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Hi everybody.

My name is Mr. Palekar and welcome back to our music lessons.

Now in today's lesson, we are going to recap "Lil' Liza Jane," we are going to explore some music which has three beats in a bar, we're going to clap to the pulse of the music which has three beats in a bar, and we're going to learn a brand new piece which has three beats in a bar.

Now for this lesson, you will need some headphones if you have some.

If you don't, don't panic, just make sure you are somewhere where you can concentrate and where you won't be distracted.

You'll need a pencil and paper if you would like to take any notes, and you would need some of these, your hands, your bodies and your voices as well.

Let's get started with "Lil' Liza Jane." Let's see if we can remember how it looks and how it sounds.

Have a listen first.

I've got a house in Baltimore, Lil' Liza Jane Streetcar runs right by my door, Lil' Liza Jane Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane My turn, and then your turn.

My turn first.

I've got a house in Baltimore Ready? Your turn, off you go.

I've got a house in Baltimore My turn, here I go.

I've got a house in Baltimore Lil' Liza Jane Try it.

Ready? Off we go.

I've got a house in Baltimore Lil' Liza Jane Good! My turn.

Ready? Here I go.

Streetcar runs right by my door Lil' Liza Jane Try it.

Ready? Off you go.

Streetcar runs right by my door Lil' Liza Jane Good.

Let's put those two lines together.

Here we go.

A bit slower.

One, two, off we go.

I've got a house in Baltimore Lil' Liza Jane Streetcar runs right by my door Lil' Liza Jane Good.

Let's try that one more time.

One, two, one, two, off we go.

I've got a house in Baltimore Lil' Liza Jane Streetcar runs right by my door Lil' Liza Jane Good.

The next part goes, Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Let's try that.

Ready? My turn, and then your turn.

Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Try it.

Ready? Off you go.

Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Good, my turn.

The last line, it goes like this.

Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Try it, and ready, and off you go.

Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Good.

Let's put these two last lines together.

Oh, Eliza one, two, three, and Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Good, let's see if we can sing it all the way through.

Here we go.

One, two, one, two, off we go.

I've got a house in Baltimore Lil' Liza Jane Streetcar runs right past my door Lil' Liza Jane Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Well done.

Let's sing it one more time.

Ready? One, two, one, two, off we go.

I've got a house in Baltimore Lil' Liza Jane Streetcar runs right by my door Lil' Liza Jane Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Good job.

Let's add our pulse to our music.

Now on the screen, you can see some bar lines.

And if you remember back to last lesson, we have two beats in every single bar.

One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, all the way through.

We added a clap to our first beat of the bar.

Can you remember what that first beat is called? It's called our downbeat and our downbeat is our strong beat.

It's always number one.

It's going to be one , two one , two , one , two one , two , one , two Okay, let's see if we can read it all the way through and count the one and the two.

Remember that the first beat, the downbeat, it needs to be clapped a little bit harder.

Ready? One, two off we go.

One , two , one , two , one , two , one , two , one , two , one , two , one , two , one , two.

Good.

Well done if you stopped just there.

If you didn't, let's try it one more time.

Remember to look at where the claps and the clicks are.

Remember the click is that star and the clap is our hands.

Here we go.

One, two, one, two, off we go.

One , two , one , two , one , two , one , two , one , two , one , two , one , two , one , two.

Stop right there.

Well done.

Now we can get rid of all of these hearts because we know that every single bar is going to have two beats in it.

We're going to put a number two at the very beginning of our music, which tells us that every single bar is going to have two beats.

Okay, let's put our clapping and clicking of the pulse back with our song.

See if you can start clapping with me.

One , two , one , two one , two , one , two.

Now say it in your head.

Good.

I want to count us in, and let's see if we can start slow.

I've been, one, two, off we go.

I've got a house in Baltimore Lil' Liza Jane Streetcar runs right past my door Lil' Liza Jane Oh, Eliza Lil' Liza Jane Oh, Eliza Lil' Liza Jane One more time, off we go.

