Lesson video

Hello, everybody.

It's Mrs. Steele back again for another music lesson.

This one is all about singing with pitch accuracy, and singing is my favorite thing, so I'm especially excited about this one.

Here we go! By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to sing high and low pitches matching the leader.

Let's have a look at the key words that we'll need in our learning together today.

We're going to start with singing voice, the voice that we use to create musical sounds that can be a mixture of high sounds and low sounds.

Call and response, a question and answer musical structure.

Melody, a combination of notes to make a memorable tune.

And pitch, how high or low a note is.

We know that it's very important to warm up our voices and our bodies before every music lesson to make sure that we prevent injury and we can sing safely.

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

Here they come! (upbeat piano music) Let's warm up our bodies.

We'll start with our shoulders.

And let's say hello to our arms. And the other arm.

And our middle.

(hands tapping) All the way down to our toes.

Just 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 puffing) (Mrs. Steele exhales) (light piano music) (all wheezing) <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 Yoo Hoo.

Watch me playing the game with some pupils and join in with the echo.

Here it comes! ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ You hoo ♪ ♪ You hoo ♪ ♪ They always answer me ♪ ♪ You hoo ♪ ♪ You hoo ♪ ♪ They always answer me ♪ And now join in with singing, "Let's Warm Up." Here comes the music.

(bright piano music) ♪ Let's walk strong and tall around the room in the hall ♪ ♪ Let's walk strong and tall, singing as we go ♪ ♪ Stand up, stretch up high, arms up, touch the sky ♪ ♪ Crouch down, touch the floor, let's warm up some more ♪ ♪ Let's jump really high, bouncing up to the sky ♪ ♪ Let's jump really high, singing as we go ♪ ♪ Stand up, stretch up high, arms up, touch the sky ♪ ♪ Crouch down, touch the floor, let's warm up some more ♪ ♪ Let's run extra fast, it's a race, don't be late ♪ ♪ Let's run extra fast, singing as we go ♪ ♪ Stand up, stretch up high, arms up, touch the sky ♪ ♪ Crouch down, touch the floor, let's warm up some more ♪ ♪ Let's move super slow, creep about, here we go ♪ ♪ Let's move super slow, singing as we go ♪ ♪ Stand up, stretch up high, arms up, touch the sky ♪ ♪ Crouch down, touch the floor, let's warm up some more ♪ ♪ Stand up, stretch up high, arms up, touch the sky ♪ ♪ Sit down, It's been fun, warming up is done ♪ <v ->And finally join in with the echoes in "Down by the Bay."</v> Here we go! (upbeat piano music) ♪ Down by the bay ♪ ♪ Down by the bay ♪ ♪ Where the watermelons grow ♪ ♪ Where the watermelons grow ♪ ♪ Back to my home ♪ ♪ Back to my home ♪ ♪ I dare not go ♪ ♪ I dare not go ♪ ♪ For if I do ♪ ♪ For if I do ♪ ♪ My mother will say ♪ ♪ My mother will say ♪ ♪ Did you ever see a bear combing his hair down by the bay ♪ ♪ Down by the bay ♪ ♪ Down by the bay ♪ ♪ Where the watermelons grow ♪ ♪ Where the watermelons grow ♪ ♪ Back to my home ♪ ♪ Back to my home ♪ ♪ I dare not go ♪ ♪ I dare not go ♪ ♪ For if I do ♪ ♪ For if I do ♪ ♪ My mother will say ♪ ♪ My mother will say ♪ ♪ Did you ever see a snake baking a cake down by the bay ♪ ♪ Down by the bay ♪ ♪ Down by the bay ♪ ♪ Where the watermelons grow ♪ ♪ Where the watermelons grow ♪ ♪ Back to my home ♪ ♪ Back to my home ♪ ♪ I dare not go ♪ ♪ I dare not go ♪ ♪ For if I do ♪ ♪ For if I do ♪ ♪ My mother will say ♪ ♪ My mother will say ♪ ♪ Did you ever see a cat wearing a hat down by the bay ♪ ♪ Down by the bay ♪ ♪ Down by the bay ♪ ♪ Where the watermelons grow ♪ ♪ Where the watermelons grow ♪ ♪ Back to my home ♪ ♪ Back to my home ♪ ♪ I dare not go ♪ ♪ I dare not go ♪ ♪ For if I do ♪ ♪ For if I do ♪ ♪ My mother will say ♪ ♪ My mother will say ♪ ♪ Did you ever see a fly wearing a tie down by the bay ♪ Are you ready to sing? Do your muscles feel loose? Is your throat relaxed and are you alert and ready to focus? Great.

