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- ♪ Hello, everyone ♪ My name is Miss Hart and welcome back to lesson four, using symbols to represent sounds.

Make sure you've got your listening ears on, your smile, we're going to be using our hands and our voices.

Let's go.

In lesson four, we are going to understand the difference between pulse and rhythm.

We're going to keep a steady pulse.

We're going to represent rhythms with symbols and we're then going to learn to clap these rhythms. In this lesson, you will need some paper or the worksheet that is provided with this lesson, a pencil and of course, your brain.

Activity one, to understand the difference between pulse and rhythm.

Before we start, let's see if you can remember what rhythm is.

Is the answer true or false? A rhythm is a pattern of different sounds, have a think.

It's true, well done if you got this right.

Okay, at the end of lesson three, we were looking at moving between pulse and rhythm and we used the song Copy Cat to do this.

Let's have a refresh to make sure that we can remember what each of those are.

So, we're going to start by tapping the steady pulse on our shoulders, okay, I'll sing the song first, just to remind us, okay.

♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Sitting on the doormat ♪ And now I will clap the rhythm.

♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Sitting on the doormat ♪ Remember, a rhythm, we have to match the word and the pulse stays steady all the way through, so we're going to go pulse, rhythm, pulse, rhythm.

Are we ready? Here we go.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Sitting on the doormat ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Sitting on the doormat ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Sitting on the doormat ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Sitting on the doormat ♪ Well done if you managed to get that right.

This time, you're going to clap the pulse and I am going to clap the rhythm.

Are we ready? Get your shoulders ready.

♪ Off you go ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Sitting on the doormat ♪ Did you manage to keep with the pulse and not swap to the rhythm? Well done.

This time, your going to clap the rhythm and I am going to tap the pulse.

Last go through.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Copy cat ♪ ♪ Sitting on the doormat ♪ Well done.

Activity two, to keep a steady pulse.

Okay, onto our next activity, we are going to learn a new chant.

Have you heard that word before? A chant is where we say a song, there isn't any pitch but it's still in time.

I will show you, have a listen.

Engine, engine number nine, going down Chicago line, if the train should leave the track, will I get my money back? Yes, no, maybe so.

Shall we have a look at the words? Okay, this time, we're going to do two lines at a time, this time, I think you can do it.

My turn, engine, engine number nine, going down Chicago line.

Engine, engine number nine, going down Chicago line.

Well done, did you remember to tap the pulse along? Let's do the next two lines, my turn.

If the train should leave the track, will I get my money back? If the train should leave the track, will I get my money back? Back to my turn.

Yes, no, maybe so.

Yes, no, maybe so.

Well done, shall we see if we can go all the way through tapping the pulse? Get your hands on your shoulders ready.

Here we go.

Off we go.

Engine, engine number nine, going down Chicago line, if the train should leave the track, will I get my money back? Yes, no, maybe so.

Well done.

Shall we see if we can clap the rhythm this time? I will do it first and then you can copy me back, I'm going to go through the whole thing, my turn.

Engine, engine number nine, going down Chicago line, if the train should leave the track, will I get my money back? Yes, no, maybe so.

Remember you need to match all the parts of the word with your claps, are we ready? Here we go.

Engine, engine number nine, going down Chicago line, if the train should leave the track, will I get my money back? Yes, no, maybe so.

Well done.

Okay, let's recap.

Which of these rhythms match the sentence? Engine, engine number nine.

I will clap it for you first.

Engine, engine number nine.

Is it rhythm one or rhythm two? Well done if you chose number two.

Now, we are going to learn what the real music notes look like now.

If you look on your screen, you can see, from now on instead of using a cross, we're going to use a straight line and we're going to call it ta.

If you see the two crosses, it's now going to look a little bit like an n, isn't it? And for this one, when we have two sounds, we're going to say ti-ti.

So, one sound is ta, two sounds is ti-ti.

If I clap those in a pattern, it might sound something like this.

Ta, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti.

If you would like to, you can pause the video and make up your own pattern.

Activity three, to represent rhythms with symbols.

For our next activity we are going to learn a song called Cobbler, Cobbler.

Do you know what a cobbler is? It's quite an old term, it's somebody that mends shoes.

