Lesson video

Hello everyone.

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

Before we begin, there's a listening example that doesn't feature in today's music lesson video.

So before we start, you'll need to take a moment to find that listening example.

There's a teacher guidance slide at the beginning of the slide deck to help you with this.

Press pause to find that listening example now if you need to.

Are you ready? Then let's go.

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to follow the melodic shape of major tonality folk songs, singing and signing the major pentachord and framing this with a drone accompaniment.

Let's look at the keywords that we'll need in our learning today.

The first one is tonality, the organization of notes around a central note, the tonic, which helps shape music's sound and character.

Melodic shape, up and down movement of pitches in music.

Major pentachord, the first five notes of the major scale, do, re, mi, fa and so.

Solfège, a system of naming pitches so we can recognize patterns by ear.

And drone, a constant pitched sound that continues throughout a piece of music.

We know that it's important to warm up our voices, bodies and minds before every music lesson, so that we are ready to move and ready to sing, and so that we can sing safely.

Join in with these warmups where you are.

Here's the video.

(cheerful 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 thee four ♪ ♪ One two one two ♪ ♪ One two one two ♪ ♪ One one one one ♪ ♪ One chicken ♪ (cheerful 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 thee four ♪ ♪ One two one two ♪ ♪ One two one two ♪ ♪ One one one one ♪ ♪ One chicken ♪ (children imitating clucking) <v ->Let's warm up all the muscles of our faces.

</v> 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.

Are you ready? (bright music) (breathing loudly) (bright music) (breathing loudly) (bright music) (breathing loudly) (bright music) (breathing loudly) (bright music) Follow me.

(all humming) (all imitating buzzing) (all vocalizing) <v ->The great Greek grape growers</v> grow great Greek grapes.

<v ->These songs will help us to warm up further</v> as they help us to use our bodies and our voices in all sorts of different ways.

Let's start with the song, "I'm Stretching Very Tall." Join in.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ I'm stretching very tall ♪ ♪ And now I'm very small ♪ ♪ Now tall now small ♪ ♪ Now I'm a tiny ball ♪ <v ->Now join in with the song "Light And Dark."</v> Here comes the music.

(bright music) (vocalizing) ♪ Minor minor ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Minor minor ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Minor minor ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Major major ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Major major ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Major major ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Minor minor ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Minor minor ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Minor minor ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Major major ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Major major ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ Major major ♪ (vocalizing) <v ->And finally join in with "Dipidu."</v> Here it comes.

♪ Good day ♪ ♪ Good day to you ♪ ♪ Good day ♪ ♪ Oh dipidu ♪ ♪ Good day ♪ ♪ Good day to you ♪ ♪ Good day oh dipidu ♪ ♪ Dip dip dipidu ♪ ♪ Dipidu oh dipidu ♪ ♪ Dip dip dip dip dipidu ♪ ♪ Dipidu oh dipidu ♪ Are you ready for music? If your body feels relaxed, your throat feels warm and your mind is alert, you're ready to go.

Let's start by learning about the major pentachord.

Let's sing the "Elevator" song.

This song has a major tonality.

What do you notice about the melodic shape as we sing? ♪ One two three four five ♪ And.

♪ Five four three two one ♪ Have a listen.

(bright music) ♪ Elevator won't you take me ♪ ♪ One two three four five ♪ ♪ Elevator won't you take me ♪ ♪ Five four three two one ♪ ♪ Elevator won't you take me ♪ ♪ One two three four five ♪ ♪ Elevator won't you take me ♪ ♪ Five four three two one ♪ ♪ Elevator won't you take me ♪ ♪ One two three four five ♪ ♪ Elevator won't you take me ♪ ♪ Five four three two one ♪ ♪ Elevator won't you take me ♪ ♪ One two three four five ♪ ♪ Elevator won't you take me ♪ ♪ Five four three two one ♪ ♪ Elevator won't you take me ♪ ♪ One two three four five ♪ ♪ Elevator won't you take me ♪ ♪ Five four three two one ♪ <v ->When we sing,</v> we string together a series of high and low notes, and this creates a melody.

In the "Elevator" song the melody ascends, it goes up just like the elevator in step on the numbers one, two, three, four and five.

Like this.

♪ One two three four five ♪ The melody descends, goes down in step, on the numbers five, four, three, two, one, like this.

♪ Five four three two one ♪ This song has a major tonality, so it centers around the tonic note 'do.

' It uses the first five notes of the major scale and we call this the major pentachord.

It's like this.

♪ Do ♪ ♪ Re ♪ ♪ Mi ♪ ♪ Fa ♪ We've got a new hand sign there.

♪ So ♪ Let's practice signing the major pentachord.

We'll do it ascending, going up first.

Watch the video to see how to do this, then press pause to practice where you are and you can use an audio button to help you with your practicing if you need it.

