The Tempest Music Workshop Credits Teacher’s notes: Alistair Salmond & Angel Scott Composer: David Chilton Song lyrics: Neil Richards and David Chilton Producer: Ruth Chalmers Music set by: Andrew Hardy Teacher’s notes designed by: Nick Redeyoff Contents Page The Song Tree Welcome 3-5 Programme 1 Rock The Ship 6 Programme 2 Set Me Free 7 Programme 3 Full Fathom Five 8 Programme 4 Toledo Steel 9 Programme 5 Barracuda 10 Programme 6 Brave New World 11 Programme 7 Spellbound 12 Programme 8 Sea Change 13 Programme 9 & 10 Performance: The Tempest 14 Words and music 2 15-47 Welcome to The Tempest… A wizard, a mischievous sprite, a passing ship… and a storm so tempestuous it changes the lives of those who witness it forever. Whatever your musical experience this teaching package can help you and your pupils enjoy music in the classroom. We’ve written eight new songs and vocal coach Carrie Grant is here to teach them to you – one song per programme. Pupils should follow the words or words and music on the separate printouts. The styles range from rap to rock anthem to ballad and back…there’s an African flavour, lots of opportunity for percussion…and some very tongue-in-cheek romance. During Programmes 9 and 10, we invite you to sing all the songs again in a forty-minute ‘production’ of the show. These programmes are available on pre-recorded CDs (for UK schools only) at cost price. Details can be found at the BBC School Radio website. However, the programmes are also available in the following ways: Podcasts Programmes can be downloaded in mp3 file format for 7 days following transmission. You can subscribe to the download by clicking on the podcast link available on the BBC School Radio website. The podcast is an effective way to acquire the series in a flexible, high-quality audio format… and without paying! However, for copyright reasons, we are unable to include the listening music for this series within the podcasts. Freeview/digital cable/digital satellite Most digital TV packages include Radio 4 Digital, making it possible to listen to School Radio through your TV! If you have Freeview, you can find Radio 4 Digital at Channel 74. Programmes are easy to record off-air using a VHS recorder. Music Workshop Age 9–11 There is a free CD available which has full versions of all the songs – plus backing tracks, which you are free to use for school performances. If you would like a copy of the CD please write to us at: BBC School Radio Room MC3 D5 Media Centre 201 Wood Lane London W12 7QT Or email us at: [email protected] On the following pages, there are guides to each programme. We tell you what you’ll need to do before the programme begins, what to expect during it and loads of ideas for afterwards. As well as the imaginative musical exercises and further listening ideas, there are drama and literacy activities which give lovely insights into the play. For more information go to: www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/podcasts.shtml Audio on demand The programmes are available as audio on demand, streamed over the internet, for 7 days following transmission. This service is best used to sample the programmes prior to ordering them on CD. 3 Music Curriculum PROGRAMME LINKS FOLLOW-UP 1. Controlling sounds: performing skills a) Use of voice for speaking and singing 1: communicating a message 2: singing two-part harmony 3: vocal ad-libbing 4: singing two-part harmony 5: using different tones of voice 6: singing in two parts and communicating a message through expression 7: using different tones of voice and singing in 3 groups 8: communicating a message through expression, adding dynamics and changes of tempo 9: see Programmes 1-4 10: see Programmes 5-8 4: practise rap with keyboard backing 5: using different tones of voice 6: listening to changes of key: listening to further backing vocals and adding to song 7: focus on diction, breathing, expression and dynamics and work on coda 8: how to achieve a quality performance b) Playing tuned/untuned instruments 1, 2, 5, 9 and10: adding instrumental accompaniments to songs 1: practise instrumental ending to song 2, 5 and 8: practise addition of instruments c) Practise, rehearse and perform Each programme ends with a performance of the featured song. 9 and 10: provide opportunity for performances of songs 1-4 and 5-8 respectively. 