In the olden days, people didn't just go to the shops when their shoes broke and buy a new pair, they went to go and get them repaired.

So, we are going to pretend that one of our shoes is a hammer, so you're definitely going to need a shoe in this one, if you haven't got your shoes on, quick, go and grab one now, pause the video.

Okay, I'm going to demonstrate, now, I'm going to put this shoe on my hands like this.

Hopefully it's a nice, clean, nice smelling shoe.

Okay, watching me.

♪ Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past two ♪ ♪ Half past two is much too late ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past eight ♪ What was I doing with my shoe? I was tapping the pulse.

Let's see if we can learn this, one line at a time.

My turn, your turn, so as soon as I have finished singing, I would like you to copy me back.

Okay, my turn.

♪ Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe ♪ ♪ Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past two ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past two ♪ ♪ Half past two is much too late ♪ ♪ Half past two is much too late ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past eight ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past eight ♪ Did you manage all of those words? Shall we see this time, if we can do two lines at a time? So, I'm going to go all the way up to half past two and then you're going to copy me back.

Okay, my turn.

♪ Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past two ♪ ♪ Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past two ♪ ♪ Half past two is much too late ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past eight ♪ ♪ Half past two is much too late ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past eight ♪ Well done, are we ready to sing the song all the way through this time? Have you still got your shoe? Okay, are we ready? ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past two ♪ ♪ Half past two is much too late ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past eight ♪ Well done for keeping the pulse.

Shall we swap now? Shall we do the rhythm? I'm going to put my shoe back on.

Okay, for the rhythm, we're going to use our hands.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past two ♪ ♪ Half past two is much too late ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past eight ♪ Well done.

Okay, so on the screen, you can now see the rhythm for Cobbler, Cobbler.

What do you notice about the rhythm for each line of the song? I'm going to sing the whole song whilst you look at that rhythm, can you spot a pattern? ♪ Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past two ♪ ♪ Half past two is much too late ♪ ♪ Get it done by half past eight ♪ What do you notice? That's right, every single line of the song has the same rhythm, it is repeated four times.

Let's recap, which of these rhythms match the song Copy Cat? I will clap each one for you.

Number one.

Or number two.

Have a think, remember to think of Copy Cat in your thinking voice whilst you're clapping them through.

I'm going to give you a few moments to have a go.

You can also pause the video if you need more time.

The answer is number one.

Well done if you got this right.

Activity four, clapping a rhythm.

Okay, so more pulse practise now.

We're going to learn another song called Peter Taps.

For this one, you might find it easier to sing on a chair because there's lots of different actions for this one and we're going to need to move all of our parts of our bodies.

I'm going to sing it first.

♪ Peter taps with one hammer ♪ ♪ One hammer, one hammer ♪ ♪ Peter taps with one hammer ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ Peter taps with two hammers ♪ ♪ Two hammers, two hammers ♪ ♪ Peter taps with two hammers ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ Peter taps with three hammers ♪ ♪ Three hammers, three hammers ♪ ♪ Peter taps with three hammers ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ Peter taps with four hammers ♪ ♪ Four hammers, four hammers ♪ ♪ Peter taps with four hammers ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ Peter taps with five hammers ♪ ♪ Five hammers, five hammers ♪ ♪ Peter taps with five hammers ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ Whew, I'm warn out now, it's your turn.

So, how many hammers did we use altogether? Can you remember? One, two, three, four, five.

So, we're going to start with just one hammer.

I'm going to sing a line and then I would like you to copy it me back.

My turn.

♪ Peter taps with one hammer ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Peter taps with one hammer ♪ well done, the next bit goes like this.

♪ One hammer, one hammer ♪ Shall we have a go at those two lines together? ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Peter taps with one hammer ♪ ♪ One hammer, one hammer ♪ Well done, the last bit goes like this.

♪ Peter taps with one hammer ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ Your turn.

♪ Peter taps with one hammer ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ Right, we're going to sing it through from the beginning to the end and once we've finished with one hammer, we're going to go straight into two, three, four and five.