Here's the video, then press pause to give it a try.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Do re ♪ ♪ Mi fa so ♪ ♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Do re ♪ ♪ Mi fa so ♪ <v ->Now let's try descending, going down.

</v> Watch the video, then press pause to try it where you are using the audio button to help if you'd like to.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ So fa mi ♪ ♪ Re do ♪ ♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ So fa mi ♪ ♪ Re do ♪ <v ->The major pentachord</v> doesn't always start on the same note.

Do, the tonic, can be on any note.

Once do is decided, all the other notes fall into place around it, which means we can sing any song we like, starting on any note we like.

Let's sing "Bele Mama." You might want to challenge yourselves to sing this in a two part round, or you could sing it together in unison.

This song has a major tonality as well.

As you sing, what do you notice happens to the melodic shape as we sing "Bele Mama" five times? It's the purple bits in the lyrics here.

Join in with "Bele Mama." Can you notice what happens when we sing the purple lines? (bright music) ♪ Bele mama bele mama eh ♪ ♪ Bele mama bele mama eh ♪ ♪ Bele mama bele mama ♪ ♪ Bele mama bele mama ♪ ♪ Bele mama bele mama eh ♪ <v ->Alex and Jen spotted what happened</v> when we sang the five purple "Bele mama's," did you? Alex says "The five 'Bele mama' descend in step" And Jun went one step further and says, "They descend in the major pentachord." Well done if you spotted either of those things or both.

Great understanding.

We're going to "Bele Mama" again now, but this time we'll add in the Solfège for the major pentachord, and our hand signs too as we sing.

Watch a video to see how this works.

You could join in as well.

Then press pause to practice it where you are using the video or the audio to help you if you'd like it.

Here's the video, then press pause to give that musical challenge a try.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Bele mama bele mama eh ♪ ♪ Bele mama bele mama eh ♪ ♪ So so so so ♪ ♪ Fa fa fa fa ♪ ♪ Mi mi mi mi ♪ ♪ Re re re re ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ Bele mama eh ♪ ♪ Bele mama bele mama eh ♪ ♪ Bele mama bele mama eh ♪ ♪ So so so so ♪ ♪ Fa fa fa fa ♪ ♪ Mi mi mi mi ♪ ♪ Re re re re ♪ ♪ Do do do do ♪ ♪ Bele mama eh ♪ <v ->The major pentachord helps give a song its identity</v> and sense of character.

When we hear the major pentachord ascending or descending, it helps us identify the tonality of the song that we're listening to.

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

Which two statements are true? Major tonality songs center around the note, la.

The major pentachord uses the pitches, do, re, mi, fa and so.

The major pentachord uses the pitches, do, re, fa, so and ti.

Or major tonality songs center around the note, do.

Press pause to think carefully which two of these statements are true.

Here comes the answer, B and D are true.

The major pentachord uses the pitches, do, re, mi, fa and so.

And we know that major tonality songs center around the note, do.

Let's sing "Senwa Dedende" a Ghanaian folk song with a major tonality.

Here's the music.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ <v Mrs. Steele>Let's listen again,</v> this time listen especially carefully to the first two phrases, they're the purple ones in the lyrics here, and think about their melodic shape.

What can you notice? Here's the music again.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ <v ->Let's try singing the Solfège</v> for the first two phrases, which are descending the major pentachord.

Well done if you spotted that.

It will be my turn, then your turn.

♪ So so fa mi re do do ♪ ♪ So so fa mi re do do ♪ Brilliant singing.

Finally, let's challenge ourselves to sing the Solfège, and use our hand signs to show the melodic shape.

Watch this video and join in.

♪ Ready steady off we go ♪ ♪ So so fa mi re do do ♪ ♪ So so fa mi re do do ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ ♪ So so fa mi re do do ♪ ♪ So so fa mi re do do ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende ♪ ♪ Senwa dedende senwa ♪ <v ->Do you remember when we listened carefully</v> to the first two purple phrases in "Senwa Dedende" we thought about their melodic shape.

Do you remember what we noticed? Press pause to think.

Here's the answer.

Well done, if you remembered that the melody descends, it goes down in step using the major pentachord.

When you challenged yourself to sing the Solfège and use your hand signs to show that melodic shape, did your hand signs move lower down your body as the melody descended? Well done if they did.

Great understanding everyone, and great singing.

Let's move on to adding a drone layer.

Listen to this English folk song, it's called "Why Shouldn't My Goose?" This song has a major tonality too.

This song is in four-time.

Tap your knees to show the start of each line as you listen.

Here comes the music.

♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Why shouldn't my goose ♪ ♪ Sing as well as your goose ♪ ♪ When I paid for my goose ♪ ♪ Twice as much as yours ♪ ♪ Why shouldn't my goose ♪ ♪ Sing as well as your goose ♪ ♪ When I paid for my goose ♪ ♪ Twice as much as yours ♪ <v ->Let's sing, "Why Shouldn't My Goose" two more times.

