Lesson video

Hello, and welcome to another music lesson with me, Miss Miner.

And in this lesson, we are going to be exploring Samba music.

Let's go.

What will we cover in this lesson? We will start off with a warmup, a song called "Sambalele." We will then listen to Samba music and identify some key characteristics.

Following that, we will learn ostinato patterns inspired by Samba.

In this lesson, you will need: your body, some paper and a pencil.

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

When you're back, make sure to turn off any notifications on any apps or conversations that you have running, and try to find a quiet place, where you won't be distracted during the lesson.

When you think you're ready, let's carry on.

We have a new warmup today, and it is from Brazil called "Sambalele." I'd want you to have a listen first.

♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ô Lelê ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ô lelê ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ô lelê ♪ ♪ Pisa na barra da saia ♪ we're going to start off by learning the singing.

My turn first and then yours.

♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ô Lelê ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ô lelê ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ô lelê ♪ ♪ Pisa na barra da saia ♪ ♪ Pisa na barra da saia ♪ ♪ Pisa na barra da saia ♪ ♪ Pisa na barra da saia ♪ ♪ Pisa na barra da saia ♪ Well done.

I'm going to sing this twice through.

The first time through, I would like you to listen, the second time through, I would like you to sing.

♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ô lelê ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ô lelê ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ô lelê ♪ ♪ Pisa na barra da saia ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ô lelê ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ô lelê ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ♪ ♪ Samba ô lelê ♪ ♪ Pisa na barra da saia ♪ Pause the video to practise the warmup.

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

Which country is "Sambalele" from? Is it from Germany, France, Brazil or Cuba? Point to the answer you think is correct.

Well done, it's from Brazil.

Close your eyes and listen to the music.

Think about, what do you enjoy about the music? How does it make you feel? What instruments can you hear? And can you hear the pulse of the music? Which of these instruments do you think you could hear? Well in fact, you should have been able to hear all of them.

As all of these instruments are key instruments in the Samba ensemble.

Samba, let's learn some more.

The origins of Samba are linked to African drumming music.

When people were transported to Brazil, from Africa to work as slaves, they brought aspects of their musical culture with them.

Samba style developed in the 1950s.

It includes layering syncopated rhythms on multiple percussion instruments.

Samba has many similarities to African drumming music such as polyrhythms and use of call and response.

Just as a reminder, syncopation or syncopated rhythms is where rhythms have emphasis off the beat.

Polyrhythms is where we can hear two or more rhythms being played at the same time.

And call and response is just like a musical conversation.

On the left-hand side of the screen, you can see, six key Samba instruments from the Samba ensemble.

I would like you to pause the video now, to read a little bit more about each of those instruments.

When you finish reading, press play, and we'll continue.

Pause the video, to make a list of all of the Samba instruments you can remember.

When you've written down as many as you can think of, press play and we'll continue.

So, which of these instruments is not commonly used in Samba? The violin or the surdo? You're right, the violin might be seen in a folk ensemble or an orchestra.

Although you may see it in some Samba ensembles it's certainly not a key staple instrument.

In which country was Samba developed in the 1950s? Was it, South Africa, Brazil or Cuba? Point to the answer you think is correct.

Yes, that's right.

It was developed in Brazil.

Now it's time to learn one of the most integral and important rhythms in Samba music.

And that is the Clave rhythm.

It goes like this.

♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ This time, I would like you to join in with me saying the words at the same time while clapping the rhythm.

♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ Well done.

I wonder if you can do that rhythm in the opposite order, so you can do it like this.

♪ Clave ♪ ♪ I can play ♪ ♪ Clave ♪ ♪ I can play ♪ ♪ Clave ♪ ♪ I can play ♪ ♪ Clave ♪ ♪ I can play ♪ Let's try it.

What makes this rhythm slightly more tricky is to start with, you need to come in on the offbeat so you don't make a sound on the very first beat.

