Create your own loop with

Music & Shapes

Music is all about patterns. When there are regular patterns, our brain enjoys the music more readily.

Ostinato are repeated patterns, and we use them often in the music we make at school.

Try to make your own piece, using the link below. It will make a short loop of 8 beats that keeps repeating. Simply click on one of the diamonds to make a sound. To remove that sound, click on the diamond again.

TIPS:

1. Don’t make your piece too complicated - usually, simple is better.

2. Do include different sounds (and shapes) in your piece.

3. Do include some spaces or silences - ‘rest’ spots.

4. You’ll see lines of diamonds. If you move vertically up or down a line, you’ll make another note and the two notes will play together. This makes chords. See which notes sound good together - clue: they may not be exactly next to each other.

5. Repetition is good! Repetition is good!

6. Enjoy!

Fischinger

Assembly songs

Below are the lyrics and YouTube links for some of our assembly songs. There are some new songs here too. Enjoy!

Hey Mr Miller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKmj3VUkuUY

Hey Mr Miller, what a swing that you bring to the band

With your trombone and your saxophone

You can hear it all through the land.

Baa baa doo bah baa ...

Here's a fun new song. Watch the first clip to learn the words.

Dragons under my bed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQCYB4LOPiw

Once you know the words, watch this version ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RbAZRr9FAA&t=58s

The Seagull Song

This is a fun song that we are learning for the Ukulele Festival. Can you do the seagull dance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWg8xeSQgp0

Banaha: lyrics

Banaha (SSA) - Russell Robinson

Key of D major. Chords: D G A D

1. Sisi, sisi, dolada

Yaku sineladu banaha.

Sisi, sisi, dolada

Yaku sineladu banaha.

2. Banaha, banaha

Yaku sineladu banaha.

Banaha, banaha

Yaku sineladu banaha.

3. Ha, banaha

Yaku sineladu banaha.

Ha, banaha

Yaku sineladu banaha!

Silly Hat Store

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnTMgXr477I

VERSE 1:

The other day I was walking along

And what do you think I saw?

A shop selling things that you put on your head

And they called it the Silly Hat Store.

VERSE 2:

There in the shop was the craziest sight

There were hats to the left and

Hats to the right

Some made me laugh and some made a fright!

Down at the Silly Hat Store.

CHORUS:

You put it on, you take it off,

You put it on, you take it off,

You put it on, you take it off

Down at the Silly Hat Store.

INSTRUMENTAL

Repeat VERSE 1, VERSE 2, CHORUS x 2

Pirates - Off to sea we go

Words & Music by Marian Burns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yefk-bj933o

VERSE 1:

Weigh the anchor, hoist the sails

We’re off today on a treasure trail

Clear the decks and scrub the floors

We’ll search for land then HIT THE SHORES!

CHORUS 1:

With a heave ho, heave ho, off to sea we go we go

Heave ho, heave ho, off to sea we go

VERSE 2:

Got me eye-patch, got me hook

Get the map, we’ll have a look

Turn the wheel and let’s set sail

Our pirate journey CANNOT FAIL!

CHORUS 2:

With a heave ho, heave ho, off to sea we go we go

Heave ho, heave ho, off to sea we go

PART 1: PART 2:

Heave ho, heave ho, Heave ho,

off to sea we go we go yo ho ho ho

Heave ho, heave ho, Heave ho,

off to sea we go. yo ho ho.

VERSE 3:

Come on lads, now look ye best

We’re going to find that treasure chest

Gold and silver, gems and jewels

A HA HA! WE’RE NO FOOLS!

CHORUS 3:

With a heave ho, heave ho, off to sea we go we go

Heave ho, heave ho, off to sea we go

PART 1: PART 2:

Heave ho, heave ho, Heave ho,

off to sea we go we go yo ho ho ho

Heave ho, heave ho, Heave ho,

off to sea we go. yo ho ho.

VERSE 4:

North and south and east to west

The seas will put us to the test

But we are strong and have no fear

We’re the pirate ship - BEWARE!

PART 1: PART 2:

With a heave ho, heave ho, Heave ho,

off to sea we go we go yo ho ho ho

Heave ho, heave ho, Heave ho,

off to sea we go. (3x) yo ho ho. (3x)

Communication song

Words & Music by Marian Burns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek_iLMWlfgo

CHORUS 1:

I want to talk to you, you want to talk to me

We can communicate quite frequently

We’ll get in touch with each other in a whole lot of ways

Communication is the way to go! Don’t you know?

Communication is the way to go!

Well you can call me (you can call me)

You can text me (you can text me)

You can email me (you can email me)

Or you can write me a letter (write me a letter)

We can talk to each other, face to face

Or I could simply come around

and see you at your place

Communication is the way to go! Don’t you know?

Communication is the way to go!

RAP: Well you’ve got to admit, there are so many ways

To get your message through … these days

You can go on Skype, or you can Facebook me

You can message ‘round the world so instantly

There was cable, there was telegram, there are fax machines

And some of you are old enough to know what we mean

But now we have a lot of new tech - nology

To C. O. double M. U. N. I. C. A. T. E.

Communication is the way to go! Don’t you know?

Communication is the way to go!

Well you can call me (you can call me)

You can text me (you can text me)

You can email me (you can email me)

Or you can write me a letter (write me a letter)

We can talk to each other, face to face

Or I could simply come around

and see you at your place

Communication is the way to go! Don’t you know?

Communication is the way to go!

Well you can call me (you can call me)

You can text me (you can text me)

You can email me (you can email me)

Or you can write me a letter (write me a letter)

We can talk to each other, face to face

Or I could simply come around

and see you at your place

Communication is the way to go! Don’t you know?