1-10: practise to improve diction and singing together 7-10: practise to improve performance and to memorise lyrics 2. Creating and developing musical ideas: composing skills a) Improvise and develop patterns 3, 8, 9 and10: vocal ad-libbing 8: improvise clapping in choruses b) Explore, choose, combine and organise musical ideas 1: create a storm soundscape 2: compose a calypso 3: vocal ad-libbing; create a sea soundscape 4: compose other raps 5: develop raps 7: explore changes of dynamics to improve performance 8: listen to and add backing vocals to song 3. Responding and reviewing: appraising skills a) Analyse and compare sounds 1: recognising chromatic movement and how sense of drama created 2: noting the second (harmony) part 3: recognising chromatic movement and how sense of mystery created 4: identifying underlined words in rap 5: comparing line of verse to descending major scale 1: compare and contrast two extracts of storm music 6: discussing how key words 'paint' the mood b) Explore and explain ideas and feelings using expressive language 6: listening to backing vocals and adding as second part 7: listening to parts overlapping and interacting 8: listening to vocal ad-libbing and copying 4: listen to use of words and 'attitude' in rap c) Improve own and others' work 3, 6 and 7: using imagination and expressive language in response to listening 4. Listening and applying knowledge and understanding a) Internalise and recall sound 1: internalising rhythm through words of song and clapping/playing 6: listen to changes of key in song d) How time and place can influence music 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7: listening to music influenced by country of origin, context or situation 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7: listen to music related to the programme Links to QCA schemes of work Unit 15: On-going skills Progs 1-10: breathing/posture; Progs 5, 7, 8 and 10: dynamics; Progs 1-10: pitch accuracy; Progs 1-10: tone production; Progs 1, 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10: pulse, rhythm and metre; Progs 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10: phrase structure; Progs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10: expressive techniques; Progs 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10: improve concentration/memory Unit 20: Performance Progs 1-10: context; Progs 1-10: diction; Progs 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10: two-part singing; Progs 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10: instrumental accompaniments; Progs 1-10: rehearsal; Progs 9 and 10: presentation to audience; Progs 9 and 10: how to achieve a quality performance b) Combining elements c) Different ways of making and recording sounds 4 Organising the class Singing Warm-ups prior to the broadcast slowly and silently through the mouth. As you breathe out, count 1-5 slowly, then 1-10, controlling a steady release of air and increasing the time with practice. Vocal warm-ups • singing a phrase from the featured song: programmes 1, 3 and 7 Vowels: sing up and down scale to the numbers 1-8, starting note B on a chime bar. As demonstrated in programme 4, ask pupils to omit a number (e.g. 4), singing it silently in their heads and challenge them to pitch the following note (5) correctly. Change the number to be omitted and increase the omissions as children progress. • singing 1-8 up and down major scale: programmes 1, 3, 4 and 5 Sing fortissimo, accelerando as demonstrated in programmes 5, 7 and 9. Pupils’ participation and attainment will benefit greatly if time is taken to warm up prior to each broadcast. Vocal warm-ups are featured in the broadcasts as follows: • singing fortissimo, accelerando: programmes 5, 8 and 9. Certain vocal warm-ups, e.g. tongue-twisters will assist where the song takes the form of a rap. Other voice exercises will prepare pupils for songs which require a lot of upper register singing. To encourage a good upper register tone, ask the children to ‘think high’ (imagining the sound to be coming from their eyes) and to ‘look down’ on high notes. Because time is limited in the broadcasts, additional preparation, as described below, prior to each programme, will greatly assist the children's singing and their stamina. Posture: encourage good posture by asking children to stand tall, knees loose and feet apart. Sing down scale to ‘Do you chew blue glue?’, ‘We three bees need trees’, ‘Chocolate and banana sponge’ or other suitable combinations. Music CD There is a music CD available with all the songs in full-vocal and backing track only versions. This free resource is ideal to help you practise the songs and put on your own performance. If you would like a copy of the CD please write to us at: BBC School Radio Room MC3 D5 Media Centre 201 Wood Lane London W12 7QT Or you can email us at: [email protected] After singing down from C’ – C, start next scale one note higher. Continue higher each time while it remains comfortable Consonants: ‘Scrape your windscreen with your credit card’. Tongue-twisters: (say or sing as for vowels) ‘Red lorry, yellow lorry; red leather, yellow leather’. Rhythmic chants: use a chant or a rap from the current or a previous broadcast. The singing face: encourage the children to lift the face muscles by smiling. Humming phrases of songs will also encourage an unforced, well-blended sound. Facial: smile – screw up the face – stick out tongue – chewing toffee – open mouth as widely as possible. Breathing: encourage low breathing (that is without breathing into the chest and without raising the shoulders) by asking pupils to imagine an inflatable ring around the waist. Breathe in silently through the mouth, causing the ring to inflate all the way round the middle – taking a drink of air that goes right down low as if their tummy is a tank of air – hold – and then release the air 5 Programme 1 Rock The Ship In today’s programme we will… 1 2. Listen to Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave). How does it build a picture of a storm? Compare and contrast with Britten’s piece. Listen to the story A wizard, a mischievous sprite, a passing ship… and a storm so tempestuous it changes the lives of those who witness it for ever. Warm up We focus on posture and relaxing our face muscles. We warm up our voices by singing the last line of the song four times. Learn the song Focus Steady beat and phrases. Before the programme Ask pupils to look at the printout of the song ‘Rock the Ship’. Divide pupils into two groups to clap, stamp or play the instrumental at the end. Listening music Storm from Four Sea Interludes by Benjamin Britten. • Learn verse 1. • Listen to the intro (chromatic phrase) and sing verse 1. • Learn verse 2. • Add backing vocals. • Add instruments to the instrumental section of the song. • Sing the song through. Hear more storm music Excerpt from Storm from Four Sea Interludes by Benjamin Britten. Drama Rehearse the poem Sounds of the Sea that you have written (see below) as a class or in small groups. You can only use your voice and the words to create the dramatic effect so you will need to think about techniques like spacing, tone, articulation, rhythm, sound levels. Discuss any refinements before you perform the poem. Compare this poem, using voices and words to create dramatic effect, with the percussion piece in which you created a storm using musical sounds. After the programme 1. Practise the instrumental. It consists of one bar repeated 5 times. There is a one bar count between each of the first 4 playings and on the 5th time (which is played immediately after the 4th without a bar count between), both groups play the same rhythm. Some pupils could use drums and tambours or tuned percussion while others clap and stamp. These may also be played along with the backing vocals during verse 2. Appropriate tuned percussion, such as chime bars, xylophones, glockenspiels play the notes C, Eb or G (as shown below). Tuned or untuned percussion down, down, (clap) (clap) Part 1 Piano C' G C 6 3. Using tuned and untuned percussion provide opportunity for the class to create their own storm. In groups, prepare: the calm before the storm; the storm brewing; the storm at its height and the calm after the storm. Each group could draw a graphic score depicting their section. Record the performance and discuss refinements. C' G C Example 1 down, (clap) C' G C Part 2 (stamp) Untuned percussion (stamp) Literacy links Y5 T2: word level 11, Y5 T2: text level 4, Y6 T1: text level 10 As a class or in small groups write a poem called Sounds of the Sea. Choose, use and even invent onomatopoeic words to recreate the sounds of the sea. Add further sound effects using the voice only. Think of the sentence lengths and their rhythms. Y6 Tl: text level 18 Using IT create a poster version of your poem for display in the classroom. Devise an interesting way of indicating the voice sound effects. Example 2 2 In today’s programme we will… Listen to the story Prospero has some explaining to do! Miranda wants to know why he’s almost killed the passengers of a passing ship. And Ariel is feeling moody – yearning for the day long promised when Prospero will set him free. Warm up With a focus on posture, relaxing face muscles, breathing, voice exercise. Learn the song • Learn verse 1. • Learn chorus in 2 parts. • Learn verse 2 (and chorus). • Learn the two short raps. • Sing the song through (option to add instruments). Hear more calypso Singing Sandra’s Music from the ghetto helps us identify some characteristics of calypso music – the singing style, rhythm and instrumentation. After the programme 1. Involve the pupils in making their own instruments and/or finding scrap material which can be used to hit or shake. Metal dustbin lids make a great sound along with bongos, claves, maracas or coconut shells. 