide who you think is right here.

Here comes the answer.

Jacob's right this time.

When we play the rhythm, it matches the syllables of the words that we sing, so the stick notation matches the pattern of the words.

Well done if you notice that.

We've come to the end of another music lesson, let's have a think about everything we've learned today.

We know that most music has a steady beat, and the beat can be fast or slow.

When the beat is fast, we say it has a fast tempo.

And when the beat is slow, we say it has a slow tempo.

We know that the rhythm matches the pattern of the words or syllables of a song.

And we know that using stick notation is one way of writing down the rhythm of a song.

Fantastic musical learning this time, everyone.

I can't wait to see you again soon.

Bye.

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