Video: Maintaining pulse and finding the strong beats

﻿Hi, everyone. Ready, off I go. Welcome everybody. It's time for us to sing. Welcome everybody. It's time for us to sing. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. It's time for us to sing. Are you ready to join in? Ready, off I go. Welcome everybody. It's time for us to sing. Welcome everybody. It's time for us to sing. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. It's time for us to sing. I've got my friend Hikety Tikety here. Do you remember what you have to do when he sings to you? That's right, you have to sing your name to him. I'll go first. Hikety Tikety bumblebee, Can you sing your name to me? My name's Miss Claver. What's your name? Fantastic. Now it's your turn. Hikety Tikety bumblebee, Can you sing your name to me? Great job. Let us try one more time. Hikety Tikety bumblebee, can you sing your name to me? Well done, you! Now it's time to do some learning. Today we're going to learn: To review our understanding of pulse, to maintain a steady pulse, to find the strong beat in a bar, and to move along to music. In this lesson you will need... Your body, give us a wave. Your voice, say hello! And a Teddy or toy. Pause the video to go and get the teddy or toy now. You can press play again once you're finished. Do you remember the song "Hot cross buns"? Let's sing it together. We'll a pulse on our knees. Ready, off we go, hot cross buns, hot cross buns, one-a-penny, two-a-penny, hot cross buns. Fantastic! This time, we're going to put the words on our hands. And we're going to clap the rhythm. Ready, off I go, hot cross buns, hot cross buns, one-a-penny, two-a-penny, hot cross buns. Did you do the rhythm correctly? Let's try it one more time. Ready, off I go, hot cross buns, hot cross buns, one-a-penny, two-a-penny, hot cross buns. Well done, you! Do you remember the swallows in the sunshine song? Let's sing it together. We'll pop the beat on our knees. Ready, off I go, way up high, swallows fly, diving, racing, sunbeam chasing way up high. Fantastic! This time, we're going to blow those words onto our hands. And we're going to clap the rhythm. You might notice something about this rhythm. It's the same as one of the other songs we've been learning. Can you guess which one? That's right, it's exactly the same as "Hot Cross Buns". Let's have a go. Ready, off I go, way up high, swallows fly, diving, racing, sunbeam chasing, way up high. Fantastic! Let us try one more time. Make sure those words are nicely on your fingers. Ready, off I go, way up high, swallows fly, diving, racing, sunbeam chasing, way up high. Oh no! I did something wrong! Can you tell what I did wrong? That's right, I didn't blow the words onto my hands. I was clapping the beat, not the rhythm! Let's try one more time. Ready, off I go, way up high, swallows fly, diving, racing, sunbeam chasing, way up high. That was better, well done, you. Hairy Hare's here. Let's sing his song. Ready, off I go, Hairy Hare is in a hurry, full of care and full of worry, Hairy Hare is late for tea, what a naughty hare is he. Do you remember last time we said that we were going to use a tee-tee pulse to show that Hairy Hare is in a hurry and he's running home for his tea? Let's have a go with that tee-tee pulse. Ready, off I go, Hairy Hare is in a hurry, full of care and full or worry, Hairy Hare is late for tea, What a naughty hare is he. Fantastic, that was very similar to the rhythm. There are only a few notes that don't fit with that tee-tee pulse. Let's see if we can work out which ones they are. Blow the words onto your hands. Fantastic. Ready, off we go, Hairy Hare is in a hurry, full of care and full of worry, Hairy Hare is late for tea, what a naughty hare is he. Fantastic. Well done, you! Do you remember that song about Slowcoach Susie the snail? And do you remember how she was so slow at the beginning of the song that we had to use a ta-ah, or a daddy bear pulse, to show that she was going really slowly? Do you remember how halfway through the song she got a scooter? And then she was whizzing past all the children? And we did a tee-tee pulse, or a baby bear pulse to show how fast she was going? Let's see if we can try that now. Ready, off I go, Slowcoach Susie, late for school each day, til she bought a scooter bright as day, now she whizzes by, as the others cry, wait for us please, speedy Susie Snail. Fantastic. Let's try that one more time. Ready, off we go, Slowcoach Susie, late for school each day, til she bought a scooter bright as day, Now she whizzes by, as the others cry, wait for us please, speedy Susie Snail. Awesome. Pause the video to practise singing these songs to your teddy or toy. You can press play again once you're finished. London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. Do you know this song? Can you sing it along with me? Ready, off I go, London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. It's an easy song, isn't it? What we're going to do today is we're going to clap on the strongest beats. Those are the beats at the start of each line of the song. Firstly, we're going to only clap when we hear the word "London". I'll do it first, and then it will be your turn. London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. Your turn to join in. Ready, off we go, London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. Good job. This time, we're going to add in some extra claps at the start of each line. So we'll be clapping on "London", "falling", "London", and "my". I'll show you what I mean. London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. Let's have a go together. Ready, off I go, London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. Let's do that again. This time we're going to keep a pulse on our knees, and we're going to clap on the first beat of every line in the song. Just like we've been doing. Ready, off I go, London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. Well done, you! The strongest beat is always the first beat in the pattern. Fantastic! Which beat is usually the strongest beat in the bar? Is it the first one? The second one? The third one? Or the fourth one? That's right, it's the first beat. Time to listen... How many different ways can you move your body in time to the beat? Time to listen. How many different ways can you move your body in time to the beat? This piece of music is called "Habanera" from Carmen. It's by a composer called Bizet. Today we have: Reviewed our understanding of pulse, Maintained a steady pulse, Found the strong beat in a bar, And moved along to the music! Share your work with Oak National. If you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak.

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In this lesson, we will be learning to maintain a steady pulse, to find the strong beat in the bar and how to move to the pulse of the music.

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