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• Click on your learning/activity
• Check what ‘Step’ you are learning
• Now find the correct slides to match your learning
• Enjoy learning about the artists/groups
Year 5
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Useful musical vocabulary for this unit:
• Pulse - a steady beat that carries on through the music
• Pitch - high sounds and low sounds
• Rhythm - patterns of sounds that you could clap or tap,
• Melody - the tune of a song
• Tempo – whether the music is fast, slow or in between
• Dynamics – whether the music is loud, quiet or in between
• Texture – whether there are lots of sounds all at once (a thick texture) or only a small amount (a thinner texture)
• Mood – the emotion that the music is designed to make you feel
• Improvisation – making up music of your own, with your voice, with your body, or using an instrument.
• Composing – making up your own music and changing it until it sounds the way you want it to.
Listening activities
• Listen carefully to each song, and tell someone:
• How does it make you feel?
• What does it make you think about?
• What pictures do you get in your head when you listen to this song?
• What instruments can you hear?
• Is it loud or quiet? Fast or slow?
• Can you move in time with the pulse – try out some dance moves!
Extended Games Track
• There are Bronze, Silver and Gold challenges. Try one each one and move on when you are ready.
• Hit play and follow the instructions to help you move in time with the pulse, copy and create rhythms, and warm up your singing voice.
Being the leader – clap your own rhythms for someone in your house to clap back. Try to stay in time with the music!
Part of the games track includes using glockenspiels. Don’t worry if you don’t have one! Find something that you can shake, rattle or bang, and practise copying the rhythm of the patterns back.
Games track:Start with Bronze first, then work through Silver and Gold as you become more confident.
Click here and practise finding the pulse.Move with the characters!
Click here to follow the different actions, in time with the pulse of the music.
Click here for lots of other suggestions of games that you can play to help you keep a steady pulse.
Learning to sing the songs:
Stand up straight - with a happy not grumpy face - when you sing. Add some dancing or movement too. Open your mouth wide and make sure that
everybody can understand all the words you are singing.
Maybe you could practise the song and perform it for someone at home.
They might like to sing with you, too!
Year 5
Step 1
Dancing In The Street – Martha and the Vandellas
• Dancing In The Street is a song written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter.
• It first became popular in 1964 when recorded by Martha And The Vandellas.
• It is one of Motown's signature songs and is the group's premier signature song.
• There have been lots of cover versions of this song.
• In 1966 it was covered by the Mamas & The Papas and in 1982 by the Rock group Van Halen.
• A 1985 duet cover by David Bowie and Mick Jagger reached No 1 in the UK and reached No 7 in the US.
What is Motown?Motown is a famous record label founded in Detroit, Michigan in the late 1950s by Berry Gordy.
It is known for signing many well-known rhythm and blues singers and groups. Some of the artists who sang on the label include:
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
The Temptations
The Supremes
The Jackson 5
The Four Tops
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Marvin Gaye
The Isley Brothers
Rick James
"Motown" can also refer to the city of Detroit itself, or to the genre of music made by artists like those listed above.
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Listen carefully to the song and use this to appraise it:
Dancing In The Street
Martha and the Vandellas
Games track:Start with Bronze first, then work through Silver and Gold as you become more confident.
Click here and practise finding the pulse.Move with the characters!
Click here to follow the different actions, in time with the pulse of the music.
Click here for lots of other suggestions of games that you can play to help you keep a steady pulse.
Extended Games Track
• There are Bronze, Silver and Gold challenges. Try one each one and move on when you are ready.
• Hit play and follow the instructions to help you move in time with the pulse, copy and create rhythms, and warm up your singing voice.
Being the leader – clap your own rhythms for someone in your house to clap back. Try to stay in time with the music!
Part of the games track includes using glockenspiels. Don’t worry if you don’t have one! Find something that you can shake, rattle or bang, and practise copying the rhythm of the patterns back.
Vocal warm-up: hit play and away you go!
Learning to sing the song:
Listen carefully to the song and try learning a section at a time.
Remember that it is a soul/Motown song – that means that as you sing it, you want your audience to feel a certain way – what emotion are you trying to get across through this song? How can you make sure that your audience
gets this?
Year 5
Step 2
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) sung by The Four Tops
• Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) was written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland Jr in 1965
• Recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label • The song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s. • There have been lots of cover versions of this song. • I Can't Help Myself is known as one of the greatest songs of all time and has been
covered extensively since 1965.