Let's get singing.

We are going to begin today by matching pitch, using call and response.

Let's start by joining in singing "Hickety Tickety Bumblebee" and playing the game.

Watch this video to remind you how to play the game.

Then press pause to play it where you are.

Remember to use your singing voice when it's your turn to sing your name.

Here comes the video.

Then press pause to play "Hickety Tickety Bumblebee" where you are.

♪ Steady, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Hickety tickety bumblebee, can you say your name for me ♪ ♪ My name is Laura ♪ ♪ Her name is Laura ♪ ♪ Hickety tickety bumblebee, can you say your name for me ♪ ♪ Me my name's Sophia ♪ ♪ Her name's Sophia ♪ ♪ Steady, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Hickety tickety bumblebee, can you say your name for me ♪ ♪ My name is Anne ♪ ♪ Her name is Anne ♪ <v ->"Hickety Tickety Bumblebee"</v> uses a call and response musical structure.

The call is ♪ My name is Lucas ♪ Or whatever your name is, and then the response is, ♪ His name is Lucas ♪ In "Hickety Tickety Bumblebee" we use our singing voices to sing the call and response.

When we use our singing voices, our voices go higher and lower with the melody.

This is called pitch.

Using pitch actions like this can help us feel the pitch changes in the melody.

Here are the pitch actions for ♪ My name is Lucas ♪ Let's try singing the call with pitch actions.

I'll sing and you can join into and you do the pitch actions where you are.

Let's try it together.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ My name is Lucas ♪ Fantastic.

Let's try it again.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ My name is Lucas ♪ Great.

Now let's sing the response.

We'll use pitch actions here again too.

As we're doing it, can you spot, is the melody the same or different than the call when we sing the response? Let's do it.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ His name is Lucas ♪ Let's sing the response with our pitch actions again.

Is it the same as the call? ♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ His name is Lucas ♪ What do you think? Well done if you spotted that the call and response have exactly the same melody, we were doing exactly the same pitch actions, weren't we? Now join in singing and playing "Doggie, Doggie." Watch this video to remind yourselves how to play, then press pause to play it where you are.

And as you are playing where you are, you could use the audio button to help you if you'd like it.

Here's the video.

Then press pause to play.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Doggie, Doggie, where's your bone ♪ ♪ Someone stole it from my home ♪ ♪ Who stole the bone ♪ ♪ I stole the bone ♪ ♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Doggie, Doggie, where's your bone ♪ ♪ Someone stole it from my home ♪ ♪ Who stole the bone ♪ ♪ I stole the bone ♪ ♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Doggie, Doggie, where's your bone ♪ ♪ Someone stole it from my home ♪ ♪ Who stole the bone ♪ ♪ I stole the bone ♪ (children giggling) <v ->It's time for a check-in with our learning so far.

</v> Can you help me complete this sentence? The song "Doggie, Doggie" uses a, something, musical structure.

Press pause to decide what belongs in that gap.

Hello again.

Here comes the answer.

The song "Doggie, Doggie" uses a call and response musical structure.

Well done if you remember that.

Excellent listening.

The song "Doggie, Doggie" is made up of two call and response questions and answers.

In the song, the melody of the answer is the same as the melody of the question.

Using pitch actions can help us sing the answers accurately each time.

Here are the pitch actions for ♪ Who stole your bone ♪ And they're exactly the same as the pitch actions for ♪ I stole your bone ♪ Let's check in again.

True or false, in our song, "Doggie, Doggie" the questions have the same melody as the answers.

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

That's true.

Well done if you remembered and spotted that the pitch of the question matches the pitch of the answer.

We are going to work with a partner now to sing the call and response questions and answers in our song "Doggie, Doggie." To do this, face your partner.