You could always do this to try and remind yourself to leave a gap in that first beat.

♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ ♪ Off we go.

♪ ♪ Clave ♪ ♪ I can play ♪ ♪ Clave ♪ ♪ I can play ♪ Rest.

♪ Clave ♪ ♪ I can play ♪ Rest.

♪ Clave ♪ ♪ I can play ♪ Super, now we're going to have a goal of putting those two rhythms together.

So I would now like you to choose one of the rhythms. Either "I can play Clave" or "Clave I can play." And I would like you to play along.

You should be able to hear a cross rhythm.

That's when we have conflicting rhythms being heard at the same time.

♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ ♪ Off we go.

♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play ♪ Now let's try the same thing.

Except this time, I would like you to say the words in your head, rather than saying them out loud.

♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ ♪ Off we go.

♪ So you have just been playing a cross rhythm.

The effect produced when two conflicting rhythms are heard together.

Pause the video to practise both of these rhythms. "I can play Clave" and "Clave I can play." when you've finished press play and we'll carry on.

So what is a cross rhythm? Is it, when a pattern is repeated several times? Is it, when a rhythm sounds angry? Is it, the effect produced when two conflicting rhythms are heard together? Or, is it a West African dance? Point to the answer you think is correct.

That's absolutely right.

It's the effect produced when two conflicting rhythms are heard together.

we are now going to learn a Samba Groove.

The groove section of a Samba performance is that, ostinato section that's built up of layers and layers of repeated rhythms. So I'm going to teach you these layers, one by one.

The first layer would be that usually played on the Surdo, the biggest drum.

And it goes like this, ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ Can you try it? ♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ ♪ Off we go.

♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ Well done.

The second rhythm in our Samba Groove is one that you should already know.

And it goes like this.

♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ Join me this time.

♪ Off we go.

♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ The third ostinato goes like this.

♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ Are you ready to have a go? ♪ Off we go.

♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ well done.

And the fourth rhythm in our ostinato goes like this.

♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ ♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ ♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ ♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ Have a go.

♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ ♪ Off we go ♪ ♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ ♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ ♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ ♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ well done.

So now it's time to see what our groove sounds like all together.

You can choose which part you'd like to join in with but each part is going to join the groove one by one.

♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ ♪ Off we go.

♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ I can Play Clave ♪ ♪ I can Play Clave ♪ ♪ I can Play Clave ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ So, you may have noticed that in the last exercise, you were needing to syncopate.

Syncopation, rhythm patterns where stress notes are placed off the beat.

Pause the video, to practise all four rhythms. When you're finished, press play.

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

The heartbeat of the music.

Making sounds using our bodies.

Or the length of sound, whether it's long or short.

Point to the answer you think is correct.

Well done.

It's rhythm patterns where stress notes are placed off the beat.

So we are now going to play a game of Switch to get these patterns really stuck in your head.

This is the way the game works.

You are going to start by playing and singing ostinato one.

When you hear the word switch, you are going to move to ostinato two.

When you hear the word switch again, you will move to ostinato three and so on.

When you're on ostinato four, and you hear the word switch, you need to go back to ostinato one.

Hopefully that makes sense.

Hopefully your brains are in gear and let's get going.

♪ Ready ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ ♪ Off we go.

♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One two, three, four ♪ ♪ One two, three, four ♪ Switch.

♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ Switch.

♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ Switch.

♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ ♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ ♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ ♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ Switch.

♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ Switch.

♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ ♪ I can play Clave ♪ Switch.

♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ ♪ Everybody dance the Samba ♪ Switch.

♪ Groovin' groovin' we are a'movin' ♪ Switch.

♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ Ready and stop.

Pause the video to practise the game "Switch" with a family member.

When you've played that game, press play and we'll carry on.

So here is the challenge.

Can you create an additional layer to the groove? So far, we have four rhythms that we're layering on top of each other to create the Samba Groove but I would like you to create a fifth ostinato to make up the final layer.

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 learnt.

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.