2. The parts below can be played along with the chorus on tuned percussion, home-made instruments – or any other instruments the pupils play (recorder, flute, violin etc). Encourage budding guitarists to join in too. CHORUS (Both parts below may be played on instruments - divide between players) D' B Oo, G D' B D' B G E' A set D' G me D' B C' E free, D' B G E' C' E' C' Repeat twice A D' C' D' C' Drama In pairs choose to be Ariel or Prospero and arrange yourselves as if for a photograph and freeze the image. Your pose should try to convey the relationship and the conflict and tension between you. Remember that the faces and body language might be showing one thing whereas the thoughts could be very different. Present your freeze frame to the class. After a few moments speak aloud in character the thoughts that are running through your head. Compare your image and thoughts with that of others and discuss the similarities and differences. Music area Encourage the children to compose their own calypso – words and music, perhaps based on the theme of being free. Programme 2 Set Me Free Style: Calypso. Before the programme Print out the words to the song from these notes or from the School Radio website. Divide pupils into two groups to sing the 2-part harmonies in the chorus. Do some additional warm-ups – see page 3. Literacy links Y5 T1: text level 3, Y5 T3: text level 2 Whichever way you look at it nothing’s what it seems. I’m just a prisoner on the island of dreams. Ariel is not the only character who is trapped on the island. Make a list of all the characters, including Ariel, and for each one say how and why they are trapped. What does Ariel mean when he says that nothing’s what it seems? Both of the above activities would be enhanced by reading The Tempest Act I, scene ii, lines 188-300. Tell the pupils the chorus in this song is high! Encourage them to ‘sing from the eyes’ or imagine the sound is from their foreheads. Suggest that rather than ‘stretching up to the high notes’ that they try to ‘look down on top of them’. Listening music Music from the ghetto by Singing Sandra. 7 Programme 3 Full Fathom Five Style: Jazz. 3 In today’s programme we will… Listen to the story An invisible Ariel (at Prospero’s command) convinces a soaking wet Ferdinand that his father really is dead. Ariel does this by singing softly to Ferdinand – asking him to imagine a dead body floating ‘fully five fathoms’ under the sea. (Bit cruel really – since said father is alive and well on the other side of the island). Warm up We use the opening phrase 'full fathom five'. Learn the song 1. Listen to further examples of music associated with the sea or water, e.g. Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave), Aquarium from Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals. 2. Create a seascape using tuned and untuned percussion. An ocean drum would create an ideal backdrop but drums, cymbals and shakers of all descriptions may be used. First, as a whole class, brainstorm words associated with the sea. Words like pebbles, sand, waves, breakers, foam, sparkling, reflections, sun, shells, fish, coral, jellyfish, starfish, whales, dolphins. In groups, ask the children to choose three words, then come and select instruments which could be used to depict them. Pupils could notate their composition(s) in the form of a graphic score. Possibly link in an appropriate poem and create and display art work. Before the programme • Learn first four lines. Print out the words to the song from these notes or from the School Radio website. • Learn the end of the song. Drama • Try vocal ad-libbing. Building on the drama work done in Programme 2, in pairs improvise the scene between Ariel and Prospero where Ariel is trying to persuade Prospero to release him. Improvising means taking a situation and working out what happens and what characters say by acting it out without any previous planning and not following a script. It can be hard to do because you need to think on your feet and react to what is happening. Do some additional warm-ups – see page 3. Focus on posture, breathing and relaxing the face muscles. Listening music Always be my baby by Mariah Carey. Blue Planet – Sharks sequence. • Learn second four lines. • Sing the song through. Listen to Mariah Carey ad-libbing in Always be my baby, and music inspired by the sea from the BBC series Blue Planet. After the programme 1. Practise the song – especially the ad-libbing at the end. Ad-libbing is a solo art. The whole class trying to ad-lib at the same time will sound chaotic – but the children may feel less inhibited! Once they have confidence, some children will be willing to sing on their own. 2. You may wish to play examples of other singers who ad-lib, e.g. Craig David or Alicia Keys. 8 Developmental work Literacy links Y5 T1: text level 9, Y5 T1: text level 14 Using all the information that you have acquired so far about the island and the characters on it, draw a map of the island. Mark on it where all the key places are and where all the characters are and think about how to show these on the map. Present your map attractively as a poster for the classroom wall. 4 In today’s programme we will… Listen to the story King Alonso of Naples and his old advisor, Gonzalo, are asleep. Antonio and Sebastian are awake, plotting to kill them. Warm up We sing the major scale from 1-8 and back again missing out the number 4. Learn the song 2. Obtain a recording of Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez and listen to more of the 2nd movement. 