• The Four Tops are a vocal quartet from Detroit, Michigan, USA, who helped to define the city's Motown sound of the 1960s. The group's repertoire has included soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, doo-wop, jazz, and show tunes.
Appraising the songListen carefully and see if you can answer the questions – answers are on the next page…
● Did the tempo stay the same all the way through the song?
● In music, dynamics means how loud or quiet the music is. What are the dynamics in this song?
● Can you identify the different instruments / voices that you heard?
● Did all the instruments and voices play or sing throughout the song?
● What is the style of this music?
Appraising the songAnswers…
● Did the tempo stay the same all the way through the song? Yes, the tempo stayed the same.
● In music, dynamics means how loud or quiet the music is. What are the dynamics in this song? The dynamics build in the chorus and in the outro.
● Can you identify the different instruments / voices that you heard? Rhythm section (keyboard, drums, bass guitar, electric guitar, tambourine, celeste), string section, male
lead vocal and female lead vocal. They sing a duet.
● Did all the instruments and voices play or sing throughout the song? No. The two lead vocals sing separately in the verses and in harmony together in the chorus. The
string section are not always in the arrangement. The texture changes from the introduction to the verse and in the verse and chorus and bridge.
● What is the style of this music? This music is categorised as Soul but called Motown, a label that was created in 1960 by Berry Gordy in Detroit, USA.
Games track:Start with Bronze first, then work through Silver and Gold as you become more confident.
Click here and practise finding the pulse.Move with the characters!
Click here to follow the different actions, in time with the pulse of the music.
Click here for lots of other suggestions of games that you can play to help you keep a steady pulse.
Extended Games Track
• There are Bronze, Silver and Gold challenges. Try one each one and move on when you are ready.
• Hit play and follow the instructions to help you move in time with the pulse, copy and create rhythms, and warm up your singing voice.
Being the leader – clap your own rhythms for someone in your house to clap back. Try to stay in time with the music!
Part of the games track includes using glockenspiels. Don’t worry if you don’t have one! Find something that you can shake, rattle or bang, and practise copying the rhythm of the patterns back.
Vocal warm-up: hit play and away you go!
Learning to sing the song:
Listen carefully to the song and try learning a section at a time. Today you can start learning the backing vocals!
Remember that it is a soul song – that means that as you sing it, you want your audience to feel a certain way – what emotion are you trying to get
across through this song? How can you make sure that your audience gets this?
Play your instruments
• Some lessons include a section where you can play your instruments.
• If you have a recorder, glockenspiel or xylophone or any other tuned instrument at home, fantastic! Here is your chance to make use of it.
• If you haven’t, please don’t worry! Here are some suggestions:
• You could try using an online virtual instrument, like these Boomwackers: https://www.musick8.com/boomwhackers/playboomwhackers.php?bwswitch=TRUE Open it in a new tab so you can play along with the music.
• Otherwise, have a look around and find something that can be used as a musical instrument –maybe something that you can shake or bang. Don’t worry if it can’t play different notes, you can still play along with the music, creating rhythms of your own or keeping to the pulse. Maybe you could make a musical instrument of your own!
https://www.musick8.com/boomwhackers/playboomwhackers.php?bwswitch=TRUE
Year 5
Step 3
• I Heard It Through The Grapevine was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966.
• The first recording of the song was released by Gladys Knight & The Pips in September 1967; it went to number two in the charts.
• Smokey Robinson & the Miracles included their version on their 1968 album, Special Occasion.
• The Marvin Gaye version was placed on his 1968 album In The Groove, where it gained the attention of radio DJs, and the Motown label agreed to its release as a single in October 1968.
• This song was, for a time, the biggest hit single on the Motown label.
• Marvin Gaye's recording has since become an acclaimed Soul classic, and in 2004, it was placed on the list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
• In addition to being released several times by Motown artists, the song has been recorded by a range of musicians and used on TV
I Heard It Through The Grapevine –Marvin Gaye
Listen again to Dancing in the Street, and Heard It Through The Grapevine.
Can you find any similarities and differences?
Lean on Me
• What the song is about
• Instruments
• Mood
• Dynamics
• Texture
• Tempo
Shackles
• What the song is about
• Instruments
• Mood
• Dynamics
• Texture
• Tempo
Games track:Start with Bronze first, then work through Silver and Gold as you become more confident.
