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Hi everyone, my name is Mr. Palekar, and welcome back to percussion lessons! This is our lesson on Body Percussion number two.
In today's lesson, we are going to recap Boom Snap Clap.
We are going to develop our body percussion skills and actions.
And we are going to complete the body percussion piece called "Africa".
Now for today's lesson, you will need some headphones, if you have some, but if you don't don't panic.
Just make sure that you are somewhere quiet where you can concentrate and you won't be disturbed.
You're going to need a pencil and paper, if you would like to take any notes.
And you are going to need your hands, and your bodies.
Because, after all, we are doing body percussion.
Let's get started with: Boom Snap Clap.
Now just a reminder form last lesson, we start with a chant and then we bring in some actions.
It sounds a little bit like this.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ And the actions are: ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Let's break it down.
My turn, and then your turn.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom snap clap snap ♪ Ready, your turn.
Ready here you go.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom snap clap snap ♪ One more time.
Off you go.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ Good, my turn.
The last two lines.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Ready, your turn.
Here you go.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ My turn, one more time.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Your turn.
Ready, here you go! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Very nice.
Let's take it a little bit slower, we'll do it all the way through.
From the top, here we go.
One, two, three, here we go.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ One more time, ready? Here we go.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Can we say it two times in a row? Here we go! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ And again! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Some of you might have been patting the pulse, as well.
If you were, fantastic job.
Let's try it one more time.
Just once, all the way through.
One, two, three, here we go! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Very good.
Okay, let's add in some of those actions that we learned our last lesson.
Here we go.
So "Boom" is on our chest.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Let's just try it like that.
So we're just going to put our "boom" in.
Ready? One, two, three, here we go! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Good.
We know that our snap is our click, okay? Boom, snap, clap.
And obviously, our clap is going to be our clap, okay? So boom, snap, clap.
Let's try it really, really slowly.
My turn first, and then your turn.
Here we go.
Line at a time.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ Your turn! My turn! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ Your turn! Now don't forget that you need to say it out loud, as well.
My turn, first.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ Your turn! Good.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ Your turn! Boom, snap, clap.
Good.
Our next one goes: Boom boom, snap clap snap.
One, two, three.
♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ Your turn, go! One more time.
And stop right there, good.
Let's do those two lines, together.
So it goes like this: ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ Ready, steady, here we go.
And: ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ Stop, very good.
Those last few lines are exactly the same, other than one word which is the last, last word.
We change it to a "shh!" So it goes, last two lines: ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Try that with me.
One, two, three, here we go! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Good! One more time, ready? Here we go, now.
♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Great, let's try it all the way from the top.
All of our words chanting, and our actions as well.
Here we go.
One, bit slower there, one, two, three, here we go! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Very nice.
We'll do it again, ready? One, two, three, here we go! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Very good.
We're going to do it two times in a row now.
Ready? One, two, three, here we go! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ And again! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Hopefully you noticed that I made a mistake somewhere.
Where was it? Where was it? Absolutely, when I said "boom" I clapped.
Where was that meant to be? Show me your boom.
Boom, very good.
Show me your snap.
Snap! Show me your clap.
Clap! Let's try one more time, ready? One, tow, three, here we go! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ And again! ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap clap snap ♪ ♪ Boom snap clap ♪ ♪ Boom boom, snap shh ♪ Very good.
Now that we've got each of those parts, we're going to take our words, and we're going to put them into our head.
We're going to say it in our minds, only.
If you need whisper it, absolutely fine.
And if you do need to say it, say it! Great! But if you can, I'm challenging you, see if you can say the words in your head.
Ready? One, two.
One, two, three, here we go, now! Shh! And again! Shh! Shh! Shh! Well done.
Pause the video now, so that you can practise "Boom Snap Clap" all the way through with a friend, or a family member.
If you would like to, reward 20 seconds and we can practise again.
When you're ready to continue, click the Play button.
Body percussion piece "Africa".
