Lesson video

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 Higgety-Tiggety here and he wants to know your name.

When he sings to you, you're going to sing your name back to him.

I'll go first to show you how it's done.

♪ Higgety-Tiggety Bumblebee ♪ ♪ Can you sing your name to me ♪ ♪ My name's Ms Glover ♪ What's your name? Let's try singing it to Higgety-Tiggety.

♪ Higgety-Tiggety Bumblebee ♪ ♪ Can you sing your name to me ♪ Great job.

Did you join in? Let's try one more time.

♪ Higgety-Tiggety Bumblebee ♪ ♪ Can you sing your name to me ♪ Fantastic.

Now we're ready to do some learning.

Today, we are going to review our understanding of pulse, to understand the relationship between visuals and sound, to identify where beats are, and to move our body to the pulse.

In this lesson, you will need your body, your voice, a teddy or toy, a pencil and 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.

You can see on the screen how the pulse fits with a pattern in the music.

We call this pattern a rhythm.

If there's a big square underneath one of the hearts, we call that pattern a ta, and if there are two little squares, we call those a tee-tee.

So, this pattern here goes: ta, ta, tee-tee, ta.

Let's put the pulse on our feet and see if we can clap the rhythm with our hands.

One, two, three, four.

Ta, ta, tee-tee, ta, ta, ta, tee-tee, ta, ta, ta, tee-tee, at.

Do you see how the tee-tees both fit into one of my stamps? That's because those two little squares both fit inside one beat.

That's how patterns are made in music.

Let's try one more time.

One, two, three, four.

Ta, ta, tee-tee, ta, ta, ta, tee-tee, ta, ta, ta, tee-tee, ta, ta, ta, tee-tee, at.

Well done.

Can you see this pattern now? It's got lots of tiny little squares.

Do you remember what we called those in the last slide? That's right.

It was tee-tee.

So, this pattern goes like this.

Ta, three, four.

Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee.

Every time I stamp, I'm clapping twice.

That's because two of those tees fit inside one of my beats.

Try it with me.

One, two, three, four.

Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee.

Awesome job.

Our last pattern has three sets of those tee-tees, and then at the end, one of those big squares again.

Do you remember what they were called? That's right.

It's a ta.

So, this pattern goes like this.

One, two, three, four.

Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta.

It's really important you keep the pulse going nice and steady, so that your rhythm stays beautifully steady too.

Have a go with me.

One, two, three, four.

Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta.

Great job, everyone! Pause the video and use your paper to create your own pattern, then try clapping it.

To do this, draw four heartbeats, and under each one, choose whether to draw a ta or a tee-tee.

Once you've done that, you can try clapping your pattern.

Press play again when you're finished.

Let's recap our song from the last lesson, "Swallows in the Sunshine".

I'll sing it first, then you can join in.

♪ 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 ♪ This time you can join in.

♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Way up high, swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam-chasing, way up high ♪ Fantastic.

This time, we're going to keep the beat on our hands.

Remember, the beat stays steady all the way through.

♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Way up high, swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam-chasing, way up high ♪ Fantastic.

This time, we're going to blow the rhythm of the song onto our hands.

When you've done that, your hands are going to clap the rhythm, instead of the pulse, but the rhythm still fits inside the pulse.

Let's try it.

This time, your hands are going to clap every time your mouth says a syllable or a word.

♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Way up high, swallows fly ♪ ♪ Diving, racing, sunbeam-chasing, way up high ♪ Fantastic.

We've got a new song to learn today.

This song is called "Harry Hare", and it's about a little hare who's on his way home for tea.

He's a little bit late, so he's in a bit of a hurry.

I'm going to sing it to you first, and you're going to listen, then we'll learn it together.

♪ Harry Hare is in a hurry ♪ ♪ Full of care and full of worry ♪ ♪ Harry Hare is late for tea ♪ ♪ What a naughty hare is he ♪ Naughty old Harry Hare.

Listen one more time.

♪ Harry Hare is in a hurry ♪ ♪ Full of care and full of worry ♪ ♪ Harry Hare is late for tea ♪ ♪ What a naughty hare is he ♪ Now I'm going to sing it one line at a time, and you're going to copy me.

If I do this, it's my turn, and if I do this, it's your turn.

♪ Harry Hare is in a hurry ♪ ♪ Full of care and full of worry ♪ ♪ Harry Hare is late for tea ♪ ♪ What a naughty hare is he ♪ Fantastic.

This time, we're going to do two lines at a time.

My turn, your turn.

♪ Harry Hare is in a hurry ♪ ♪ Full of care and full of worry ♪ ♪ Harry Hare is late for tea ♪ ♪ What a naughty hare is he ♪ Well done.

This time, let's sing it all the way through together.

♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Harry Hare is in a hurry ♪ ♪ Full of care and full of worry ♪ ♪ Harry Hare is late for tea ♪ ♪ What a naughty hare is he ♪ And lastly, we're going to sing it but we're going to tap or clap the beat along to it.

I'm going to tap it on my head.

You can choose anywhere.

Let's go.

♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Harry Hare is in a hurry ♪ ♪ Full of care and full of worry ♪ ♪ Harry Hare is late for tea ♪ ♪ What a naughty hare is he ♪ Pause the video to practise singing "Harry Hare", while clapping or tapping the pulse.

Press play again, once you're finished.

Oh no, my pulse has disappeared! I've got my rhythm here.

I wonder if you can help me put my pulse back.

Pause the video, draw this pulse on your piece of paper, and try and put the pulse back on top of it.

Remember, you get one heart for each ta and one heart for each tee-tee.

That's right.

I was missing four heartbeats.

Can you help me put the pulse back here, too? Pause the video and have a go.

Did you get them all in the right place? Lastly, I lost my pulse on this rhythm.

Pause the video and have a go at fixing it.

Great job, everyone! Time to listen.

See how many different ways you can move your body in time to the beat.

This piece of music is called "Hungarian Dance No.

5" and it's by a composer called Brahms. Today, we have reviewed our understanding of pulse, understood the relationship between visuals and sound, identified where the beats are, and moved our body in time to the pulse.

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