3. Listen to flamenco music and other music of Spain. Drama Choose a few people in the class to take it in turns to be in role as Antonio. In small groups think of questions you would like to ask them in character about Antonio’s behaviour in the past towards Prospero and now. Your questions should try to explore his motivation, the morality of his behaviour and whether he is troubled by his conscience. • Learn the chorus. Programme 4 Toledo Steel Style: Spanish music; mini rap. • Learn the harmony part of the chorus (two groups). • Learn the rap (two groups). Before the programme • Sing the song through. Print out the words to the song from these notes or from the School Radio website. Hear some Spanish music Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez, extract from the 2nd movement. Divide pupils into two groups for today’s activities. After the programme Do some additional warm-ups – see page 3. 1. Try the warm-up heard during today’s programme – singing 1-8 ascending and descending. Omit one or more numbers to be sung silently and challenge the children to pitch the following notes successfully. This is excellent both as aural training and as a voice exercise. 2. Try the rap verses to a rhythm set up on an electric keyboard or to pupils playing on drums or bongos. Developmental work 1. Listen to other raps (e.g. Black Eyed Peas Where is the love?). Note the flowing, almost swing rhythm that characterises rap – sometimes SO fast, sometimes more slowly. Notice how effective it is when the rapper stops for a beat. How does the pace help deliver the meaning? Discuss the attitude of the performer – and try to copy that as you compose and perform your own raps. Great rap performance is all about attitude! Listening music Literacy links Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez, extract from the 2nd movement. Y5 T3; text level 19, Y6 t2: text level 18 and/or 19 Look closely at the lyrics of the rap. They advocate violence and the end justifying the means. In this rap the weapon is a sword made of Spanish steel. In other raps what would the weapon be? What do you think of the message of this rap? Do you think that raps should be banned? Do you think they have a bad influence on young people and their behaviour? Discuss these questions as a class summarising the arguments for and against. 9 Programme 5 Barracuda Before the programme Print out the words to the song from these notes or from the School Radio website. Divide pupils into two groups, one to sing the final choruses, one to sing the words in brackets. Do some additional warm-ups – see page 3. Read through the verses together in different ways – speaking and whispering the words in time, allocating different lines to different groups, etc. 5 In today’s programme we will… maracas/eggz salt Listen to the story Prospero’s slave monster Caliban meets up with comic duo Stephano, the butler, and Trinculo, the jester, who have come ashore on a barrelful of wine. It’s not long before the barrel is empty and the stupid trio are mooting plans to kill Prospero and take over the island. Prospero, being proud possessor of an invisibility cloak, sees it all! claves/wood block bongos 2 beef etc. Example 3 and - pep - per cof bur - ger - - cof fee cof - fee etc. fee cof - tea fee cof - fee tea Warm up Drama We use the vocal exercise fortissimo accelerando. Acting drunk is very difficult to do convincingly. Think about the way a person who is drunk moves, walks and talks. In pairs, practise acting as if you were drunk. Comment on each other’s performance to help improve it. Learn the song • Learn verse 1. • Learn the chorus. • Sing verse 1 and chorus. • Learn verse 2. • Sing verse 2. • Learn verse 3. • Learn extended chorus in groups. • Add instruments. • Sing through song. Listen to verse 2 of Barracuda and say which line most resembles a descending scale. Add instruments to the chorus: castanets on the words ‘Badaboom’ or eggz, maracas, bongos and claves (see below). Hear some Spanish music Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez, extract from the 2nd movement. After the programme 1. Practise the song and learn the words. Also, allocate different lines of the song to different groups or individuals according to the characters singing, e.g. Caliban, Stephano. 