Now, last lesson, we started with the basic fundamental foundation, that's the very very start of our "Africa" piece, by chanting the first words: "Africa", remember? It sounds like this: Af-ri, Af-ri-ca.
I'm going to say it once, then say it back to me.
My turn, ready? Here I go! ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca.
♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca.
♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca.
Clap it as well! ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca.
Stop.
Wonderful, okay.
We have some body percussion actions that we needed to do with that chant, and I dropped in which actions they were last lesson.
And I said to you, actually, you need to make sure that you have space around you so that you're able to stomp, you're able to clap, and you're able to pat different parts of your body.
So if you need to pause the video now, you can, just to make sure that you are in space, as well.
So I am standing up right now, and I've got my floor ready to stomp.
I've hands to clap, and I've got my fingers to click, and to pat.
Which I won't need just yet, just my stomping and my clap.
Sounds like this: Stomp clap, stomp stomp clap.
Which goes: Af-ri, Af-ri-ca.
Let's try it really slowly.
My turn first.
Af-ri, which is stomp clap.
One, two, three, here we go! ♪ Af-ri ♪ And again, go! ♪ Af-ri ♪ And again, here we go.
♪ Af-ri ♪ Good.
I like to change up which feet I'm going to do.
I start with my right, and then I go to my left to the next group.
And I go: Af-ri-ca.
Try that with me.
One, two, three, here we go! ♪ Af-ri-ca ♪ And again.
♪ Af-ri-ca ♪ And again, here we go! ♪ Af-ri-ca ♪ One more time! ♪ Af-ri-ca ♪ Let's just see if we can split it up.
So it goes: Af-ri, and then: Af-ri-ca.
Let's try it, ready? Here we go! ♪ Af-ri ♪ Stop right there, let's do the other part.
♪ Af-ri-ca ♪ Good! Let's glue them together, so it looks like this: ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ Very good! Try it four times three.
One, two, three, here we go! ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ Very good! So we have our musical idea, and it actually repeats.
Which means it's an ostinato.
And an ostinato, say "ostinato" for me.
Ostinato.
Ostinato! Ostinato, ostinato, ostinato, ostinato! An ostinato is a repeated pattern, it happens again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again.
Just like we have have a repeated pattern of our Af-ri, Af-ri-ca.
And we're going to repeat that as our ostinato.
That is our ostinato.
And we're going to call Af-ri, Ad-ri-ca ostinato number one.
Let's try it, four times three.
One, two.
ready? One, two, three, here we go! ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ Very good.
Do it in your head, but do the actions out loud.
Here we go! Freeze! Well done.
If you need to, pause the video now so that you can practise that ostinato again and again until it's perfect.
Do that now.
Ostinato number 2.
Okay, our chant goes like this, for ostinato number two.
Here goes.
♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ My turn first, then your turn.
♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya.
♪ I want to go there ♪ I want to go there.
My turn.
♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ Ready, your turn.
Here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ One more time, here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ Hmm, let's say four times in a row.
One, two.
ready? One, two, three, here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ Very nice, okay.
Let's add in our body percussion actions for that top line.
So "I've got a friend in Ken-ya".
It goes like this: Stomp pat pat pat pat stomp clap.
So "I've got a friend in", we're just going to do that first.
Stomp pat pat pat pat.
My turn first.
♪ I've got a friend in ♪ Your turn, here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in ♪ One more time.
♪ I've got a friend in ♪ One more time.
♪ I've got a friend in ♪ And say it out loud! ♪ I've got a friend in ♪ Good.
"Ken-ya"? Nice and easy.
We use our other foot, "Ken", and then for the end of that part, "ya", we're going to clap.
So Ken ya.
Try it with me.
♪ Ken-ya ♪ And one more time.
♪ Ken-ya ♪ Last time, go! ♪ Ken-ya ♪ So if we put it together, we've got: I've got a friend in Ken-ya.
Try it together, a little bit slower, ready? One, two, three, here we go.
♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ Do it one more time, ready? Here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ Good.
Last time, ready? Here we go.
♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ Good, okay.
Let's do that, but actually we need to.
That's only half of our ostinato.
Let's add in the other half, as well.
So it's "I want to go there".
♪ I want to go there ♪ You can say it once, my turn first and then your turn.
♪ I want to go there ♪ I want to go there.
Very good, my turn.
Ready, here we go.
♪ I want to go there ♪ I want to go there.
Very nice.
My turn, here goes.
Stomp pat pat stomp clap.
Want to do that again? Stomp pat pat stomp clap.
And you'll have noticed that on these pats, I do both at the same time.
Both my knees at the same time.
So stomp clap.
sorry.
Stomp pat pat stomp clap.
One more time.
Stomp pat pat stomp clap.
Try it with me, ready? Here we go! One more time, here we go! Now with the words, it sounds like this: ♪ I want to go there ♪ Good, one more time.
♪ I want to go there ♪ Very good.
Whew, let's see if we can try it all the way through.
So it's going to sound like this: ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ Ready, steady? One, two, three here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ A little bit slower, let's get it right.
Ready one, two, three here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ And you will find that your right and your left foot are just taking a walk.
It goes right left , and everything else gets into this walk.
It goes: ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ And your right and your left feet just keep on walking through that.
Okay, let's try it together.
Let's try it four times in a row, are you ready? Ready one, two, three here we go.
♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ Good job.
If you need to pause the video now so that you can practise our second ostinato, that's ostinato number 2: I've got a friend in Ken-ya I want to go there.
Pause the video now, so you can practise that rhythm all the way through.
Okay, so now it's time to see if we can put it together.
I'm going to be doing ostinato number 1: Af-ri, Af-ri-ca Af-ri, Af-ri-ca.
And remember, an ostinato, like that "o" in ostinato, is a loop, that means we do it over and over and over and over again.
And I know that my partner is going to be doing ostinato number 2: I've got a friend in Ken-ya I want to go there.
We're going to layer it up, which that means that I'm doing to start with layer number 1, and then I know my partner's going to come in with layer number 2.
So we're going to have two layers with different rhythms. Here we go.
One, two.
One, two, three here we go.
♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ One.
Two.
Ready, one, two, three here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ And stop.
Well done.
We can do it again, this time you can pick which ostinato that you would like to take part in.
And you can perform with either ostinato 1, or ostinato 2.
If you have a friend or family member or a partner who can do the other ostinato along with you, even better.
Let's give it a go.
One.
Two.
One, two, three here we go! ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ One.
Two.
Ready one, two, three here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ And stop.
Pause the video now, so that you can practise the second ostinato in the "Africa" body percussion piece, with a partner, friend, or family members.
If you'd like to practise again together with me, rewind 20 seconds.
And click Play when you're ready to continue.
Okay, so we've practised ostinato 1 and ostinato 2, but there is a challenge, which is ostinato number 3.
And it sounds a little bit like this: ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ I'll say a line, you say it back to me.
♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na.
♪ I can drive my car there ♪ I can drive my car there.
Good, I'll say it all the way through, you say it back to me.
Here we go.
♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na.
I can drive my car there.
Say it four times, ready? Here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ And stop right there.
Now this weird actions looks a little bit like this, and this is why it is a challenge.
The first part is exactly the same as ostinato number 2.
It goes: I've got a friend in Gha-na.
So: Stomp pat pat pat pat stomp clap.
We can do that, let's try that.
♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ Try it, ready? Here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ One more time, ready? Here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ Brilliant, let's try that one last time.
Let's do it after one, two, three here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ Very nice, exactly the same as the first part of ostinato 2.
So you should know that part already.
Now the next part: I can drive my car there, that's where it gets a bit tricky.
And it looks a little bit like this: So we have got our stomp, pat, clap, and then we've got the folded arms, and then it goes with a red hand clap, which is our backhand, at the same time as the last stomp, and then our arms fold, again.
Sounds very complicated, but don't worry, we're going to break it down.
It looks like this.