</v> The first time hum along, and then sing along the second time.

Here comes the music twice through.

♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Why shouldn't my goose ♪ ♪ Sing as well as your goose ♪ ♪ When I paid for my goose ♪ ♪ Twice as much as yours ♪ ♪ Why shouldn't my goose ♪ ♪ Sing as well as your goose ♪ ♪ When I paid for my goose ♪ ♪ Twice as much as yours ♪ ♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Why shouldn't my goose ♪ ♪ Sing as well as your goose ♪ ♪ When I paid for my goose ♪ ♪ Twice as much as yours ♪ ♪ Why shouldn't my goose ♪ ♪ Sing as well as your goose ♪ ♪ When I paid for my goose ♪ ♪ Twice as much as yours ♪ <v ->What can you notice about the melodic shape</v> of the last line of "Why Shouldn't My Goose?" I'll sing it for you, then press pause to have a think, what can you spot about the melodic shape? Here's the line.

♪ Twice as much as yours ♪ One more time.

♪ Twice as much as yours ♪ Press pause to decide.

What do you notice? Here comes the answer.

Did you spot that the melody moves down in step? Jacob could hear the notes descending, going down.

And Aisha noticed that it descends the major pentachord.

♪ Twice as much as yours ♪ Well done if you spotted any of those.

Great listening.

Let's sing, "Why Shouldn't My Goose" again, this time add the Solfège for the major pentachord and your hand signs too in that last line as it descends.

Here's the music again.

♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Why shouldn't my goose ♪ ♪ Sing as well as your goose ♪ ♪ When I paid for my goose ♪ ♪ So fa mi re do ♪ ♪ Why shouldn't my goose ♪ ♪ Sing as well as your goose ♪ ♪ When I paid for my goose ♪ ♪ So fa mi re do ♪ <v ->We can accompany folk songs with a drone.

</v> A drone is a constant pitched sound that continues throughout a piece of music.

Listen to "Why Shouldn't My Goose" again, can you identify the drone? ♪ Ready steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Why shouldn't my goose ♪ ♪ Sing as well as your goose ♪ ♪ When I paid for my goose ♪ ♪ Twice as much as yours ♪ ♪ Why shouldn't my goose ♪ ♪ Sing as well as your goose ♪ ♪ When I paid for my goose ♪ ♪ Twice as much as yours ♪ Hello again.

Could you hear the drone? It sounded at the start of each line like when you tapped your knees the first time we listened.

Well done if you heard it.

Drones are often heard in folk songs, but they can be used in many other genres of music too.

It's time to find your extra listening example.

It's American singer and songwriter, Jon Batiste's version of "What a Wonderful World." In this version Batiste can be heard playing a drone on the piano throughout the entire song, and this gives the song a calm and grounded feel.

Find your listening example and see if you can hear that drone on the piano.

To create a drone, we're going to use pitched percussion instruments, and the notes do and so from the major pentachord.

But first, let's take a moment to check in with our learning.

Can you remember what a drone is? Is it A, the up and down movement of pitches in music.

B, the five descending notes of the major pentachord.

C, a constant pitched sound that continues throughout a piece of music.

Or D, a repeated musical pattern that can be rhythmic or melodic.

Which one is a drone? Here comes the answer.

I expect you did remember that a drone is a constant pitched sound that continues throughout a piece of music.

Great understanding.

Let's move on to our big musical challenge now.

First, find do and so on your pitched percussion instrument.

Then practice playing both notes at the same time.

This creates a chord.

Then you can practice playing this chord on the first lyric of every line as you listen to the recording, this creates a drone.

And then when you're confident playing your drone, you could try the ultimate challenge and try singing at the same time.

You're going to want to do this at your own pace where you are, so I'll leave this slide here so you can see all of the steps.

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

Press pause to practice finding those notes, creating a chord, and then playing a drone, and finally singing along as well.

Good luck everyone, I'll see you soon.

Use the audio button to listen to the recording again.

How does your playing compare? Did you play do and so neatly together? And did you feel the pulse playing your drone on the first beat of every line? And were you able to sing as you played? That's a big challenge.

Well done if you remembered both of those things.

Great music making everybody.

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

We know that when we sing, we string together a series of high and low notes to create a melody.

We know that hand signs help us identify the shape of a melody, if it's ascending or descending, moving in step or in leaps.

We know that the major pentachord is the first five notes of the major scale, do, re, mi, fa and so.

And we know that songs with a major tonality are organized around the central note, do.

And we can add a drone to accompany folk songs exactly like you just did with "Why Shouldn't My Goose?" Great musical learning together, everyone, I can't wait to see you again soon for another music lesson.

Bye.