I've got a house in Baltimore Lil' Liza Jane Streetcar runs right by my door Lil' Liza Jane Oh, Eliza Lil' Liza Jane Oh, Eliza Lil' Liza Jane.

Very good.

Keep on going.

Clap, click, clap, click, one, two, one, two.

Clap, click, clap, click, ready, off we go.

I've got a house in Baltimore Lil' Liza Jane Streetcar runs right by my door Lil' Liza Jane Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Oh Eliza, Lil' Liza Jane Well done.

Pause the video now so that you can practise singing "Lil' Liza Jane" all the way through.

Clap and click the pulse and remember to clap harder on the first beat, the downbeat of every bar.

If you would like to practise together with me, rewind 20 seconds and let's go through the steps one more time.

When you're ready to continue, click the play button.

Time Signatures: three beats in a bar.

So far, we've looked at a number of different time signatures.

That means a number of beats in a bar, so, let's have a look.

We've got our four beats in a bar because we've got our four heartbeats.

Our first beat is a little bit bigger because we would clap harder on that downbeat, but let's make it into three beats in a bar.

Okay so I've got my three heartbeats and I've got my bar underneath.

Okay, well, now we have four bars, four of those boxes.

And remember what they're separated by.

They are bar lines.

Bar lines.

We have our bars and we have our bar lines and each of the bars has three beats.

Let's add in our clap on the downbeat and for the weaker beats two and three, we are going to click.

So it will sound like this.

One , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three.

Try it with me.

Ready and, off we go.

One , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three.

Now don't worry if you can't click.

Clap is absolutely fine as well.

Ready.

One more time.

Remember to clap that downbeat a little bit harder and you can call out number one a little bit louder as well.

One, two, three, off we go One , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , and stop.

Well done.

Now we can get rid of those heartbeats.

Why? Because we know that every single bar has three beats.

So we're going to put the number three at the very start of our music.

Okay so we are going to clap, click, click the pulse of different pieces of music.

Make sure that you clap a little bit harder on that first, on that downbeat of every single bar.

Now every piece of music has three beats in a bar so let's see if you can find it a bit faster than I can.

Here we go.

♪Come away with me ♪ ♪ and we'll write ♪ ♪ you ♪ Okay One , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three one , two , three.

Well done if you got that quicker than I did.

Okay let's, let's go to our second piece of music.

One , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , , , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three.

Well done! Okay.

We have a bonus track now.

Let's see if you can be the one to find that pulse and to clap that downbeat faster than I can.

Here we go.

One , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three.

Well done.

There is a piece of music that I know that you probably know.

I'd be surprised if you didn't and it is called "Happy birthday to you." This piece of music is in three.

I'll show you.

Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday Mr. Palekar Happy birthday to you.

It's not actually my birthday.

Happy birthday if it's your, if it is your birthday, it's not my birthday today.

Okay, here we go.

Let's try it one more time.

You can pick somebody else's name if you like.

Let's try it.

We're going to clap on the first beat.

Click on our second beat.

Click on our third beat.

Here we go.

One , two , three , off we Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday Mister Happy birthday to you.

The happy birthday song, that's something that we all know, and we probably sung a million times.

Let's change the words.

Happy birthday to you.

Squashed tomatoes and stew Bread and butter in the gutter Happy birthday to you.

My turn, and then your turn.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you Squashed tomatoes and stew Squashed tomatoes and stew Bread and butter in the gutter Bread and butter in the gutter Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Let's sing it from the top.

Here we go.

One, two, three, one, two.

Happy birthday to you tomatoes and stew Bread and butter in the gutter Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Squashed tomatoes and stew Bread and butter in the gutter.

Happy birthday to you This time, I would like to see everybody clapping on that downbeat, clicking on beats two and on beats three.

Here we go.

Start clapping with me.

Now, just in case you've noticed already our happy birthday song, it doesn't start on the first beat, it starts on the third beat.

It goes, one, two, three, one, two, happy bir-- So the B in birthday, that lands on our first beat.

One , two , three , one , two , happy birth day.

Let's see if we can try.

Here we go.

One, two, three, one, two.