10 Barracuda Play these ostinato (repeated pattern) accompaniments in the chorus. 2. Practise the percussion accompaniments below and add them to the song. lf pupils struggle to keep time, give them a pulse, then encourage them to say the words salt and pepper, beef burger, coffee or tea in their heads. Read through the scene in the playscript where Caliban meets up with Stephano and Trinculo using the skills you have practised. Developmental work in the music area Continue from last week the opportunity for pupils to develop the raps they’ve been writing, working on percussion or electronic keyboard. Literacy links Y6 Tl: text level 2 and 3 This part of the story links up with Programme 2 when Ariel talks about being a prisoner on the island of dreams. Other characters are also trapped on the island which works its magic on them all as they try to make their dreams come true. Here we discover three more characters. Add them to your list explaining how and why they are on the island. Add another column to your list and write down what each character’s dream or wish is. Prospero has a lot to answer for. His actions have affected most of the characters. What do you think of Prospero and his treatment of the other characters so far? Do you think his behaviour is justified? 6 In today’s programme we will… Listen to the story Miranda and Ferdinand meet. They fall hopelessly in love. Miranda is the most beautiful woman Ferdinand has ever seen. Ferdinand is the… only man Miranda has ever seen (apart from her dad, of course). Learn the song • Learn verse 1. • Learn the chorus. • Learn verse 2. Developmental work Listen to other music where the lead male and female characters fall in love, e.g. You’re the one that I want from Grease. Or songs from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein – an adaptation of the Romeo and Juliet story. Drama Acting out love scenes can be very embarrassing, especially when it is love at first sight as happens between Miranda and Ferdinand! In pairs read through this scene in the playscript. Think about the difficulties of performance. Is it a scene that needs to be played for ‘laughs’ or is it serious? Listen to other pairs reading the scene and discuss ways in which the performances can be improved. • Learn the middle section. Programme 6 Brave New World Style: Tongue-in-cheek pop. Before the programme • Sing the song right through. Print out the words to the song from these notes or from the School Radio website. Hear more music on the theme of love An excerpt from Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. Do some additional warm-ups – see page 3. After the programme Identify a group of pupils who would enjoy doing ‘backing vocals’. 1. Listen to how the song changes up a key at the beginning of the middle section – point this out to the children. Ask them what they hear happening at the end of that section. Answer: it returns to its original key. Listening music 2. Listen to the backing vocalists singing throughout the song. Divide the class into two groups – one group on the main melody and the other trying the backing vocals. Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. 3. Find and listen to other pop songs with a similar sentiment. Literacy links Y5 T3: text level 3 Choose to be either Miranda or Ferdinand and write a diary entry in character describing meeting each other and falling in love. Remember that Miranda has lived on the island all her life and the only other man she has ever known is her father. Ferdinand is much more a man of the world. 11 Programme 7 Spellbound 7 In today’s programme we will… Listen to the story Prospero’s enemies are in his power, but he is full of questions. Should they be killed or forgiven? Has he himself become spellbound by the magic and the mayhem? Could it be time to move on – and move home? Print out the words to the song from these notes or from the School Radio website. For the introduction and link to verse 3, you will need to divide into two groups. For the ending, divide into three groups. Group one (half the class) sing the words ‘we are such stuff…’ The rest are subdivided into two groups – group two sing ‘ya wa’ and group three sing ‘aa-mmm’. Go over the words of verse 3. Do some additional warmups – especially scales to get the children singing and thinking ‘up high’. Listening music Lungisa indela yakho by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. 