Lesson video

Hello and welcome to another music lesson with me, Miss Miner, let's get started.

What will we cover in this lesson? We will start by warming up.

Don't clap this one back.

Then we will learn the meaning of polyrhythm.

Following that, we will perform a polyrhythm.

And finally, we will compose our own polyrhythm.

In this lesson, you will need either some paper or the worksheet provided, a pencil and your body.

If you need to get anything, pause the video now and go and get it.

When you're ready, press play.

Super.

Please take a moment now to clear away any distractions, including turning off the notifications on any apps or conversations you have running, if you know how to.

Finally, if you can, try to find a quiet place where you won't be disturbed during the lesson.

I think you must be ready now, so let's begin.

Now we're going to play a game of don't clap this one back.

We explored this game in the last lesson but just to remind you, if I clap this rhythm, don't clap this one back or dip, dip and swing, the ostinato from the Canoe song, you must not clap back.

Let's see how you get on, my turn first and then yours.

Dip, dip and swing.

Don't clap this one back.

Dip, dip and swing.

Don't clap this one back.

Dip, dip and swing.

Don't clap this one back.

How many of you did I catch out this time? Now pause the video to play this game with a member of your household.

When you've finished playing the game, press play and we'll carry on.

Let's remind ourself of the Canoe Song from last week.

I'll just sing it once through, while rowing to the pulse.

Just have a listen.

♪ My paddles keen and bright ♪ ♪ Flashing with silver ♪ ♪ Follow the wild goose flight ♪ ♪ Dip, dip and swing ♪ See if you can join me this time.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ My paddles keen and bright ♪ ♪ Flashing with silver ♪ ♪ Follow the wild goose blight ♪ ♪ Dip, dip and swing ♪ Well done.

Now I would like to remind you of the ostinato, the repeated pattern that we were singing or clapping or both alongside it.

And that was the last line of the melody.

♪ Dip, dip and swing, dip, dip and swing ♪ ♪ Dip, dip and swing ♪ Join in.

♪ Dip, dip and swing ♪ ♪ Dip, dip and swing ♪ ♪ Dip, dip and swing ♪ ♪ Dip, dip and swing ♪ And lots of you might remember that syncopated rhythm as being synco-patar, shh, synco-patar, shh.

Super, your challenge today is to be able to clap the ostinato rhythm in your hands while singing the melody over the top.

I will show you what that sounds like.

♪ My paddles green and bright ♪ ♪ Flashing with silver ♪ ♪ Follow the wild goose flight ♪ ♪ Dip, dip and swing ♪ Let's have a go together.

♪ Ready, steady, off we go ♪ ♪ My paddle's keen and bright ♪ ♪ Flashing with silver ♪ ♪ Follow the wild goose flight ♪ ♪ Dip, dip and swing ♪ Well done.

Pause the video to practise performing the melody and ostinato off the Canoe Song.

When you're ready, press play and we'll carry on.

So where does the Canoe Song come from? Is it Nigeria, Canada, France or Scotland? Point to the answer you think is correct.

Well done, it's Canada.

Let's remind ourselves.

What is syncopation? Is it rhythm patterns where stress notes are placed off the beat? Is it the heartbeat of the music? Is it making sounds using our bodies or is it the length of sound whether it's long or short? Point to the answer you think is right.

Well done, it's rhythm patterns where stress notes are placed off the beat.

So, what is an ostinato? Is that rhythm patterns where stress notes are placed off the beat? Is it the heartbeat of the music? Making sounds using our bodies? Or a repeated pattern or phrase? Point to the answer you think is right.

Well done.

You're getting good at this vocabulary.

So now we're going to take this song, the Canoe Song, which you now know really well to the next level, we are going to expand this piece so it doesn't just have a melody part and an ostinato, but in fact, it has four parts that go with it.

Just like in an orchestra or a band where you might have more than one part to put together to create one piece of music.

So for part one, we're not going to sing, but we're going to clap the rhythm of the melody, just like this, have a listen.

So instead of singing the words out loud, I was singing them in my head.

Let's see if we can have a go together.

Ready, steady, off we go.

Well done.

If you need more practise at that, pause the video, rewind and have another go.

The second part to this song is going to be our ostinato.

Let's try that.

Were you inner hearing the words so that you didn't need to sing them out loud? Well done.