One of you will sing the questions and the other will sing the answers.

Show the pitch, using pitch actions as you sing.

Then swap who sings the question and who sings the answer and repeat.

Press pause to try that partner challenge where you are.

Hello again.

How did it go? Let's have a think about how we know we were successful.

Here are some of our oak friends ideas.

Jacob says, "My partner and I were doing the same pitch actions." Well done if you were doing that too with your partner.

Aisha noticed, "We were singing at the same pitch as each other." And Sam says, "The pitch of the answers matched the pitch of the questions." Now let's move on to singing responses with pitch accuracy.

Join in singing our song "Star Light, Star Bright." This time finish the song with a song question ♪ What do you wish for ♪ I wonder, if you could wish on a star, what would you wish for? Here comes the music.

Join in and end the song with that song question.

♪ 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 ♪ Let's take a moment to have a think about what we would wish for if we could wish on a star.

Here are some of our Oak friends' ideas.

I wonder if you would wish for the same or for something different.

You might want to pause now to talk about that, or you could think about it in your thinking voice.

Now we're going to try and sing our answers.

When we sing our answers, we will try to match the melody of the sung question.

♪ What do you wish for ♪ Before we try that, there's just time for a check-in.

When we sing a musical question and answer it is called, A, echo, B, call and response, C, tempo.

What do you think? Here comes the answer.

It's call and response.

Well done if you remembered that.

Great understanding.

To match the melody in our response, we need to copy how the pitch moves in the call.

Here are the pitch actions for ♪ What do you wish for ♪ And they're the same as in a response like this one.

♪ I Wish for ice cream ♪ We can create many different responses to the call and when we sing our response, we can try to match it as closely as possible to the pitch of the call.

Let's try that with a partner.

One of you will sing the call ♪ What do you wish for ♪ And the other one will sing your response.

Here's another example.

♪ I wish for a new bike ♪ And you can decide what you want to wish for.

Then switch parts and repeat.

Press pause to try playing that with a partner, and you can come back to the audio button to help you if you need it.

See you soon! We can turn "Star Light, Star Bright" into a game that we can all play together, and that will help us practice matching the pitch using our call and response singing.

Let's watch the video to learn how to play.

♪ Ready, study and off we go ♪ ♪ Star light, star bright ♪ ♪ First star I see tonight ♪ ♪ I wish I may, I wish I might ♪ ♪ Have the wish I wish tonight ♪ ♪ What do you wish for ♪ ♪ I wish for a fairy ♪ ♪ Star light, star bright ♪ ♪ First star I see tonight ♪ ♪ I wish I may, I wish I might ♪ ♪ Have the wish I wish tonight ♪ ♪ What do you wish for ♪ ♪ I wish for holiday ♪ ♪ Star light, star bright ♪ ♪ First star I see tonight ♪ ♪ I wish I may, I wish I might ♪ ♪ Have the wish I wish tonight ♪ ♪ What do you wish for ♪ ♪ I wish for an apple ♪ <v ->Now that you've seen how the game works,</v> think of your own response to the song question or the call.

If the magic wand taps your hand at the end of the song, it will be your turn to sing your response.

Let's practice matching the pitch of the call.

Here's the call.

♪ What do you wish for ♪ And you might sing, ♪ I wish for a holiday ♪ I wonder what you will wish for.

It's your turn to press pause now and try playing "Star Light, Star Bright" as a whole class.

You can use the audio button to help you if you'd like to.

I wonder what you'll wish for.

See you soon! Hello again.

How did it go? Were you ready to respond when it was your turn? Did you use your singing voice to sing your response? And did the pitch of your response closely match the pitch of the call? Fantastic singing, everyone.

We've reached the end of our lesson all about singing with pitch accuracy today, so let's take a moment to think about everything that we've been learning together.

We know that singing questions and answers is a form of call and response musical structure, and we know that a sung question has a melody.

When we sing it, our voices move up and down as we sing different pitches.

We've done a lot of that today.

We know that using pitch actions can help us feel how the pitch moves in the melody, and singing questions and answers with the same melody is a good way of practicing matching pitch.

What beautiful singing today, everyone! I can't wait to see you for another music lesson sometime soon.

Bye, everybody!.