the up and down movement of pitches in music

how individual notes or groups of notes should be played or sung

As We Close Our Sleepy Eyes 

Animation of the Hansel and Gretel story

Listen again - music only

How quality of movement can bring life to a story

Watch this clip from Royal Ballet and Opera

Watch this video of a singer from the Royal Ballet and Opera

Use the track to work through each technique

Apply the techniques 

Spellcasting

Character Role Call

Controlling our voice to convey the feeling of a song

Music

Balancing harmony lines in songs

Characterful singing

Articulation and vocal quality when singing

Effective rehearsal for a singing performance

Reflecting on a successful performance

In this unit, pupils develop their vocal technique and perform songs with a harmony line. They learn to rehearse songs to a performance standard and evaluate their singing, ensuring that they are able to convey the style of each song through an accurate, confident and responsive performance.

Singing for performance: conveying emotion and character through performance

the combination of two or more notes played or sung together, creating a pleasing sound

a melodic phrase which is repeated at a higher or lower pitch

each layer of harmony has a distinct melody that moves at different times

making decisions about creating a performance of our version of a story

clip of As We Close Our Sleepy Eyes

Watch this video of a singer from Royal Ballet and Opera -  singing in harmony

Follow the music for Part 1,  and for Part 2- audio track

Watch and learn the second part

Watch the harmonies sung together

Example staging

rehearse the song with staging - audio track

Watch this film of children creating ideas

the written form of a composition showing the notation and instructions for instruments or voices

sing part of the song

Animated Score

Watch this clip of the children to remind you

Follow the excercise in this video

Perform the song - backing with vocal support 

Perform the song - Instrumental backing only

a dynamic instruction asking us to play or sing loudly

how clearly and precisely words are spoken or sung

a description of the tone, sound or singing quality of our voice

Full track

Hop Hop Hop

Discover your individual witch character - and follow the instructions

As We Close Our Sleepy Eyes

watch this part of an example staging

Watch this example of 'Hop Hop Hop'

Listen to the clip

Sing the first section with body percussion

opera singer explains how you can add a witchy vocal quality 

have a go at singing these lines with a ‘witchy’ vocal timbre, also for slide 21

Spellcasting 

The Witch's Cauldron

a practice session in which a performance is prepared

a safe vocal exercise to ensure our voices are fully relaxed

a safe vocal warm-up technique to help support and develop our vocal range

vocal tips

Witch's recipe ideas

sing the second half of 'Hop Hop Hop'

watch this clip of children singing this section

Sing this section - excited

rehearse the song with staging - instrumental audio track

watch this example staging

rehearse with the animated score

rehearse the song with staging - vocal audio track

The Witch's Cauldron 

Hop Hop Hop - Instrumental audio track

follow the excercise

 Hop Hop Hop - Full audio track  

Perform 'As We Close Our Sleepy Eyes' - With vocal support

Perform 'As We Close Our Sleepy Eyes' - Instrumental backing only

Perform 'As We Close Our Sleepy Eyes' - Instrumental Backing only

Perform 'Hop Hop Hop' - Instrumental Backing only

Vocal range warm-up video

Perform 'Hop Hop Hop' - With vocal support

Stretches

Perform 'As We Close Our Sleepy Eyes' - With vocal support 

Singing for performance: conveying emotion and character through performance

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