The third part appears on one of the rhythm grids that we looked at in lesson four.

These rhythm grids tell us exactly where to clap.

Whether it's on a beat number or on the and, on the off beat.

Look very carefully at rhythm grid number three.

This goes like this, listen first.

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

One and two, three and four.

One and two, three and four.

Why don't you have a go with me this time? Ready, steady, off we go.

One and two.

Well done, if you need some more practise at that, just rewind the video and have as many goes as you need.

Finally, we're going to move on to our fourth part.

This is represented on another rhythm grid.

You can see that this one goes like this.

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

You may also want to think of that as being on the beat or on the pulse.

Let's have a go together, off we go.

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

Super, what I'd now like you to do is choose one of those four parts to play along with me.

Before we perform, don't forget this important vocabulary, polyrhythm.

When two or more rhythms are performed at the same time, that's a polyrhythm.

Ready, steady, off we go.

What is a polyrhythm? Rhythm patterns where stress notes are placed off the beat.

The heartbeat of the music, when two or more rhythms are performed at the same time or a repeated pattern or phrase.

Think carefully and point to the one you think is right.

Well done, it's when two or more rhythms are performed at the same time, just like the performance we just done.

Now, before we go through each of the four rhythms on the screen individually, I know that over the last few lessons you have been picking up all the tools you need to be able to read these rhythms and perform them.

So I would like you to pause the video now and have a go at working out each of these rhythms before we go through them together.

Pause now.

Super, you must be ready.

Let's have a look at the first rhythm.

This shows that we need to be clapping this with our hands.

And it goes like this, one and two, three and four.

One and two, three and four.

Let's try it together, off we go.

One and two, three and four.

One and two, three and four.

One and two, three and four.

One and two, three and four.

Super, well done.

Let's have a look at the second rhythm on the slide.

This, for this one, we need to be stamping our feet.

And some of you may have noticed that this is on the beat or on the pulse.

So it should sound like this, one, two, three, four.

Let's try it together, off we go.

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

One, two, three, four.

Well done.

Let's have a look at the third rhythm on the slide.

And for this rhythm, we need to be clicking our fingers.

And it goes like this, one and two, three and four and one and two and three and four and.

Let's have a go together.

Ready, steady, off we go.

One and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and.

Super, let's have a look at the fourth rhythm on the slide and for this rhythm, we need to be tapping our knees.

It's up to you whether you want to alternate between your hands or just tap with one hand, I'm going to alternate.

This one goes like this.

One and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and.

Well done.

Pause the video now to practise each of those rhythms one more time.

I'd like you to choose at least one of the parts to play along.

Ready, steady off we go.

Now it's time to get your pencil and the worksheets available with this lesson.

You will see that there are four blank grids on your sheet with a different type of body percussion next to each one.

Your job is to compose a rhythm for each of the four body percussion parts.

Then you can gather members of your household to play each line to create a polyrhythm all together.

Don't worry if you don't have four people in your household, you could always clap all four parts separately.

Pause the video now to compose your parts.

Here comes the Super Challenge or the Next Level Challenge.

You are going to be performing a polyrhythm with your self.

The first part we're going to look at is the click part.

And this is on the off beats all the way through.

So it goes one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and.

If you can't click, don't worry, you can tap it on your knee.

Let's try it together.

Ready, steady, off we go.

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

Super.

The second pattern is one that you tap on your chest and the rhythm goes like this.

♪ I would like music today ♪ ♪ I would like music today ♪ ♪ I would like music today ♪ ♪ I would like music today ♪ I think you've picked that up already.

So let's try it together.

Ready, steady, off we go.

♪ I would like music today ♪ ♪ I would like music today ♪ ♪ I would like music today ♪ Super, you now may need to spend the whole week until next lesson practising.

It should sound like this.

Good luck.

So that brings us to the end of the lesson.

A really big well done on all the fantastic learning you've achieved in this lesson.

I've got two final things I'd like you to do now.

Firstly, think back and identify one key thing you've learned today.

It's totally up to you what it is.

Secondly, if you'd like to, please take a picture of your work and ask your parent or carer to share it with your teacher so that they can see all the fantastic things you've learned.

If you'd like to, please ask your parents or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak.

Now, don't forget to complete the end of lesson quiz.

Well, all that's left for me to say is thank you.

Take care and enjoy the rest of your learning for today.

Bye.