12 Invite people to audition for the role of Prospero. They can either choose a speech from the playscript or the key speech from Shakespeare (see below.) What qualities are you looking for in the acting of this main character? This speech is really important as it is the turning point of the play. Compare the oral performance of the speech with the song. Which do you think is more effective and why? Warm up We use the words of the intro ‘ya wa-ya ya wa-ya yey’. Before the programme Drama Learn the song • Learn the intro. • Learn verse 1. • Learn verse 2. • Learn the link to verse 3. • Learn the coda in three parts, and diminuendo to pianissimo at end of song. • Sing the song through including verse 3 (not learned). Hear more African singing From Lungisa indela yakho by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. After the programme 1. Practise the song. It is contemplative and gentle but requires clarity to communicate the words. 2. Work on the coda in three parts and encourage expressive singing through observing the diminuendo to pianissimo at the end. Developmental work in the music area 1. Discuss the effect of varying the dynamics in a performance, i.e. forte (loud), piano (quiet), crescendo (getting louder), decrescendo or diminuendo (getting quieter), pianissimo (very quiet). 2. Try to add appropriate changes of dynamic in the verses of Spellbound. This could be a group activity in the music area, followed by class discussion leading to a performance incorporating the ideas. Literacy links Y5 T3: text level 6, Y6 T1: text level 3 and 5 In small groups or as a class read Prospero’s speech from The Tempest Act IV, scene i, lines 148-160. Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As 1 foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. Sir I am vexed. Bear with my weakness: my old brain is troubled. Be not disturbed with my infirmity. It inherit means occupy it Rack means wisp of cloud. Together try to sort out what this means. Don’t worry too much about individual words but aim for the gist of it. What is Prospero saying about life? What is the message that Shakespeare is trying to send to his audience? The lyrics of the song will help you. 8 In today’s programme we will… Listen to the story The finale. Can Ariel now be set free? Does Antonio get what he deserves? Will Ferdinand ever see his father King Alonso again? All this and – are those wedding bells?! Warm up We sing fortissimo accelerando seven times. Learn the song • Learn verse 1. • Learn verse 2. • Learn middle. • Learn chorus. • Learn verse 3. • Learn next two choruses, including singing pianissimo and crescendo and vocal ad-libbing near the end of the song. • Sing final chorus. • Sing song right through. Developmental work in the music area There are six chords used in Sea Change: F (notes F A C) Bb (notes Bb D F) C (notes C E G) Dm (notes D F A) A7 (notes A C# E G) G7 (notes G B D F) 1. Using chime bars, xylophones, glockenspiels and metallophones, or any other instruments played by the children, invite pupils to play each time their chord is indicated. Some notes appear in more than one chord – either allocate one chord to each player as notes are distributed or allow pupils to play on more than one chord. 2. A bass part can be played using only the root of the chord (i.e. F on chord F and so on) – perhaps on bass xylophone, low notes on a keyboard or piano or on bass guitar. The chords are used throughout the song (verse, middle and chorus) and it is for you to decide which parts of the song should have instrumental accompaniment. Programme 8 Sea Change Style: Gospel. Before the programme Print out the words to the song from these notes or from the School Radio website. This is a high energy song – so do some additional warm-ups (see page 3). Hear more gospel singing Drama Listening music Featuring ‘call and response’ style singing in Oh, happy Day by the African Children’s Choir. Invite people to audition for the role of Prospero. They can either choose a speech from the playscript or the key speech from Shakespeare (see below.) What qualities are you looking for in the acting of this main character? Oh, Happy Day by the African Children’s Choir. After the programme 1. Try to clap along with the music in the choruses - ideally on the off-beat (i.e. clap after the word ‘sea, ‘change’, ‘comin’, etc.) but whatever comes naturally. Invite the children to improvise their own clapping patterns. Literacy links 2. Listen to and add backing vocals to Sea Change. Y6 T3: text level 9 Tell the story of The Tempest in a comic strip with captions for each picture. Try to get hold of a copy of Marcia Williams’s book Mr William Shakespeare's Plays which includes The Tempest retold in a wonderfully detailed comic strip. 13 Programme 9 &10 Performance: The Tempest In these programmes 9 &10 we will… Warm up by singing fortissimo accelerando seven times; recap some tricky bits, then sing all the songs, and hear the story again. Programme 9 • Rock the Ship (we revise instrumental rhythm) • Set Me Free (we revise chorus harmonies) • Toledo (we revise chorus harmony) Programme 10 • Brave New World (we revise backing vocals) • Spellbound (we recap three parts in coda) • Sea Change (we recap slow line at end of song) Before the programme Handy reminder of the groups needed to sing each song Warm up well. Programme 9 Remind yourselves of groups required for each song (see above). 