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 ♪ Are you ready to join in? ♪ 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 ♪ I've got my friend Higgity-Tiggity here.

Do you remember what you have to do when he sings to you? That's right.

You have to sing your name to him.

I'll go first.

♪ Higgity-Tiggity bumblebee ♪ ♪ Can you sing your name to me ♪ ♪ My name's Ms Glover ♪ What's your name? Fantastic.

Now it's your turn.

♪ Higgity-Tiggity bumblebee ♪ ♪ Can you sing your name to me ♪ Great job.

Let's try one more time.

♪ Higgity-Tiggity bumblebee ♪ ♪ Can you sing your name to me ♪ Well done, you! Now it's time to do some learning.

Today we are going to learn to write musical symbols, to write the rhythm of a song using musical symbols, to read musical symbols, and to understand musical symbols.

In this lesson, you will need your body, give us a wave! Your voice, say hello, and a piece of paper and pencil.

Pause the video to go and get a piece of paper and a pencil now.

You can press play again, once you're finished.

♪ 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 ♪ Why don't you join in? ♪ Ready, off I go ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ This time, we're going to blow the words onto our hands and clap the rhythm.

Are you ready? ♪ Ready, off I go ♪ ♪ 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 that again, but we're going to sing it in rhythm language.

If you don't know it in rhythm language yet, that's fine.

Just listen to me and you can join in next time.

♪ Ready, off I go ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta ♪ Your turn.

♪ Ready, off we go ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta ♪ Fantastic.

We're going to have a go at writing "Harry Hare" now.

I've got my paper here, and my pen.

We're going to have a go together, and then you're going to have a go on your own.

So, to do this, I need to make sure I'm singing the song.

That's going to help me know what to write.

I'm going to start right from the beginning.

♪ Ready, off I go ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee ♪ That's the first line of my song.

♪ Tee-tee ♪ ♪ Tee-tee ♪ ♪ Tee-tee ♪ ♪ Tee-tee ♪ I wonder what comes next.

Let's sing from the beginning again.

♪ Ready, off I go ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee ♪ It's exactly the same again! Let's check it from the beginning.

♪ Ready, off I go ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee ♪ What comes next? Why don't you have a go at finishing this, and we'll you've got it right in a minute? Have a go at writing "Harry Hare" in rhythm language.

Here are the notes: ta, tee-tee, and shh.

You can use these to help you write "Harry Hare" in rhythm language.

Don't forget to sing, as it will really help you get it right.

Pause the video now, and you can press play again once you're finished.

Here's my "Harry Hare".

Let's sing it from the top, and see if we have got it all right.

♪ Ready, off I go ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta ♪ ♪ Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta ♪ Did you get it right? Fantastic.

This time, we're going to sing it through again, and we are going to sing it with the words.

If you didn't get it all right, don't worry.

It just means you need to make sure you're singing the song as you're writing it down, and if you do that, you'll get better every time.

♪ Ready, off we go ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ Great job, everyone.

Which song is written here? Have a go at clapping the rhythm and see if you can work it out.

That's right.

It's "Harry Hare".

What about this one? That's right.

It's "Look Lamb, Look" What about this one? That's right.

It's "Swallows in the Sunshine".

We're going to play a game now.

This is called Simon Says.

I'm sure you've played it before, but the rules go like this.

If Simon says to do something, you do it.

But if Simon doesn't say to do it, you don't do it, or you're out.

We'll have a practise run, and after that, we'll play it properly.

So, Simon says, "Ta, ta, tee-tee, ta".

Now you repeat, "Ta, ta, tee-tee, ta".

Great job.

But if I go , you don't repeat it because Simon didn't say to do it.

Great job.

Let's try.

Simon says, "Ta, tee-tee, ta, ta".

Simon says, "Ta, ta, tee-tee, ta".

Simon says, "Ta, ta, ta, ta".

Simon says, "Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta".

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

Ah, did you do it? I hope not.

Simon didn't say.

Let's have another go.

Simon says, "Tee-tee, tee-tee, tee-tee, ta".

Simon says, "Ta, ta, tee-tee, tee-tee".

Simon says, "Ta, ta, ta, ta".

Simon says, "Ta, tee-tee, ta, ta".

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

But I hope you didn't do it! Simon didn't say! Why don't you have a go at playing this game with the people who live in your house? See if you can trick them into doing things when Simon doesn't say.

Have fun! Time to listen.

I wonder what rhythms you can hear.

This piece of music is called "Mars".

It's from "The Planets" suite, and it's by a composer called Holst.

Today we have learnt to write musical symbols, to write the rhythm of a song using musical symbols, to read musical symbols, and to follow and understand musical instructions.

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