Click here to see welcome video!
is just as much fun!
with the Thunder Jam team?
- Cities
- Rainforests
- Express Yourself
- Stories
- Superheroes
- This is Me
- Weather
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Space
Today is all about the music we can make using our own bodies.
Lesson Six - This is Me
This is what the main lesson screen looks like:
Ben, Lottie, Mia and the twins create their own melodies (or tunes) and rhythms from just the
noises they can make with their bodies.
All sorts of noises can be made from your own body. Watch as the Thunder Jam group begin to
make music with the help from British RnB singer Omar.
Before we try some body percussion ...
Did you know?
- Omar is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
- He trained as a classical musician and plays the trumpet, piano and percussion.
- RnB is short for ‘Rhythm and Blues’ – and Omar’s style is Contemporary (or modern) RnB, music which mixes the styles of hip-hop and soul music.
- RnB began in America during the late 1980s with artists such as Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson.
- It uses several vocal tracks, layered together to create a rich quality of sound.
- RnB artists often have a special singing style - vocal run (or melisma) – which is singing a single syllable of a word while moving between lots of different notes. Mariah Carey is especially known for this.
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Other famous modern RnB artists include: Destiny’s Child, Mary J. Blige and Beyoncé.
Activity
Have you ever tried to make ,suit using the sounds you can make with your own body?
That is called 'body percussion' and it is a really fun way to make music - everyone can do it!
See if you can join in with me in the video below - please click in the picture below:
How did you get on? Watch and join in again if you'd like to.
So, we can make musical sounds using:
- our hands
- our feet
- our mouths
- all in lots of different ways!
Please watch and listen to the next video, and then watch again and try to join in.
The more you practice this, the better you will get!
Challenge
Can you think of any of your own moves that you can do to your favourite song?
Perhaps you could write them down and learn it - then film yourself performing and send
me the video? I'd love to see it!
Well done, you have done some really good work today! I am looking forward to
learning more body percussion with you!
Well, that is the end of the Thunder Jam adventures ... for now!
Next time, we are going to learn a body percussion routine especially for Valentine's Day!
See you soon.
Mrs Sumner
Thank you to the BBC and to Twinkl for making these resources available for us to use.
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"I found it very interesting and I thought that children learned about rhythm, by using body percussion without even realising that they were in a lesson, because it was so much fun for them!"
"I would highly recommend it!"
"I thought the song was lovely - there was a nice mix of playing the bowls, clapping, singing and actions. The whole idea of kitchen percussion is a brilliant one for lockdown but good in usual times too."
"The level of what you did/taught was perfect for their age and similar to things they do at school."
"The children all thoroughly enjoyed the session and were engaged throughout. They enjoyed having the opportunity to hold their own ukulele and learn to play along to some simple songs."
"The session was delivered brilliantly and the different stages were broken down into small sections to allow all children to participate."