Are we ready? Sitting up nice and straight, get your first hammer ready.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Peter taps with one hammer ♪ ♪ One hammer, one hammer ♪ ♪ Peter taps with one hammer ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ Peter taps with two hammers ♪ ♪ Two hammers, two hammers ♪ ♪ Peter taps with two hammers ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ Peter taps with three hammers ♪ ♪ Three hammers, three hammers ♪ ♪ Peter taps with three hammers ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ Peter taps with four hammers ♪ ♪ Four hammers, four hammers ♪ ♪ Peter taps with four hammers ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ Peter taps with five hammers ♪ ♪ Five hammers, five hammers ♪ ♪ Peter taps with five hammers ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ Ooh, well done if you managed to make it all the way to five.

Did you keep a steady pulse? And did you remember that the fifth hammer is your head? So, on the screen, you can now see the rhythm for Peter Taps.

I'm going to clap it and whilst I'm clapping it, I'm going to use those new sounds that we've been talking about today.

If I see a line, I'm going to say ta and if I see the one with two lines joined together, I'm going to say ti-ti.

What do you think the other symbol could mean? See if you can work it out, once I've clapped it all the way through.

Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ti-ti, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta, ta, ta What does that Z symbol mean? It means, shh, we're not going to make any sound, it is a rest.

I find it really helpful to be using my thinking voice and saying the words to the song in my head as I do it.

Like this.

Shall we have a go at clapping it through, saying ta, ti-ti and shh? Here we go.

Off we go.

Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ti-ti, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta, ta, ta, shh.

Let's have one more go, it's a bit tricky, isn't it? This is the first time that we've clapped this through.

Off we go.

Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ti-ti, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta, ta, ta, shh.

This time I'm even going to put the ta and the ti-ti and the shh into my thinking voice.

So, I'm going to do it like this.

Do you think you can do it? Remember, if you don't feel quite ready, you can rewind the video and have another go at saying the symbols.

This time, let's use our thinking voice.

Off we go.

Did you make it all the way to the end without any mistakes? Remember, if you need more practise, that's absolutely fine, just rewind.

Okay, so let's recap.

We have learnt three new rhythm symbols today, they are on the screen.

Can you match those symbols with the correct words? I'm going to give you a few seconds to think about which ones go with which.

So, the Z symbol is a shh and we would put our hands out like this, to show that there is a gap.

The straight line is a ta, one sound.

And the two lines joined together are ti-ti, two sounds, like our song Engine or Peter, they would use a ti-ti.

It's your turn now to write your very own rhythm.

On the worksheets, or you can do this on a plain piece of paper and draw the hearts, you are going to come up with a four beat rhythm.

That means, in every heart you are going to choose from a ta, a ti-ti or a shh.

Now, I've had a little go and I found it easier to think of a sentence.

It is up to you whether you use a sentence or not.

I chose the sentence, I like fish and chips, it's my favourite.

And if I think about that, I is one sound, so I'm going to put a ta in the first box.

Like is one sound, so I'm going to put a ta in the second box.

Now, if I was tapping this, I like fish and, ooh, they have to share, so there are two sounds on the third beat, so I'm going to use a ti-ti and chips, one sound.

So, if you look at my sheet now, it goes like this, ta, ta, ti-ti, ta, I like fish and chips.

See if you can complete your own sentence and fill in the hearts with a ta, ti-ti or shh, to make a four beat rhyme.

Post a video to complete your task.

Remember to click play when you are finished and ready to move on.

Okay, we are going to finish with a game now and this game is my favourite, it's called, don't clap this one back.

Now, all you have to do is listen really carefully and make sure that you don't clap back this pattern, don't clap this one back.

I'm going to show you what that rhythm looks like now on the screen.

So, if I clap anything else, you've got to clap back, okay, but if you see that rhythm and you hear it, in your thinking voice, don't clap it.

Are we ready? We'll have a practise round and then we're onto a challenge.

Am I going to win or are you? Are we ready? My turn, your turn.

Did you clap it? Or did you remember, don't clap this one back? Ooh, practise over now, let's have a few goes.

Are we ready? Don't clap this one back.

Did you clap it? Let's keep going.

Did you stop? Well done if you did.

Last go, here we go.

Don't clap this one back.

That's another great game to play with somebody at home, if you want to try and catch somebody out, remember to teach them what the symbols are first.

Well done for your fantastic learning today, remember, if you would like to, take a picture of your work and send it to a teacher or if you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter tagging @OakNational and #LearnWithOak.

I hope to see you in lesson five, bye-bye.