Happy birthday to you Squashed tomatoes and stew Bread and butter in the gutter Happy birthday to you.

Well done.

Pause the video now and you can try singing our silly version of "Happy birthday." Clap and click to the pulse of the music and make sure that you count in before you start.

If you want to practise again with me, rewind 20 seconds and we can go through each step together.

When you're ready to continue click the play button.

Down in the Valley The song sounds a little bit like this Down in the valley Valley so low Hang your head over Hear the wind blow Hear the wind blow dear Hear the wind blow Hang your head over Hear the wind blow Two, three, one, two, three.

It has three beats in a bar.

I'll sing a line, and you sing back to me.

One, two, three Down in the valley Valley so low Try it, off you go.

Down in the valley Valley so low Good.

Let's try that one more time.

Down, one and a two and a one, two, three, Down in the valley Valley so low The next part sounds like this.

Hang your head over, hear the wind blow.

Let's try that.

Hang your head over Hear the wind blow Try it, off you go.

Hang your head over Hear the wind blow One more time.

Hang your head over Hear the wind blow Good.

Let's try it from the top.

Here we go.

Down in the, one and a two and a one, two, three Down in the valley Valley so low Hang your head over Hear the wind blow Good.

The next couple of lines have the same melody, it has the same tune, and it sounds like this.

Hear the wind blow dear Hear the wind blow Hang your head over Hear the wind blow One, two, three.

Okay.

Let's see if we can try it all the way through from the top.

Take it a little bit slower.

One, two, three, one, two, three, Down in the valley Valley so low Hang your head over Hear the wind blow Hear the wind blow dear Hear the wind blow Hang your head over Hear the wind blow.

One more time Down in the valley Valley so low Hang your head over Hear the wind blow Hear the wind blow dear Hear the wind blow Hang your head over Hear the wind blow Good job.

Okay, so.

It has three beats in a bar.

So we know that that means that we are going to clap on the downbeat.

We know the clap on that first beat.

Beats two and three, we are going to click.

Now see if we can read the clap click click on the screen.

One, two, three, one, two, three.

Off we go.

Clap click, click, clap, click, click, clap click, click, clap, click, click.

Good.

But we also know that we don't need those heartbeats above our bars.

We know that there are three beats in every bar, so let's take them away and put a number three at the beginning of our music.

One more time.

One, two, three, two, two, three.

Off we go.

Clap click, click, clap, click, click, clap click, click, clap, click, click.

Good.

We need to clap harder for that downbeat.

Let's bring back our words from our song.

One , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three , one , two , three Down in the val-- that's how we're going to start.

Ready? Here we go.

Down, one, two, three, one, two, three, Off we go.

Down in the valley Valley so low Hang your head over Hear the wind blow Hear the wind blow dear Hear the wind blow Hang your head over Hear the wind blow Good! Let's try that one more time.

One, two, three, one, two three, off we go.

Down in the valley Valley so low Hang your head over Hear the wind blow Hear the wind blow dear, Hear the wind blow Hang your head over Hear the wind blow.

Good.

Carry on.

Clap, click, click, clap, click, click.

One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, One, two, three, off we go.

Down in the valley Valley so low Hang your head over Hear the wind blow Hear the wind blow dear, Hear the wind blow Hang your head over, Hear the wind blow Well done.

Pause the video now so that you can practise singing "Down in the Valley." Clap and click the pulse and remember to clap harder on the first beat of every bar.

If you would like to practise together, rewind 20 seconds and we can go through each of the steps.

When you're ready to continue, click the play button, A huge well done for all of the activities today.

Now from today's lesson, you now can perform "Lil' Liza Jane" which has two beats in a bar.

You have clapped to music which has three beats in a bar and sung to music with three beats in a bar, and you are now able to perform "Down in the Valley" and clap the pulse at the same time.

Now, if you'd like to share any of your work, please ask a parent or a carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, tagging at @OakNational and hashtag #LearnwithOak.

Again, a huge well done for all of your work over this lesson and the last few lessons as well.

I look forward to seeing you in our next lesson, but until then, goodbye.