Lesson video

Hello everyone.

My name is Mrs. Steele, and I'm so excited that we're going to be learning together today.

Today's music lesson is called Chanting and Singing in Time, and we're going to have so much fun together.

Before we begin, there's an audio example that doesn't feature in this video that you'll need for this lesson.

All of the information you need about that is on a teacher guidance slide at the beginning of this slide deck.

Please take a moment to pause now, if you haven't already done so, to find that audio example that you'll need.

Are you ready? Let's get started with our learning together today.

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to chant and sing with a secure sense of pulse.

Let's start by looking at the keywords that will be important in our learning today.

The first one is warmup, a sequence of exercises used to prepare the mind, body, and voice for singing or for playing instruments.

Pulse, the regular, steady heartbeat of the music.

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

Let's begin by warming up, so that we're ready to make music together.

Before every music lesson, it's important to warm up our bodies, voices and minds, so that we're ready to move and ready to sing.

Warming up our whole body helps to make sure that we're standing correctly and at ease when we're singing, and we need to gently warm and stretch our vocal chords too to prevent our voices from injury, so that we can sing safely.

Let's check in with our understanding about warming up.

Which of the following statements is true about warming up? Is it, A, we should warm up every time we sing, B, we only need to warm up before a performance, or do you think it's C, warming up is only important if we're going to sing a lot? Pause now to choose your answer.

What do you think? I expect you know this one.

It's A, we should warm up every time we sing.

Well done everyone.

Great understanding.

Now that we know how important warming up is, let's warm up ready for this music making today.

First, let's warm up our body.

Warming up our body helps our singing posture and helps us to stand at ease when we sing.

Join in with this whole body warmup.

Here comes the video.

(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 ♪ (children imitates chicken clucking) <v ->Now let's warm up our faces.

</v> If our face muscles have been stretched and relaxed, they feel looser and less tense when we sing.

That's important.

Join in with these face warmups.

Here they come.

<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 have to use my tongue.

And the other bit, mm.

Really big chewing 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.

<v Mrs. Steele>Now join in with these breathing exercises.

</v> Here comes the video.

<v ->We'll begin by breathing.

</v> 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 ->Now we can start to warm up our voices</v> with some vocal exercises.

These help us gently warm and stretch our vocal cords, which helps prevent injury.

Join in with these vocal warmups.

Here they come.

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

</v> ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Mm ♪ ♪ Mm ♪ <v Mrs. Steele>Now let's have a go at some tongue twisters.

</v> They help to warm up our mouths and improve articulation.

Try this tongue twister together.

Use the audio to help you.

Here it comes.

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

<v ->Let's check that we're warmed up and ready to sing.

</v> We're warmed up and ready to sing when our body feels awake and our muscles feel relaxed.

When our breathing is controlled and our chest feels open.

We feel alert and focused, and our mouth feels loose, and our voice feels warm and ready.

It's time for another check-in.

Who do you agree with more? Laura says, "When I warm up, I focus on my voice.

It is important to warm up our voices in order to prevent injury." And Jacob says, "When I warm up, I focus on my body, voice and mind.

It's important to warm up all of these areas before singing." Have a think, who do you agree with more? Here comes the answer.

I think I agree with Jacob more.

Well done if you said that.

It's important to focus on our body, voice and our mind when we're warming up.

Now it's time to join in with the warmup song "I Have a Car." Here comes the music for you to join in.

(upbeat 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 ♪ <v ->My favorite part of the song "I Have a Car"</v> is definitely the actions in the chorus.

They're quite tricky and it takes a fair bit of practice to do all the actions in time with the lyrics.

Have a look at this video.

I think it's me actually doing the actions to "I Have a Car." See if you can join in with me.

Here I come.

(upbeat 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 ♪ So after all of that, are you warmed up and ready to sing? Let's check.

