Lesson video

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to lesson four.

My name is Miss Hart.

Today, we are going to be using call and response in Samba music.

So, put your listening ears on.

We're going to be doing lots of singing and lots of clapping different rhythms today.

Let's go! In lesson four, we are going to recap what improvising means.

We're going to create a call and a response section for A Keelie song.

We're going to learn a samba rhythm pattern, and we're going to learn the call and response break patterns in our Samba piece.

In this lesson, you will need your hands and your brain.

Activity one, recapping what improvise means.

So, what does improvise mean? Can you remember? It means we make something up.

There is no plan before you perform.

When you are improvising a pattern, you make it up on the spot.

So last week, we learned some different techniques when improvising.

Can you remember what they are? They were using off beats, starting on different beats of the bar, and call and response improvising.

See if you can have a go at trying one of those techniques.

We're going to start with using off beats.

My turn, your turn.

Yeah, well done, this time, I want your response to start on the second beat of the bar.

My turn, then your turn, okay? My turn.

One, two, three, four, five, go! One, two, three, four, five, go Now on three! One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

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

One two three four, ready? One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.

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

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

Yeah, well done.

Last one, you're going to have a go at doing a call and response.

So it's over to you now.

Two patterns that relate, you ready? I'm going to count you in, feel that pulse.

One, two, one, two, three, four! Yeah, well done! Did you manage to remember all of those different tips and tricks? Right, back to the plug the gap game now.

But this time, there are two bars' worth to fit in.

That's eight beats in total.

So my pattern will go, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, improvising the eight beats.

A one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Should we have a go? So that's our pulse, ready? My turn, your turn.

Yours is going to be made up, anything you'd like but it has to fit in the eight beats, okay? One, two, three, four five, six, seven, eight.

Yeah, well done! Activity two, to create a call and response section for the song A Keelie.

Right, back to our A Keelie song now.

Let's see if we can remember it from last week.

You're going to join in with the responses.

So I will go.

♪ A keelie makolay mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah, mo paco meno sway ♪ And then, the last bit, ♪ mo paco meno sway, we do it all together, don't we? Are we ready? ♪ A keelie makolay mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ A keelie makolay mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, o mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, o mo paco meno sway ♪ Did you manage it? This time, let's swap over, you're the choir.

Are you ready? ♪ A keelie makolay mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ A keelie makolay mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, O mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, o mo paco meno sway ♪ Now, this time, instead of doing a response, ♪ Yeah yeah, mo paco meno sway ♪ you are going to come up with an improvisation section.

So you might go like this: ♪ A keelie makolay, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ A keelie makolay, mo paco meno sway ♪ And then we'll go into mo paco.

Are you ready? Let's have a go! ♪ A keelie makolay, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ A keelie makolay, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, O mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, o mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ A keelie makolay, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ A keelie makolay, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, o mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, o mo paco meno sway ♪ Woo, the tempo got faster there, didn't it? Right, this time, I want you to think of some different words you can put in.

So instead of going, "Yeah yeah, mo paco meno sway" you might say, "Yeah yeah, let's go outside" or "yeah yeah, it's a sunny day".

♪ Yeah, yeah, let's go to the park.

♪ You can choose anything.

Remember, it's a bit like me asking would you like to go outside.

So think about what your answers can be.

Should we try it? ♪ A keelie makolay mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ A keelie makolay mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, o mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, mo paco meno sway ♪ ♪ Mo paco meno sway, o mo paco meno sway ♪ Did you manage to fit some sentences into the gaps? Well done if you managed to think of something really quickly.

Let's recap, what does improvise mean? Does it mean to write down a piece of music? To make up a pattern on the spot? Is it the heartbeat of the music? Or a repeated pattern or phrase? It is to make up a pattern on the spot! Well done if you got this right.

Activity three, to learn a samba rhythm pattern.

Right, we are going to be learning about Samba music.

Samba music comes from Brazil.

And it's used a lot in street carnivals and celebrations.

Let's have a little watch of this video and listen to a performance.

So, let's take a look at the instruments now.

First of all, we've got a tamborim.

It's a little like tambourine, but it has an m at the end.

Tamborim.

We've got a surdo, this is used for all of the bass notes.

We've got an apito, or a whistle.

This is used by the leader, to keep everyone in the right place.

We've got the ganza, which is like a shaker, we've got a repinique, a drum, and we've got a caixa as well.

Activity four, using call and response in samba music Right, we're going to have a go at creating a samba piece with four different parts.

I'm lucky in that I have four samba instruments here.

I've got a surdo, A big bass drum, I've got a tamborim.

I've got an agogo bell.

And I've got a ganza as well.

Okay, now you can use whatever you can find.

If you can't find anything, that's also fine, you can just clap the rhythms. I'm going to teach you each one, and we're going to layer the rhythms together.

Okay, so, the first one goes like this.

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

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

Easy peasy, okay, that's just on the beat.

So that's number one.

Number two goes like this.

One, two, three, four, five, the samba.

One, two, three, four, five, the samba.

One, two, three, four, five, the samba.

One, two, three, four, five, the samba.

Okay? The next rhythm goes like this.

High, low, high, low low low, high, low, high, low low low, high, low, high low low low, high, low, high, low low low.

And the last one goes like this.

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

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

One, two, three, four, I love samba.

I love samba, I love samba, I love samba.

Okay? You will see four versions of me.

Each box is one, two, three, and four rhythms. You choose your favourite, or if you want to, you can do this four times and practise all of it.

All right, I'm going to start with the surdo, okay? One, two, one, two, three, four.

Right, we've learned the main parts of our samba piece.

We're going to learn two breaks and an ending.

A break is where we stop doing our rhythm and we come together to do the call and response action.

Number one will sound like this, "What are you having for your dinner tonight?" And your answer will be, "Fish and chips, fish and chips".

Number two will be like this, "Do you like samba?" And you're going to respond, "Oh, yes, I really do." "Do you like Samba?" "Oh yes, I really do." Should we practise those? Okay remember, it will be the call first, then you're going to do the response, okay? What are you having for your dinner tonight? Fish and chips, fish and chips.

Do you like Samba? Oh yes, I really do.

Do you like Samba? Oh yes, I really do.

Well done, right, the finale goes like this.

And this one isn't a call and response.

This one, you have to do it together, okay? And it goes like this, "Samba drumming is the best, oh, yes!" And you're going to put your arm right in the air.

Okay? So we're going to do it together.

Are you ready? Samba drumming is the best, oh, yes! Well done! We've practised all of those three for the last time.

Next lesson, we're going to put all of these into our Samba piece, are we ready? What are you having for your dinner tonight? Fish and chips, fish and chips.

What are you having for your dinner tonight? Fish and chips, fish and chips.

Do you like Samba? Oh, yes, I really do! Do you like Samba? Oh, yes, I really do! Samba drumming is the best, oh, yes.

Well done! Well done for completing lesson four.

There are two more lessons after this, so if you've enjoyed it, make sure you complete lessons five and six as well.

I hope to see you next time, bye bye.

Well done for your hard work today.

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I hope to see you next time for lesson five.

Goodbye!.