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Hello everyone.

It's Mrs. Steele again, and I've got another great music lesson for us today.

Today, we're going to be learning about building texture with a rhythmic ostinato.

But before we begin, there are some listening examples that don't feature in today's video, so you're going to need to take a moment to find those before we begin.

There's a teacher guidance slide at the beginning of the slide deck, and there you'll find all of the information that you need to do this.

Press pause now to find those listening examples, if you haven't already done so, and I'll see you in a sec.

Okay, now that you're ready, let's begin.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to play a rhythmic ostinato and chant at the same time.

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

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

Ostinato, a repeating musical pattern, which can be rhythmic or melodic.

Texture, the combination of different layers of sounds.

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

And stick notation, a way of writing music down.

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

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

(upbeat music) ♪ Ready, chickens ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, one, two ♪ ♪ One, two, one, two ♪ ♪ One, one, one, one ♪ ♪ Warmup chicken ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ Ready, chickens ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Five, six, seven, eight ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, one, two ♪ ♪ One, two, one, two ♪ ♪ One, one, one, one ♪ ♪ Warmup chicken ♪ <v ->Now we are going to warm up our faces</v> by chewing a toffee.

Find yours.

Mine's in my pocket right here, and it's this big, and when we put it in our mouth, we're going to begin to chew.

Let's all do it together.

It's quite tough.

Mm, it's getting a bit softer.

Do some really good chewing.

Oh, no, it's stuck to my teeth at the back.

I'll have to use my tongue.

And the other bit, mm.

Really big chew now.

And now we're going to do something horrible and chew with our mouth open.

Don't tell the folks at home.

Mm, delicious.

We'll begin by breathing.

We'll breathe in for four, hold for one, and out for five.

Watch first.

You'll notice we breathe in through our nose and out through our mouth.

Let's now join in altogether.

Well done.

We're going to do that two more times.

Here we go.

Make sure we're feeling nice and relaxed and.

That's great.

We should be feeling quite relaxed and the air should be flowing quite calmly.

This time, we're going to breathe in for four, hold for one, and we're going to breathe out for six imagining we're blowing out through a straw.

Watch first.

Okay, let's all do that together.

Feeling relaxed, shoulders relaxed.

Off we go.

Let's do that two more times.

And one more.

Well done.

<v ->Join in with my voice and follow my finger.

</v> ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Mm ♪ ♪ Mm ♪ <v Instructor>Moses supposes his toeses are roses,</v> but Moses supposes erroneously; for nobody's toeses are posies of roses, as Moses supposes his toeses to be.

<v ->These songs and chants will help us to warm up further</v> and make sure that we're focused and ready to learn.

Let's start with "Boom Chicka Boom." Here comes the video.

(claves tapping) I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom.

(claves tapping) Ah-ha.

Ee-hee.

One more time.

In a squeaky voice.

I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom.

(claves tapping) Ah-ha.

Ee-hee.

One more time, low and strong.

I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom.

(claves tapping) Ah-ha.

Ee-hee.

One more time, just a whisper.

I said a boom chicka boom.

I said a boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom.

(claves tapping) Ah-ha.

Ee-hee.

Next, join in with "A Ram Sam Sam." Here it comes.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ A-ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ A-ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ Gulli gulli gulli gulli gulli ♪ ♪ Ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ A-ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ A-ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ Gulli gulli gulli gulli gulli ♪ ♪ Ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ A ra-vi ♪ ♪ A ra-vi ♪ ♪ Gulli gulli gulli gulli gulli ♪ ♪ Ram-sam-sam ♪ ♪ A ra-vi ♪ ♪ A ra-vi ♪ ♪ Gulli gulli gulli gulli gulli ♪ ♪ Ram-sam-sam ♪ <v ->And our final warmup for today</v> is "Chattanooga Choo Choo." Here comes the video.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Chattanooga, chattanooga ♪ ♪ Chattanooga choo choo ♪ ♪ Chattanooga, chattanooga ♪ ♪ Choo choo train ♪ ♪ Chattanooga, chattanooga ♪ ♪ Chattanooga choo choo ♪ ♪ Chattanooga, chattanooga ♪ ♪ Choo choo train ♪ ♪ Oh, that chattanooga choo choo ♪ ♪ Oh, that choo choo train ♪ ♪ Oh, that chattanooga choo choo ♪ ♪ Oh, that choo choo train ♪ <v ->Are you ready to sing?</v> Does your throat feel warm? Do your muscles feel relaxed? And are you concentrating and ready to learn? Fantastic.

