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Hello, musicians, it's Mrs. Steele back again for another music lesson.

I'm so excited that we're going to be learning together today.

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

By the end of our lesson today, you will be able to sing, play, read, and notate a major pentatonic melody that uses dotted rhythms. Let's take a look at some of the keywords that will be important in our learning today.

Our first is pitch, how high or low a note is.

Major pentatonic scale.

The five notes, do, re, mi, so, and la, arranged in an ascending or descending order.

Phrase, a musical thought, like a sentence in a story.

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

And finally, stick notation, a way of writing music down.

We are experts at warming up our minds, voices, and bodies before every music lesson, because we know that it's so important to make sure that we can sing safely and get ready to make music together.

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

(bright music) (feet thumping) (palms clapping) (bright music continues) (bright music continues) (fists tapping) (bright music continues) (palms clapping) (bright music continues) 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.

Ready? (gentle music) (all breathing deeply) (gentle music continues) (all inhaling deeply) (gentle music continues) (all exhaling deeply) <v ->Echo my singing.

</v> ♪ New ♪ ♪ New ♪ ♪ New ♪ ♪ Nay ♪ ♪ Nay ♪ ♪ Nay ♪ ♪ Mi ♪ ♪ Mi ♪ ♪ Mi ♪ ♪ Moo ♪ ♪ Moo ♪ ♪ Moo ♪ ♪ May ♪ ♪ May ♪ ♪ May ♪ <v ->Copy this tricky tongue twister.

</v> Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? Here are some more songs to help us warm up even further.

They help us to use our voices and bodies in lots of different and fun ways.

The first one is "Ding Dong Diggidiggidong." Here comes the video for you to join in.

Copy me ♪ Ding dong diggidiggidong ♪ ♪ Diggidiggidong my cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggidiggidong ♪ ♪ Diggi Diggidiggidong ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggidiggidong ♪ ♪ Diggidiggidong my cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggidiggidong ♪ ♪ Diggi diggidiggidong ♪ And now join in with the song, "Tongo." Here comes the music.

<v ->Join in the echoes with me.

</v> (rhythmic music) ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ ♪ Tongo ♪ (singers singing in foreign language) (singers continue singing in foreign language) <v ->And finally, let's warm up together with "Tue Tue."</v> Here's the video for you.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ (singer singing in foreign language) (pleasant piano music) (singer singing in foreign language) (pleasant piano music) (singer singing in foreign language) (pleasant piano music) (singer singing in foreign language) (pleasant piano music) (singer singing in foreign language) (pleasant piano music) (singer singing in foreign language) (pleasant piano music) (singer singing in foreign language) (pleasant piano music) (singer singing in foreign language) (pleasant piano music) (singer singing in foreign language) (pleasant piano music) (singer singing in foreign language) (pleasant piano music) <v ->Are your muscles feeling relaxed? Is your throat warm?</v> And are you concentrating and ready to learn? If so, you are ready to sing.

Let's go.

Let's start by reading a known major pentatonic melody.

This song is called "Hill 'n Gully." It's a Jamaican call and response folk song.

Here comes the music for you to sing the call.

(pleasant music) ♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully rider ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully rider ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ And you bend down low down ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ And I'm low down to the ground ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ And I go down to the ground ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ And then you dance right round now ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ And you better mind you tumble down ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully rider ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully rider ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ And you bend down low down ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ And I'm low down to the ground ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ And I go down to the ground ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ And then you dance right round now ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ And you better mind you tumble down ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully rider ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully rider ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully ♪ (pleasant music) <v ->Every response in this song is sung on the pitch, do,</v> which is the lowest note in the major pentatonic scale.

Did you hear it? This time, sing and sign do for each response.

Here's a video to show you how that works.

Then press pause to try that challenge where you are.

(pleasant music) ♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully rider ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully rider ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ And you bend down low down ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ And I'm low down to the ground ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ And I go down to the ground ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ And then you dance right round now ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ And you better mind you tumble down ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully rider ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully rider ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ And you bend down low down ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ And I'm low down to the ground ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ And I go down to the ground ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ And then you dance right round now ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ And you better mind you tumble down ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully rider ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ Hill 'n gully rider ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ (pleasant music) <v ->Let's sing and play the folk song,</v> "Sally Go Round The Sun." Here comes a video to show you how to play.

