a person who directs musicians or singers

two or more separate songs that fit together musically when sung at the same time

the combination of different layers of sounds

the regular, steady heartbeat of the music

the same tune sung or played at the same time

Audio - Fish and chips and vinegar

British English CC

Audio - One bottle of pop SUNG

Audio - Fish and chips with One bottle of pop

Video - children performing fish and chips with bottle of pop + body percussion

Audio - Muffin man, Goose, and Shinkansen sung together

Audio - Do You Know the Muffin man?

Audio - partner songs - Goose and Muffin man

Audio - Shinkansen

Audio - backing track for Muffin man, Goose, and Shinkansen partner songs

Audio - Why shouldn't my goose

Video - warm-up cycle

Video - Don't clap this one back

Audio - Ghost of Tom UNISON

Video - Move to the pulse!

Singing partner songs

Music

This unit brings together a diverse range of songs chosen to enable successful singing in two simple parts. Through listening and singing, pupils learn how canon, specifically rounds and partner songs, are used to build layers of sound in songs.

Singing for performance: holding a second part in rounds and partner songs

Complete this sentence: Adding more partner songs will thicken the {{}}.

What word is being described here? 'The same tune sung or played at the same time'.

Sing loudly to block out the other groups' sound

Sing more softly so that you can hear how all the parts fit together

Sing quicker to make sure your group gets to the end of the song in time

Which of the following are two useful pieces of advice for someone singing partner songs?

two or more songs that fit together when sung at the same time

groups sing the same melody but start at different times

two or more songs that fit together sung at the same time

Which of the following can we use to make the texture of a song thicker?

Complete the sentence: Partner songs can fit together musically when they're sung to the same steady {{}}.

Ready, steady, off we go (followed by two hands indicating the beat to begin)

Tapping the steady pulse (hand open flat, palm down - marking the steady pulse)

Two closed fists on the beat we should stop singing

Put the following gestures in the order a conductor might use them to keep us together when singing:

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Singing partner songs

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.