You're warmed up when your voice feels warm and stretched, when you can speak and sing really clearly, you're standing with your feet slightly apart, your chest open and body relaxed, and you feel ready to learn.

Well done if you are all of those things, you're ready to sing.

Let's move on together to feeling the pulse.

It's important to have a sense of pulse when we chant, sing or play music together.

Aisha's telling us that a sense of pulse can help us keep in time as we chant or sing together, and we can feel the steady heartbeat when we move or perform actions in time to the music, just like we did with "I Have a Car." We have a new song and game to learn together now, it's called "Up the Ladder, Down the Ladder." Watch the video to learn how to play.

♪ 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's Jacob ♪ ♪ You're 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 ->Now it's time to perform the game again.

</v> This time tap a steady pulse as you sing in time.

Pause now to play "Up the Ladder, Down the Ladder" together.

It's time to find your listening example now.

Listen to "Radetzky March" by Johann Strauss.

As you listen, feel the pulse and tap along using body percussion.

When you do this, you're creating the beat.

When you've found the pulse, try marching along to the music.

This piece is particularly good for that because the music has a really clear heartbeat that you can feel as you march along.

Press pause now to listen to "Radetzky March" by Strauss.

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

Can you remember what pulse is? See which one of these you think is correct.

The pulse is, A, how fast or slow the music is.

The pulse is the regular, steady heartbeat of the music, that's B.

Or do you think it's C, the pulse is the pattern of the words in a song.

Which one do you think is the right answer? What do you think? Here it comes.

The pulse is the regular, steady heartbeat of the music.

Well done everyone.

Great understanding.

Here we can see how the beat fits with the words of our rhyme "Alligator." It sounds like this.

♪ Alligator, high ♪ ♪ Alligator, low ♪ ♪ Alligator fast and then he's slow ♪ And the second part of the rhyme with the beat sounds like this.

♪ Alligator up, alligator down ♪ ♪ Alligator on the farm and also in the town ♪ Can you say the rhyme again this time using your arms to imitate the alligator snapping on the beat? Watch the video and join in.

Here it comes.

♪ Ready, steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Alligator high, alligator low ♪ ♪ Alligator fast and then he's slow ♪ ♪ Alligator up, alligator down ♪ ♪ Alligator on the farm and also in the town ♪ <v Mrs. Steele>Let's check in with our learning.

</v> How many beats are there in our "Alligator" rhyme? Listen to the rhyme again as you count the beats.

Here comes the audio.

Listen carefully and count.

♪ Ready, steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Alligator high, alligator low ♪ ♪ Alligator fast and then he's slow ♪ ♪ Alligator up, alligator down ♪ ♪ Alligator on the farm and also in the town ♪ <v ->How many beats do you think there are in "Alligator?"</v> Do you think there are A, 10, B, 16, or C, 22? Pause now to decide.

Here comes the answer.

It's 16.

Great listening and counting, everyone.

16 beats in our rhyme "Alligator." Our next challenge is to play the beat using claves as we chant, keeping a steady pulse throughout.

Pause now to give that musical challenge a try.

Hello again.

How did you get on with that challenge? You showed a steady sense of pulse if you played your claves in time with the beat, you played the beat consistently throughout the chant, and you played with a steady tempo, not getting faster or slower.

Well done if you did all of those things.

A great steady sense of pulse.

And now let's continue with developing our sense of pulse.

We have another new song today, it's called "Sarasponda." Listen to the song and see if you can find the pulse.

Here comes the music.

♪ Ready, steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Sarasponda, sarasponda ♪ ♪ Sarasponda ret set set ♪ ♪ Sarasponda, sarasponda ♪ ♪ Sarasponda ret set set ♪ ♪ A doh ray oh ♪ ♪ A doh ray boom day oh ♪ ♪ A doh ray boom day ret set set ♪ ♪ A say pasay oh ♪ <v ->"Sarasponda" is a Dutch song about a spinning wheel,</v> and it comes from the Netherlands that you can see on the map here.