Then press pause and play "Sally Go Round The Sun." (metronome clicking) ♪ Ready steady off you go ♪ ♪ Sally go round the sun ♪ ♪ Sally go round the moon ♪ ♪ Sally go round the sunshine ♪ ♪ Every afternoon woo ♪ ♪ Sally go round the sun ♪ ♪ Sally go round the moon ♪ ♪ Sally go round the sunshine ♪ ♪ Every afternoon woo ♪ ♪ Sally go round the sun ♪ ♪ Sally go round the moon ♪ ♪ Sally go round the sunshine ♪ ♪ Every afternoon woo ♪ ♪ Sally go round the sun ♪ ♪ Sally go round the moon ♪ ♪ Sally go round the sunshine ♪ ♪ Every afternoon woo ♪ <v ->Welcome back, did you notice that "Sally Go Round The Sun"</v> begins on the lowest pitch of the major pentatonic scale, do? We know that hand signs can help us hear, feel, and understand the melodic shape of a song.

Here are some of our hand signs.

They help us understand if the note is the same, a higher pitch higher, or a lower pitch.

Let's check our understanding by putting that into practice with "Sally Go Round The Sun." Echo each line of the song, then have a go at singing the solfege syllables and use your hand signs as you sing.

Watch this video to find out how that looks.

Then pause and try that challenge where you are.

Good luck.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Sally go round the sun ♪ ♪ Do do do do do ♪ ♪ Sally go round the moon ♪ ♪ Mi mi mi mi mi ♪ ♪ Sally go round the sunshine ♪ ♪ So so so so la so do ♪ ♪ Every afternoon ♪ ♪ Mi mi ray ray do ♪ <v ->It's time to have a go at another song now.

</v> This time it's, "I Have a Car." Here comes a video showing you how it works.

It's me actually.

See if you can join in with my actions, even the tricky ones.

It took me a couple of goes, you might want to practice it a couple of times, here I come.

(pleasant music) ♪ I have a car it's made of tin ♪ ♪ Nobody knows what shape it's in ♪ ♪ It has four wheels and a rumble seat ♪ ♪ Hear us chugging down the street ♪ ♪ Honk honk rattle rattle ♪ ♪ Toot crash beep beep ♪ ♪ Honk honk rattle rattle ♪ ♪ Toot crash beep beep ♪ ♪ Honk honk rattle rattle ♪ ♪ Toot crash beep beep ♪ ♪ Honk honk ♪ ♪ I have a car it's made of tin ♪ ♪ Nobody knows what shape it's in ♪ ♪ It has four wheels and a rumble seat ♪ ♪ Hear us chugging down the street ♪ ♪ Honk honk rattle rattle ♪ ♪ Toot crash beep beep ♪ ♪ Honk honk rattle rattle ♪ ♪ Toot crash beep beep ♪ ♪ Honk honk rattle rattle ♪ ♪ Toot crash beep beep ♪ ♪ Honk honk ♪ Let's look at one of the phrases in "I Have a Car" in more detail.

Hear us chugging down the street.

Have a go at chanting and clapping its rhythm.

It's my turn first.

Ta-di ta-di ta-di ta.

Ta-di ta-di ta-di ta.

Now, let's try singing the solfege syllables in that same phrase.

It's my turn, then your turn.

♪ Mi so so la mi re do ♪ ♪ Mi so so la mi re do ♪ Fantastic, we're getting excellent at this phrase now.

So let's add the hand signs to our solfege syllables.

Watch this video to find out how that looks, then press pause and give that a try.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Mi so so la mi re do ♪ <v ->Congratulations, now you can read a song</v> that you know well using stick notation.

You can clap and chant the rhythm and you can read, sing, sign, and play the pitches.

It's time for a check-in with our learning all about stick notation.

Using the stick notation that you can see here, you've got three questions to answer.

I'll read all of the questions, then you can press pause to decide your answers.

Question one, what is the highest pitch in the phrase? Question two, does the phrase end on the highest or lowest pitch? And question three, does the phrase use all five notes of the major pentatonic scale? Press pause to decide your answers to questions one, two, and three.

See you in a bit.

Welcome back.

Here come the answers.

The highest pitch in the phrase is la.

Well done if you spotted that.

The answer to question two, the phrase ends on the lowest pitch, that's do.

And yes, this phrase does use all five of the notes of the major pentatonic scale.

Let's sing the Caribbean folk song "Round and Round." This song uses all the notes of the major pentatonic scale too.

Listen to the shape of the melody as it rises and falls as you sing.

Here comes the music for you to join in.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Round and round we must go ♪ ♪ Bom makeleli chee cheem bom ♪ ♪ Down mm mm you must go ♪ ♪ Bom makeleli chee cheem bom ♪ ♪ Round and round we must go ♪ ♪ Bom makeleli chee cheem bom ♪ ♪ Down mm mm you must go ♪ ♪ Bom makeleli chee cheem bom ♪ <v ->Now, use the stick notation to chant and tap the rhythm.