All the way through, it looks like this: ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ Let's break it down.
So we've got the first part, I've got a friend in Gha-na.
It's just that last half, I can drive my car there.
Here we go.
So it goes: Stomp pat clap.
Try that with me.
Stomp pat clap.
My turn.
Stomp pat clap over.
So when we clap, we do a clap and then we carry on our hands as if we are about to cross our arms, like this.
But we just pat the sides of our arms, like this.
So stomp pat clap over.
Try it, ready? Here we go.
♪ Stomp pat clap over ♪ One more time.
One, two, three here we go.
♪ Stomp pat clap over ♪ One more time, ready, here we go! ♪ Stomp pat clap over ♪ With the words, say it loud! Here we go.
♪ I can drive my ♪ One more time, here we go.
♪ I can drive my ♪ Good, when we get to here, keep your hands there.
We're going to stomp.
You can stomp with the same foot, I like to use my other foot.
At the same time as our stomp we've got a very special clap, which is a backhanded clap.
Which means that we bring our hands up, and we use the back of our hands to make a sound.
It goes like this.
So at the same time as this, we are putting our left foot down.
So try that with me.
We've just got our hands like this.
One, two, three, four.
And again.
One, two, three, four.
Good, one more time.
So we've got our backhanded clap and our stomp at the same time.
One, two, three, four.
Good.
And to finish it off, all we've got is: One, two, three, four.
Up, and then our hands come back down to our pats.
So let's try that.
It goes one, two, three, four, up, down.
One, two, three, four, up, down.
Now try it with me, here we go, ready? One, two, three, four, up, down.
When our hands go up, we do a stomp at the same time.
One, two, three, four, up, down.
And again.
One, two, three, four, up, down.
So that last line, it looks and sounds a little bit like this.
I can drive my car there.
We're doing it really, really slowly, don't worry.
Here we go.
One, two, three, here we go.
I.
can.
drive.
my.
Freeze, next part: car.
there.
Good, we're going to do that that slowly, one more time.
One, two, three here we go.
I.
can.
drive.
my.
car.
there.
Good.
This time, we're not going to have that big gap in between.
So it's going to sound like this: I can drive my car there.
Ready one, two.
Ready off we go.
I can drive my car there.
Good, one more time.
Ready here we go.
I can drive my car there.
A little bit faster.
Here we go! ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ Last time, ready? Here we go! ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ Very good, because let's put ostinato 3 all together.
Here we go.
It's going to sound as slow as this: ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ Let's try it, really slowly, off we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ Good, one more time.
A little bit slower.
♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ Good, let's do it four times in a row, that speed.
We'll speed up after, let's do it that speed.
One, two, three here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ And again! ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ Bit faster.
♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ ♪ I can drive my car there ♪ In your head! And freeze.
Let's put it together with ostinato 1 and 2.
So we are laying up, this time, three different layers.
Here we go.
One.
Two.
One, two, three here we go! ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ ♪ Af-ri, Af-ri-ca ♪ One.
Two.
Ready one, two, three here we go! ♪ I've got a friend in Ken-ya ♪ ♪ I want to go there ♪ Ready one.
Ready two.
Ready one, two, three here go! ♪ I've got a friend in Gha-na ♪ And stop.
Pause the video now, so that you can practise the "Africa" body percussion piece with a partner, friends, or family members.
If you would like to practise again together, rewind 20 seconds and let's go through each of the steps.
You can select which part you would like to perform.
When you're ready to continue, click the Play button.
A huge well done for all of your work today! Great job.
Now from today's lesson, you can perform the cup game.
You can understand what an ostinato is, a repeated musical pattern.
And you can perform one or two or even all three parts of the body percussion piece "Africa".
Now, if you would like to share any of your work, and I would love to see absolutely anybody who's been able to put together our body percussion ostinatos, you can ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter by tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak.
Again, a huge well done from me.
I hope that you enjoy practising with friends, with family, with your partners at school.
And I look forward to seeing you in our next lesson.
Goodbye!.