Click here and practise finding the pulse.Move with the characters!
Click here to follow the different actions, in time with the pulse of the music.
Click here for lots of other suggestions of games that you can play to help you keep a steady pulse.
Extended Games Track
• There are Bronze, Silver and Gold challenges. Try one each one and move on when you are ready.
• Hit play and follow the instructions to help you move in time with the pulse, copy and create rhythms, and warm up your singing voice.
Being the leader – clap your own rhythms for someone in your house to clap back. Try to stay in time with the music!
Part of the games track includes using glockenspiels. Don’t worry if you don’t have one! Find something that you can shake, rattle or bang, and practise copying the rhythm of the patterns back.
Vocal warm-up: hit play and away you go!
Learning to sing the song:
Listen carefully to the song and try learning a section at a time. Today you can start learning the backing vocals!
Remember that it is a soul song – that means that as you sing it, you want your audience to feel a certain way – what emotion are you trying to get
across through this song? How can you make sure that your audience gets this?
Play your instruments
• Some lessons include a section where you can play your instruments.
• If you have a recorder, glockenspiel or xylophone or any other tuned instrument at home, fantastic! Here is your chance to make use of it.
• If you haven’t, please don’t worry! Here are some suggestions:
• You could try using an online virtual instrument, like these Boomwackers: https://www.musick8.com/boomwhackers/playboomwhackers.php?bwswitch=TRUE Open it in a new tab so you can play along with the music.
• Otherwise, have a look around and find something that can be used as a musical instrument –maybe something that you can shake or bang. Don’t worry if it can’t play different notes, you can still play along with the music, creating rhythms of your own or keeping to the pulse. Maybe you could make a musical instrument of your own!
https://www.musick8.com/boomwhackers/playboomwhackers.php?bwswitch=TRUE
Improvising
• This lesson ask you to improvise. This means making up rhythms and patterns of your own.
• Follow the instructions on the activity to help you to practise this skill.
• If you don’t have a tuned instrument, you can still try the activities by singing the notes instead, using ‘La’.
Year 5
Step 4
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough sung by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
• This is one of Miss Vandervelden’s favourite songs!
• Ain’t No Mountain High Enough is an RnB/Soul song.
• The song was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, becoming a hit again in 1970 when recorded by Diana Ross.
• The song became Diana Ross' first solo number-one hit and was nominated for a Grammy Award.
• The original 1967 version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was a top twenty hit. According to record producers, Terrell was a little nervous and intimidated during the recording sessions because she did not rehearse the lyrics. Terrell recorded her vocals alone with producers Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol, who added Gaye's vocal at a later date.
• Tammi was really young when she recorded this – she was only 21 years old. Tragically, she passed away very young at just 24 years old.
Appraising the songListen carefully and see if you can answer the questions – answers are on the next page…
● The vocal line: how many singers? Male/female?
● The backing/accompaniment: how many instruments? Which ones?
● Which instrument plays the solo?
● Is there a hook?
● The texture: is it thick, thin or inbetween? Are there many layers of sound, or just one/two? Are there many voices singing/instruments playing, or just one/two?
● The tempo: is it fast, slow or inbetween?
● The dynamics: is the music loud, quiet or inbetween? Is it the same throughout or does it vary?
Appraising the songAnswers…
● The vocal line: how many singers? Male/female? A male singer, Elvis and his backing choir.
● The backing/accompaniment: how many instruments? Which ones? Piano, bass, guitar and drums.
● Which instruments plays the solo? No instrumental solo in this song
● Is there a hook? Yes: ”Amazing grace..”
● The texture: is it thick, thin or inbetween? Are there many layers of sound, or just one/two? Are there many voices singing/instruments playing, or just one/two?
The texture changes from verse to verse with the use of backing vocals.
● The tempo: is it fast, slow or inbetween? Quite slow.
● The dynamics: is the music loud, quiet or inbetween? Is it the same throughout or does it vary?
The dynamics are similar throughout but when they vary, they vary according to texture.
Games track:Start with Bronze first, then work through Silver and Gold as you become more confident.
Click here and practise finding the pulse.Move with the characters!
Click here to follow the different actions, in time with the pulse of the music.