Then let's go.

We're going to begin today by introducing ostinato.

Join in with our chant "Up the Ladder, Down the Ladder," but this time, repeat this body percussion pattern throughout.

You can see it in the pictures there.

Clap, clap, tap, tap.

Watch the video to remind you how "Up the Ladder, Down the Ladder" goes, then press pause to give that a try, adding the body percussion pattern.

Here's the video.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one, the ladder ♪ ♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one, the ladder ♪ ♪ My name is Jacob ♪ ♪ Your name is Jacob ♪ ♪ My name is Jun ♪ ♪ Your name is Jun ♪ ♪ My name is Izzy ♪ ♪ Your name is Izzy ♪ ♪ My name is Lucas ♪ ♪ Your name is Lucas ♪ ♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one, the ladder ♪ ♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one, the ladder ♪ ♪ My name is Laura ♪ ♪ Your name is Laura ♪ ♪ My name is Aisha ♪ ♪ Your name is Aisha ♪ ♪ My name is Sofia ♪ ♪ Your name is Sofia ♪ ♪ My name is Sam ♪ ♪ Your name is Sam ♪ ♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one, the ladder ♪ ♪ Up the ladder, down the ladder ♪ ♪ One by one ♪ <v ->We can often find patterns in music.

</v> We can find patterns in the lyrics of a song, the structure of the music, or patterns in the rhythm or melody.

When we hear patterns in a piece of music, it can make the music more memorable.

Here's a video of violinist Siobhan playing this musical pattern.

It comes from a piece of music called "Mars, The Bringer of War" by Gustav Holst.

Watch Siobhan playing the pattern.

<v ->Hello, my name is Siobhan Clough.

</v> I play the violin, and I'll be playing you the opening motif from "Mars" written Holst from "The Planets." (dramatic violin music) <v ->Now watch this video to listen to</v> and clap the pattern for yourselves.

Here it comes for you to join in.

<v ->Copy me carefully.

</v> (teacher clapping) (teacher clapping) (teacher clapping) <v ->Now it's time for you to find the listening example</v> "Mars, The Bringer of War" by composer Gustav Holst.

As you listen, can you hear the pattern that we were just working on? This pattern is repeated over and over again, and a repeated pattern in music is called an ostinato.

Pause now to find this listening example.

Can you spot that ostinato? I'll see you in a minute.

Listen to the music again, and this time write down some descriptive words or draw a picture on a whiteboard as you listen.

As you're completing this task, have a think about how does the music make you feel? What picture or story do you imagine the music is telling? How does the repeating ostinato add excitement to this music? And if you could describe the music with a color, what color might it be? Press pause to listen again to Holst's "Mars" and write down or draw your ideas.

Hello again, everyone.

You might want to use this time to press pause and share your thoughts or ideas about the music you just heard.

Here are some of our Oak friend's ideas too.

An ostinato can be rhythmic or melodic.

This means it can be made up of just a rhythm, or it can have a melody or tune.

The ostinato in "Mars" is rhythmic.

An ostinato can be played using body percussion or instruments, or it can be sung or chanted.

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

Can you remember what an ostinato is? Which one of these do you think is the correct answer? An ostinato is, A, a repeating musical pattern, B, a type of percussion instrument, or C, the way the music is organized? Pause now to work out your answer.

What do you think? Could you remember? Here comes the answer.

An ostinato is a repeating musical pattern.

Well done everyone.

Here's an example of an ostinato in a song we already know, "Sarasponda." Watch the video to see how it goes.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Sarasponda ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Sarasponda ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Sarasponda ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Ret set set ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Sarasponda ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Sarasponda ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Sarasponda ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Ret set set ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ A doh ray oh ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ A doh ray boom day oh ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ A doh ray ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Boom day ret set set ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Ah say pasay oh ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom ♪ <v ->The song is sung in two groups.

</v> The first group sings the song, and the second group sings an ostinato, and that creates two layers of sound.

The first layer sounds like this.

♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ ♪ Boom da, boom da ♪ While the second layer, we know that tune is.

♪ Sarasponda, sarasponda ♪ ♪ Sarasponda, ret set set ♪ When we combine different layers of sound, we create musical texture.

When we listen to music with different textures, we can imagine different stories or pictures in our minds.

The ostinato pattern in "Sarasponda" helps us imagine the sounds of the spinning wheel as it works to spin the thread.

Let's check in again with our learning.