Communication is the way to go!

Communication is the way to go! Don’t you know?

Communication is the way to go!

Go go Nana - Playground song

Words & music by Marian Burns

Go Go Nana - Playground Song (Songs for Kids)

Well Nana was cool when she went to school

These are the games she played

You may know just a couple of these ‘cause

Some we play today.

iPads, Game Boys didn’t exist, back in Nana’s day

They went outside to pass the time

and this is what they played.

CHORUS:

Hopscotch, with a chalk and stone

Marbles and knucklebones

Elastics, singles and doubles

Bullrush got them in a whole lot of trouble

Children scattered all over the yard

Doing magic tricks and playing swapsy cards

(Spoken) Queenie, Queenie, who’s got the ball?

Ring a ring o’ rosie and down they’d fall

Go go Nana, Nana go go. Back in the olden days

Well Nana was cool when she went to school

And some things haven’t changed

iPads, Game Boys didn’t exist, back in Nana’s day

They went outside to pass the time

And this is what they played.

They played

CHORUS:

Hopscotch, with a chalk and stone

Marbles and knucklebones

Elastics, singles and doubles

Bullrush got them in a whole lot of trouble

Children scattered all over the yard

Doing magic tricks and playing swapsy cards

(Spoken) Queenie, Queenie, who’s got the ball?

Ring a ring o’ rosie and down they’d fall

Oh Nana swingin’ from the monkey bars singin’

“Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?”

Round and round on the jungle gym

Playing tag and now - YOU’RE IN

Hide and seek in the monkey apple trees

Rollin’ down the hills and scraping their knees

Cartwheels, headstands, backward flips

Hula hoops swingin’ round her neck and hips

Woah woah woah wooooh

Go go Nana, Nana go go. Back in the olden days

Well Nana was cool when she went to school

And some things haven’t changed

Yeah Nana was cool when she went to school

And some things haven’t changed

Hide ‘n’ seek, yeah here’s a peek at the

Playground in Nan---a’s day.

Go go Nana. Nana go go!

Shoo fly!

SHOO FLY + GET THAT FLY with Uke strumming

Remember to clap for all the X’s

Shoo, fly! X Don’t bother me! (3x)

I belong to somebody.

I feel, I feel, I feel,

I feel like a morning star.

I feel, I feel, I feel,

I feel like a morning star.

Oh,

Shoo, fly! X Don’t bother me! (3x)

I belong to somebody.

_____________________________________

Shoo, X shoo, X get that fly.

Shoo, X shoo, X flyin’ high.

Shoo, X shoo, X in the sky.

Get that fly away from me.

Can you catch it now?

Put it in a jar?

Did it fly away?

Not very far.

LAST LINE: Get that fly away X from me! XX

Pūrerehua (click on title)

CHORUS:

Pūrerehua rere runga hau

Pa paki parihau, rere runga hau

Ka piki, ka piki, runga rawa e

Pa paki parihau, rere runga hau.

Verse 1:

Ka tau, ka tau, runga puawai

Ka whānau hua a pūrerehua

Ka tahi, ka rua, ka toru, ka whā

Ka rū, ka rē, ka puta e whā whē

Pūrerehua …

Verse 2:

Ka kai, ka kai, ka pau nga rau

Ka huri ngā whē he tūngoungou

Ka tahi, ka rua, ka toru, ka whā

Pūrerehua …

Verse 3:

Ka huri takawiri ngā tūngoungou

Ka puta ki waho he upoko nui

He waewae roa, he parihau pakipaki

Rurururu, rererere, rurururu e

Pūrerehua …

OUTRO:

Pūrerehu--a, rere runga hau (x2)

Aotearoa, nō te katoa

Lyrics & sign language on YouTube clip

Hook, Line and Sing-a-long 2019 Winning Song 'Aotearoa, nõ te katoa' by Lucy Summerfield

Mr Clickety Cane

Peter Combe - Wash Your Face In Orange Juice (Mr Clicketty Cane) - Animated

Sprinkle a little sunshine

Sprinkle A Little Sunshine - Suzy Cato and Kath Bee

Here are the lyrics.

Sprinkle a Little Sunshine - Lyric Video

The music of Africa

We have been exploring the wonderful music and instruments of Africa.

Here are some clips that we have watched, and some activities you can do related to the music clips.

Welcome song: Fanga alafia

Nana Malaya sings the song to greet people at a meeting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTegkMJq15M

Can you make up new words for the song, to welcome people?

Can you make up actions or a dance for the song? Include the ideas from these lyrics:

With my head, I greet you

With my mouth, I greet you

With my heart, I greet you

I have nothing up my sleeve.

Stone-passing game: Sansa kroma

Listen to the song, and sing along. Zimbe | Sansa Kroma

Can you teach the stone-passing game to your family? Use stones or Duplo blocks or wooden building blocks …

If you have a piano or keyboard or ukulele, see if you can work out the tune for Sansa kroma. It’s in the key of C, and starts on middle C.

Do you remember our djembe drumming patterns? Can you play the ‘In the winter’ pattern with this song?

Some clips to enjoy:

• High school boys playing in a marimba competition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKkrXQo1J58

• Mbira band playing on the riverside. Which other instruments can you hear? Duramazwi Mbira Group - Chembere dzemvura(Official video)

• Kora band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtmmlOQnTXM

Check out the djembe drumming and the dancing too!

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVPLIuBy9CY FOLI - there is no movement without rhythm. Making a djembe and other African instruments.

• Mbira version of a Simon & Garfunkel classic - Sound of silence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4O0ZOUBvIU