</v> Listen to how it goes using the audio, then press pause to try playing it.

<v Instructor>Ready steady off we go.

</v> Ta-di ta ta-di ta.

Ta-di-mi ta-di ta.

Ta ta-di ta-di ta.

Ta-di-mi ta-di ta.

<v ->We've got another challenge now.

</v> This time, can you use the stick notation to sing the solfege syllables while showing the pitch with your hand signs? Have a listen to how that sounds, then press pause to try that where you are.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ So so la so so mi ♪ ♪ Do do ray mi mi ray ray do ♪ ♪ So so la so so mi ♪ ♪ Do do ray mi mi ray ray do ♪ <v ->Let's watch this video together.

</v> Here it comes.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ So so la so so mi ♪ ♪ Do do ray mi mi ray ray do ♪ ♪ So so la so so mi ♪ ♪ Do do ray mi mi ray ray do ♪ <v ->Welcome back.

</v> Like in the video, were you able to sing with accuracy of pitch and rhythm? Could you sing the correct solfege syllables, and use the correct hand signs at the same time? Did you let your hand rise and fall with the shape of the musical phrase? Fantastic if you did those things.

Excellent musical learning, everyone.

Now we're going to learn how to notate a known major pentatonic melody.

Let's remind ourselves of our Japanese folk song, "Ame Ame." We know that this song uses all five notes of the major pentatonic scale, as well as our new rhythm, ta-mi.

Here comes the music for you to join in.

(cheerful music) (singer singing in Japanese) (singer continues singing in Japanese) <v ->When we play the middle line of the song "Ame Ame,"</v> we're using all five notes of the major pentatonic scale.

Let's practice playing that middle line on our pitched percussion instruments.

You will need these notes here.

Press pause to have a go at playing that middle line on your pitched percussion instrument.

Let's perform "Ame Ame" now using a sing-play-sing structure.

Watch the video to learn how that goes, then press pause to try performing "Ame Ame" using this structure.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ (singer singing in Japanese) (pleasant xylophone music) (singer singing in Japanese) <v ->Now that we know this musical phrase well,</v> we can decode it and we can notate it.

Practicing our notation now will help us when we're ready to compose and record our own musical ideas later.

Aisha's reminding us that notating means writing music down.

There are many different ways that music can be notated, and stick notation is just one of those ways of writing down music.

Let's check in with our learning, and practice drawing some stick notation.

Have a go at drawing the rhythm ta-mi.

Remember to do two straight lines joined at the top.

You'll need to place a dot after the first stick, like this one here.

And place a short extra line halfway along, that one's attached to the second stick.

Press pause to have a go at drawing ta-mi.

Great work.

Now that we can draw one, let's practice drawing four ta-me in a row.

Try to make sure the rhythms are all the same height and the same width.

See if you can get them evenly spaced, like these ones here.

And all of these rhythms are on a straight line.

Press pause to practice drawing for ta-mi in a row.

Use the image on the screen to help you.

Let's use our knowledge of stick notation to complete a challenge now.

I'm about to show you the stick notation for "Ame Ame," but the middle line is missing.

Your challenge is to complete the missing line of stick notation.

So first, you're going to draw the missing stick notation rhythms. Then chant and tap your rhythms to check your happy that they're correct.

Next, write the missing pitches underneath each stick.

And finally sing, sign, and play your melody to check you're happy that it's correct.

And you can make any changes that you need to and check again.

My top tip for this challenge is to remember that the middle line of "Ame Ame" uses all five notes of the major pentatonic scale.

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

So I'll show you the stick notation for "Ame Ame" with that missing middle line.

Then you can press pause and complete the challenge at your own pace, here it comes.

So now it's time to press pause and complete the missing middle line of "Ame Ame." I'll see you on the other side with the answer.

Hi again, everyone.

How did you get on? Here comes the answer.

You might want to pause here to check that the stick notation on the screen matches your stick notation.

Great work, everyone.

Amazing work today, musicians.

We've come to the end of our learning for today.

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

We know that hand signs can help us to hear, feel, and understand the melodic shape of a song.

We know that music can be notated and shared, and remembered for another day.

And we know that stick notation is one way that music can be notated.

There are many more ways as well.

We can decode the major pentatonic folk songs that we learn.

And we can write these using stick notation, just like you just did with "Ame Ame." And we know that stick notation can help us to read rhythms and melodies quickly and easily.

What a lot of great musical understanding today, everyone.

I can't wait till next time.

See you soon, bye.