Singing and moving together
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Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can sing and move with a steady sense of pulse.
Key learning points
- It is important to warm up our bodies and voices before every music lesson.
- Warming up helps prevent us from injuring our voices.
- Having a steady sense of pulse helps to keep us in time when we sing and move together.
- We can show the pulse in different ways, and this is called the beat.
Keywords
Warm-up - a sequence of exercises used to prepare the mind, body and voice for singing / playing instruments
Singing voice - the voice we use to create musical sounds that can be a mixture of high sounds and low sounds
Pulse - the regular, steady heartbeat of the music
Beat - the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock
Common misconception
Warming up is only important before a perfomance. It isn't necessary to warm up for every music lesson.
Warming up is necessary before undertaking any type of singing. It is an important part of a regular music lesson routine.
Teacher tip
The use of props or puppets can help motivate and encourage pupils to join in.
Equipment
An object to pass around the circle such as a toy dog bone. Dog and bumblebee puppets would be beneficial.
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