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Hi, everyone.
♪ Ready, off I go ♪ ♪ Welcome everybody ♪ ♪ It's time for us to sing ♪ ♪ Welcome everybody ♪ ♪ It's time for us to sing ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten ♪ ♪ It's time for us to sing ♪ Can you join in with me this time? ♪ Ready, off I go ♪ ♪ Welcome everybody ♪ ♪ It's time for us to sing ♪ ♪ Welcome everybody ♪ ♪ It's time for us to sing ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten ♪ ♪ It's time for us to sing ♪ Great job.
I've got my friend here.
This is Hickety Tickety the bumblebee.
When he sings to you, you have to tell him your name.
I'll go first to show you how it's done.
♪ Hickety Tickety bumblebee ♪ ♪ Can you sing your name to me ♪ ♪ My name's Ms. Glover ♪ What would you sing? Fantastic.
Let's have a go.
♪ Hickety Tickety bumblebee ♪ ♪ Can you sing your name to me ♪ Good job.
Did you join in? Let's try one more time.
♪ Hickety Tickety bumblebee ♪ ♪ Can you sing your name to me ♪ Great job everyone.
Today, we are going to learn to remind ourselves what pulse is, to create a short pulse pattern using our bodies, to find patterns in music, to see how patterns fit into the pulse.
In this lesson, you will need your body.
Give us a wave.
Your voice.
Say hello.
A teddy or toy, a pencil and some paper.
Pause the video to go and get a teddy or toy, a pencil and some paper now.
You can press play again once you're finished.
Do you remember how "Hot Cross Buns" goes? I hope you do because we're going to sing it now.
We're going to count in for four beats first, and we're going to use our hands to show the pulse.
♪ Ready? One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ One a penny, two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ Good job everyone.
Let's try that again.
We're going to click our fingers this time.
♪ Ready? One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ One a penny, two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ Fantastic job.
And last time, we're going to try it on our heads.
Just like this.
♪ Ready? One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ One a penny, two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ Great job everyone.
Fantastic.
What is the pulse in music? Is it the heartbeat of the music, the instruments used in the music, the words of the song, or the person singing the song? That's right.
It's the heartbeat of the music.
We're going to make a pulse pattern now, and it's going to go like this.
Clap, stamp, clap, stamp.
Clap, stamp, clap, stamp.
I'm going to do that for four beats, and then I'm going to start singing "Hot Cross Buns." I'll do it first.
You can join in the second time 'round.
One, two, three, four.
♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ One a penny, two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ Your turn.
Clap, stamp, clap, stamp.
Clap, stamp, clap, stamp.
One, two, three, four.
♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ One a penny, two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ Our next pattern goes like this.
Stamp, stamp, clap, clap.
Stamp, stamp, clap, clap.
Join in.
Stamp, stamp, clap, clap.
Stamp, stamp, clap, clap.
I'm going to do exactly the same thing again.
I'll do it with "Hot Cross Buns" the first time.
You can join in the second time.
One, two, three, four.
♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ One a penny, two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ Your turn to join in.
One, two, three, four.
♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ One a penny, two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ Our last pattern goes like this.
Stamp, clap, clap, stamp.
Stamp, clap, clap, stamp.
Stamp, clap, clap, stamp.
Join in.
Fantastic.
Same thing again.
My turn, then your turn.
I'm going to give us four beats introduction.
One, two, three, four.
♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ One a penny, two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ Now it's your turn to join in.
One, two, three, four.
♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ ♪ One a penny, two a penny ♪ ♪ Hot cross buns ♪ That one's much harder, isn't it.
But well done for joining in.
Pause the video and use your paper to create your own pattern.
Then you can try singing along to it.
To do this, draw four heartbeats on your paper and underneath each one you can draw or write whether you are going to clap or stamp.
Press play again once you're finished.
Our new song today is called "Swallows in the Sunshine." It's a lovely song about some birds that fly really high in the sky like this and they make beautiful patterns as they fly.
I'm going to sing it to you first and you're going to listen and then we're going to learn it together.
♪ Way up high ♪ ♪ Swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam chasing ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ Listen one more time.
♪ Way up high ♪ ♪ Swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam chasing ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ Now, when I do this, it's my turn to sing a line, and when I do this, it's your turn to sing a line.
Are we ready? ♪ Way up high ♪ ♪ Swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam chasing ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ Now we'll do two lines at a time.
My turn, your turn.
♪ Way up high ♪ ♪ Swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam chasing ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ Fantastic.
Now together, we're going to do it all the way through from the beginning.
♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ ♪ Swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam chasing ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ Good job everyone.
This time we need to add in the pulse.
So I've got my teddy here.
Say hello to Mini Duck.
He's going to help me keep the pulse because he's going to fly in the sky like a swallow in time to the song.
Are we ready? ♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ ♪ Swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam chasing ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ Fantastic.
Maybe your teddy can help by clapping the beat this time.
♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ ♪ Swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam chasing ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ Good job.
Maybe you can try tapping your head this time.
♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ ♪ Swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam chasing ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ Good job.
Can you see that, underneath the four heartbeats of this song, there is a pattern made up of little squares? That pattern is called the rhythm.
We're going to have a go at clapping it now.
We need to blow the words of the song onto our hands.
Just like this.
Once you've done that, your hands are going to clap in time to what your voice is singing.
I'll do it first.
You can do it with me afterwards.
♪ Way up high ♪ ♪ Swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam chasing ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ Now it's your turn to join in.
♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ ♪ Swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam chasing ♪ ♪ Way up high ♪ Which pattern matches "Swallows" best? That's right.
It's the first one.
Time to listen to some music now.
I wonder how many different ways you can move your body in time to the beat.
This piece of music is called "Russian Dance." It's from a ballet called "The Nutcracker" and it's by a composer called Tchaikovsky.
Today, we have reminded ourselves was pulse was, created a short pulse pattern using our bodies, found patterns in music, and seen how patterns fit into the pulse.
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