Click here for lots of other suggestions of games that you can play to help you keep a steady pulse.
Extended Games Track
• There are Bronze, Silver and Gold challenges. Try one each one and move on when you are ready.
• Hit play and follow the instructions to help you move in time with the pulse, copy and create rhythms, and warm up your singing voice.
Being the leader – clap your own rhythms for someone in your house to clap back. Try to stay in time with the music!
Part of the games track includes using glockenspiels. Don’t worry if you don’t have one! Find something that you can shake, rattle or bang, and practise copying the rhythm of the patterns back.
Vocal warm-up: hit play and away you go!
Learning to sing the song:
Listen carefully to the song and try learning a section at a time. Today you can start learning the backing vocals!
Remember that it is a soul song – that means that as you sing it, you want your audience to feel a certain way – what emotion are you trying to get
across through this song? How can you make sure that your audience gets this?
Play your instruments
• Some lessons include a section where you can play your instruments.
• If you have a recorder, glockenspiel or xylophone or any other tuned instrument at home, fantastic! Here is your chance to make use of it.
• If you haven’t, please don’t worry! Here are some suggestions:
• You could try using an online virtual instrument, like these Boomwackers: https://www.musick8.com/boomwhackers/playboomwhackers.php?bwswitch=TRUE Open it in a new tab so you can play along with the music.
• Otherwise, have a look around and find something that can be used as a musical instrument –maybe something that you can shake or bang. Don’t worry if it can’t play different notes, you can still play along with the music, creating rhythms of your own or keeping to the pulse. Maybe you could make a musical instrument of your own!
https://www.musick8.com/boomwhackers/playboomwhackers.php?bwswitch=TRUE
Improvising
• This lesson ask you to improvise. This means making up rhythms and patterns of your own.
• Follow the instructions on the activity to help you to practise this skill.
• If you don’t have a tuned instrument, you can still try the activities by singing the notes instead, using ‘La’.
Composing
• This lesson ask you to compose. This means making up melodies of your own, and changing them around until you are happy with how they sound.
• Drag the notes into the spaces to make a melody. Listen to it, and edit it until it sounds the way you want it to. Have fun!
Year 5
Step 5
Stevie Wonder – You Are The Sunshine of my Life
Stevie Wonder was born Stevland Hardaway Morris. He is a successful American musician,
most famously known as Stevie Wonder.
Stevie Wonder has seven children. Their names are Alisha Morris, Keita Morris, Kailand Morris,
Kwame Morris, Sophia Morris, Mumtaz Morris and Mandka Kadjay Carl Stevland Morris
He was born on the 13th May 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan in the United States of America.
Stevie Wonder has been blind his whole life because too much oxygen was pumped into the
incubator he was placed in when he was born as a premature baby.
Stevie Wonder has been hugely successful in the music business. He became a star when he
was still a child with the release of his first album at the tender age of 12. His first hit single was
released in 1963.
This song won Stevie Wonder a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The song was nominated for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Games track:Start with Bronze first, then work through Silver and Gold as you become more confident.
Click here and practise finding the pulse.Move with the characters!
Click here to follow the different actions, in time with the pulse of the music.
Click here for lots of other suggestions of games that you can play to help you keep a steady pulse.
Extended Games Track
• There are Bronze, Silver and Gold challenges. Try one each one and move on when you are ready.
• Hit play and follow the instructions to help you move in time with the pulse, copy and create rhythms, and warm up your singing voice.
Being the leader – clap your own rhythms for someone in your house to clap back. Try to stay in time with the music!
Part of the games track includes using glockenspiels. Don’t worry if you don’t have one! Find something that you can shake, rattle or bang, and practise copying the rhythm of the patterns back.
Vocal warm-up: hit play and away you go!
Learning to sing the song:
Listen carefully to the song and try learning a section at a time. Today you can start learning the backing vocals!
Remember that it is a soul song – that means that as you sing it, you want your audience to feel a certain way – what emotion are you trying to get
across through this song? How can you make sure that your audience gets this?
Play your instruments
• Some lessons include a section where you can play your instruments.
• If you have a recorder, glockenspiel or xylophone or any other tuned instrument at home, fantastic! Here is your chance to make use of it.
• If you haven’t, please don’t worry! Here are some suggestions:
• You could try using an online virtual instrument, like these Boomwackers: https://www.musick8.com/boomwhackers/playboomwhackers.php?bwswitch=TRUE Open it in a new tab so you can play along with the music.