The lyrics of "Sarasponda" imitate the sounds the spinning wheel makes.

It might have been helpful to keep a steady pulse while working on a spinning wheel.

Now it's time to join in singing "Sarasponda," keeping a steady pulse.

Here comes the music to help you.

♪ Ready, steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Sarasponda, sarasponda ♪ ♪ Sarasponda ret set set ♪ ♪ Sarasponda, sarasponda ♪ ♪ Sarasponda ret set set ♪ ♪ A doh ray oh ♪ ♪ A doh ray boom day oh ♪ ♪ A doh ray boom day ret set set ♪ ♪ A say pasay oh ♪ <v Mrs. Steele>We have some actions</v> to learn too in "Sarasponda." Watch the video to find out how they go.

♪ Ready, steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Sarasponda, sarasponda ♪ ♪ Sarasponda ret set set ♪ ♪ Sarasponda, sarasponda ♪ ♪ Sarasponda ret set set ♪ ♪ A doh ray oh ♪ ♪ A doh ray boom day oh ♪ ♪ A doh ray boom day ret set set ♪ ♪ A say pasay oh ♪ <v ->It's time for another check in.

</v> Can you help me complete this sentence? When we perform actions in time to the beat, we are showing the steady something.

What do you think? Pause now to decide together.

What do you think that missing word is? Here it comes.

Yes, I'm sure you knew it's pulse.

When we perform actions in time to the beat, we are showing the steady pulse.

We have another new song and game now.

This one is called "Obiswana" and it's from Ghana.

Ghana is in West Africa.

Have a go at singing the song with a steady pulse.

Tap the beat on your knees as you sing.

Here comes the music for you to join in.

(sticks tapping) ♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa, Nana ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa, Nana ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa, Nana ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa, Nana ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa ♪ <v ->"Obwisana" is a passing game.

</v> As the song is sung, players pass sticks or rocks around a circle.

Watch the video to see how these pupils play the game.

(sticks tapping) ♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa, Nana ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa, Nana ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa, Nana ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa, Nana ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa ♪ <v ->Why do you think it's important</v> to keep a steady pulse while playing a game like this? Izzy thinks we need to keep a steady pulse in order to pass the sticks around the circle in time together.

She's absolutely right.

It's time for another check-in with our learning.

True or false, you can always hear the pulse in a piece of music.

Do you think that's true or false? Pause now to decide.

Here comes the answer.

That's actually false.

Well done if you spotted that.

The pulse is the steady heartbeat of the music.

We can't always hear it in the music, but we can feel it.

Now it's time to join in singing and playing "Obwisana." Pass the sticks around the circle to the right as you sing.

Pick up your stick on the first beat, and then pass it on the second beat.

This is a challenge that will take quite a bit of practice, so you're going to want to do it at your own pace where you are.

Remember, you could watch the video again if you need to to remind you how to play the game, and use the audio to help you.

Good luck with this musical challenge.

You're gonna have lots of fun.

I'll see you on the other side.

(sticks tapping) ♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa, Nana ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa, Nana ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa, Nana ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa, Nana ♪ ♪ Obwisana sa ♪ <v ->Hello again.

How did it go?</v> Did you sing with a secure sense of pulse? Were you able to pass the sticks around the circle on the beat? Well done if you were.

That's tricky.

If you didn't manage to pass your stick on the beat, I wonder what happened.

You might like to pause now to discuss your answers to these questions.

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

It's been a lot.

When we sing, play or listen to music, we know that we can feel the steady pulse.

We know that a steady pulse is important in music because it helps keep us in time as we sing or play.

And we can show or sound the pulse and it's called a beat.

The beat can be sounded using instruments or body percussion, or shown with action and movements.

We've done a lot of that in our learning together today.

Thank you so much everybody.

What great musicians you are.

I can't wait to see you for another learning next time.

Bye everybody.