Can you complete this sentence? We can create musical texture by combining different of sound.

Can you fill in the gap? Press pause to decide together.

What do you think belongs in that gap? Here comes the answer.

We can create musical texture by combining different layers of sound.

Well done if you remembered that.

Great understanding about texture.

Let's sing our song "Sarasponda" in two groups.

One group will sing the song while the second group sings the ostinato.

Don't forget when you finish to swap groups.

Here comes the audio to show you what that sounds like, then press pause to give that musical challenge a try where you are.

Well done everyone.

Now we're going to try playing a rhythmic ostinato.

Let's look at a new chant and game.

It's called Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo.

The chant only has three words, and you repeat them over and over again keeping a steady pulse.

Here we can see how the words of this chant fit into four beats, like this.

♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ Have a go at saying the chant again, tapping your knees on each beat.

Repeat the chant over and over, choosing a new action each time.

It might look something like this.

♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ And so on.

Press pause to try the Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo chant with your body percussion actions.

Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo is a chant and game from the Philippines.

Watch this video to see how the game is played.

Notice how the leader creates a new action each time the chant is repeated, and the players keep a steady pulse as they perform their actions on the beat.

Here comes the video to show you the game.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ <v ->Now it's your turn to play the game.

</v> You could play it with a partner, in a small group or as one large group.

Press pause now to play the game Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo.

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

See you soon.

Hello again.

Now let's try clapping the rhythm of the words of our chant using syllables.

Pay close attention to how the syllables fit into each beat.

It's my turn first, then it's your turn.

♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ The word sagidi has three syllables in one beat.

The first two sounds are shorter than the third.

We can write the rhythm using stick notation.

It looks like this.

Sagidi.

The rhythm is made up of three sounds where the first two sounds are shorter than the third, and we call this rhythm takadi.

Have a go at clapping and saying the rhythm following the stick notation.

It's my turn first, then it's your turn.

♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ ♪ Sagidi sagidi sapopo ♪ Press pause to practice that together where you are.

Just like we did with "Sarasponda," we can build texture in our chant by adding an ostinato.

We can create an ostinato using some rhythms from our chant.

Let's try these ones, ta, tadi and takadi.

This ostinato uses ta and tadi.

It goes like this.

♪ Ta ta tadi ta ♪ ♪ Ta ta tadi ta ♪ Press pause to practice clapping that rhythm following the stick notation.

To make a rhythmic ostinato, clap a rhythm over and over again, like this one.

♪ Ta ta tadi ta ♪ ♪ Ta ta tadi ta ♪ ♪ Ta ta tadi ta ♪ And so on and so on.

Try playing the ostinato on an unhitched percussion instrument, such as claves.

Press pause to try that challenge where you are.

We can layer this new ostinato pattern under the Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo chant to create a thicker texture.

We've got the chant here as our first layer, but when we add the ostinato, there are now two layers of sound.

Let's check in again with our learning so far.

Which of the following is an example of musical texture? Is it A, two different instruments playing at the same time, B, a singer who is also playing an instrument, C, two groups of singers singing at the same time, or D, all of the above? Which of those do you think is an example of musical texture or do you think it's all of them? Press pause now to decide which one you think is correct.

Here comes the answer.

All of those are examples of musical texture.

Well done if you spotted that.

Great understanding, everyone.

Have a practice chanting Sagidi Sagidi Sapopo and playing the ostinato pattern at the same time.

Say the chant as you play the ostinato pattern.

Have a go at repeating it four times, keeping a steady pulse throughout.

Doing both things at the same time can take a bit of practice, so press pause and practice that together.

Good luck.

I wonder how you practiced in order to be successful.

Andeep says, "First, I practiced the ostinato on its own, and then I tried saying the chant at the same time." That's a great technique.

Laura says she practiced with a partner first and we took turns playing the ostinato.

That's a great idea too.

I wonder if any of you did that.

And Sofia remembered to keep a steady pulse as she chanted and played.

Well done if you did any of those things, or perhaps something different to help you practice successfully.

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

We know that an ostinato is a short, repeating musical pattern.

It can be rhythmic or melodic.

An ostinato is memorable and can add interest to a piece of music.

And we know that when we perform an ostinato, we can create musical texture.

That's exactly what we did today.

Musical texture describes the different layers that are happening at the same time in a piece of music.

And finally, we know that takadi is a rhythm where there are three sounds within one beat, and the first two sounds are shorter than the third.

Fantastic music making today, everyone.

I can't wait to see you again soon.

Bye.

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