• Otherwise, have a look around and find something that can be used as a musical instrument –maybe something that you can shake or bang. Don’t worry if it can’t play different notes, you can still play along with the music, creating rhythms of your own or keeping to the pulse. Maybe you could make a musical instrument of your own!
https://www.musick8.com/boomwhackers/playboomwhackers.php?bwswitch=TRUE
Improvising
• This lesson ask you to improvise. This means making up rhythms and patterns of your own.
• Follow the instructions on the activity to help you to practise this skill.
• If you don’t have a tuned instrument, you can still try the activities by singing the notes instead, using ‘La’.
Composing
• This lesson ask you to compose. This means making up melodies of your own, and changing them around until you are happy with how they sound.
• Drag the notes into the spaces to make a melody. Listen to it, and edit it until it sounds the way you want it to. Have fun!
Year 5
Step 6
The Tracks Of My Tears sung by Smokey Robinson And The
Miracles
• "The Tracks Of My Tears" is a song written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore and Marv Tarplin.
• It was recorded by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles and was a huge hit in 1965 winning many awards.
• The song has been covered by lots of different artists over the years.
• The Miracles (also known as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles from 1965 to 1972) were an American rhythm and blues vocal group that was the first successful recording act for Berry Gordy's Motown Records, and one of the most important and influential groups in pop, rock and roll, and R&B music history.
Listen carefully to the song and use this to appraise it:
The Tracks Of My Tears
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Games track:Start with Bronze first, then work through Silver and Gold as you become more confident.
Click here and practise finding the pulse.Move with the characters!
Click here to follow the different actions, in time with the pulse of the music.
Click here for lots of other suggestions of games that you can play to help you keep a steady pulse.
Extended Games Track
• There are Bronze, Silver and Gold challenges. Try one each one and move on when you are ready.
• Hit play and follow the instructions to help you move in time with the pulse, copy and create rhythms, and warm up your singing voice.
Being the leader – clap your own rhythms for someone in your house to clap back. Try to stay in time with the music!
Part of the games track includes using glockenspiels. Don’t worry if you don’t have one! Find something that you can shake, rattle or bang, and practise copying the rhythm of the patterns back.
Vocal warm-up: hit play and away you go!
Learning to sing the song:
Listen carefully to the song and try learning a section at a time. Today you can start learning the backing vocals!
Remember that it is a soul song – that means that as you sing it, you want your audience to feel a certain way – what emotion are you trying to get
across through this song? How can you make sure that your audience gets this?
Play your instruments
• Some lessons include a section where you can play your instruments.
• If you have a recorder, glockenspiel or xylophone or any other tuned instrument at home, fantastic! Here is your chance to make use of it.
• If you haven’t, please don’t worry! Here are some suggestions:
• You could try using an online virtual instrument, like these Boomwackers: https://www.musick8.com/boomwhackers/playboomwhackers.php?bwswitch=TRUE Open it in a new tab so you can play along with the music.
• Otherwise, have a look around and find something that can be used as a musical instrument –maybe something that you can shake or bang. Don’t worry if it can’t play different notes, you can still play along with the music, creating rhythms of your own or keeping to the pulse. Maybe you could make a musical instrument of your own!
https://www.musick8.com/boomwhackers/playboomwhackers.php?bwswitch=TRUE
Improvising
• This lesson ask you to improvise. This means making up rhythms and patterns of your own.
• Follow the instructions on the activity to help you to practise this skill.
• If you don’t have a tuned instrument, you can still try the activities by singing the notes instead, using ‘La’.
Composing
• This lesson ask you to compose. This means making up melodies of your own, and changing them around until you are happy with how they sound.
• Drag the notes into the spaces to make a melody. Listen to it, and edit it until it sounds the way you want it to. Have fun!
Quiz
1 – When did the song Dancing In The Street become popular?
2 – What is Motown?
3 – Who recorded ‘Can’t Help Myself’?
4 – How old was Tammi Tarrell when she recorded ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’?
5 – How old was Stevie Wonder when his first album was released?
Quiz Answers
1 –1964
2 – A record label that was created in 1960 by Berry Gordy in Detroit, USA.
3 – The Four Tops
4 – She was 21
5- He was 12!