1. Rock the Ship needs two groups for lead and backing vocals and for the instrumental – clapping, stamping and / or instruments. Prepare any percussion being added and identify players. Listening music Play the extracts provided after programme 9 and ask the children to identify which of the six recordings is music associated with the sea, calypso, Spain, Africa, gospel and storm. They are playing in this order – storm, calypso, sea, gospel, Africa, Spain. Posture: stand well-balanced, equal weight on both legs, knees loose, feet apart, head up. Warm up well. Facial: use smiling muscles to achieve a brighter sound. Breathing: breathe through the mouth, encourage low breathing (without breathing into the chest or raising the shoulders). Discuss the appropriate breathing places in the songs and practise these. Diction and tone: when singing in a higher register, sing ‘from the eyes’, open mouths, aim at rounded vowel sounds and sound consonants together. Expression: discuss the meaning of the song lyrics and the mood to be achieved. Practise how to best communicate the rneaning: through adding dynamics; tempo changes; or facial expression. Lyrics: communication will be greatly enhanced if the songs are well rehearsed. The start and end of songs are most important so do get familiar with the length of introductions. Stagecraft: discuss how to walk on and off the stage and how pupils should react to applause. 2. Set Me Free needs two groups for the chorus harmonies. There are raps and instruments to be added too. Literacy links 3. Full Fathom Five – consider the vocal ad-libbing at end – everyone to ad-lib or choose an individual? Y5 T1: text level 19 and 20 4. Toledo Steel needs two groups to sing in harmony in chorus (upper and lower) and two groups for rapping (one group for underlined words only). Programme 10 5. Barracuda – lead vocals and backing vocals (words in brackets), add instruments. 6. Brave New World – lead vocals and backing vocals. 7. Spellbound – three groups (group one – half the class – sing ‘we are the stuff…’, group two sing ‘ya wa’, and group three sing ‘aa-mmm’). 14 How to achieve a quality performance 8. Sea Change – consider one pupil to do the slowed down bit? As a class read through the playscript in preparation for performance. Annotate the script to help the production and direction. Think about pace, movement, gesture and delivery of the lines and the songs. Allocate different groups of people to different tasks: • Director, producer and cast • Musical director and singers and musicians • Technical crew • Publicity and programmes. Rehearse and get ready for the performance. Invite school mates, family and friends and entertain them with your version of The Tempest. Rock the Ship Verse 1 Verse 2 Bosun and sailors: Bosun and sailors: Looks like we’re goin’ down! Wish I was on solid ground in Africa. The ship won’t take the strain – will I see the shore again in Africa? The rig is burning, the flash of lightning is in the air. (burn burn burn) Timbers breaking, I see the water rising everywhere. (down down down) And we’re riding out the storm. We’ve never been so far from home. And the wind and rain driven by the hurricane – Ariel and sprites: Gonna rock the ship, rock the ship tonight. The point of no return, now the ship is gonna burn in Africa. (burn burn burn) Ariel and sprites: You’re going down below, dancing to Diabolo in Africa. (down down down) Bosun and sailors: The rig is burning, the flash of lightning is in the air. (burn burn burn) Timbers breaking, I see the water rising everywhere. (down down down) And we’re riding out the storm. We’ve never been so far from home. And the wind and rain driven by the hurricane – Ariel and sprites: Gonna rock the ship, rock the ship tonight. Instrumental clap, clap, clap, stamp stamp clap, clap, clap, stamp stamp clap, clap, clap, stamp stamp clap, clap, clap, stamp, stamp, clap clap clap. 15 16 17 Set me Free Verse 1 Verse 2 Ariel: Ariel: In the shade of the lemon tree the bluebird spreads his wings. Flying high right over me his journey just begins. For a moment I am he – I can just pretend. Oh I wish that I could be the lightning and the wind. And the monkeys go… And the monkeys go… Chorus Repeat chorus Oooo oooo set me free (all is confusion) Oooo oooo set me free (it’s an illusion) Oooo oooo set me free (nothing’s what it seems) Rap 2 Rap 1 The monkeys and the parakeets are all in collusion. The bird of paradise is just an illusion. 18 I hear the song of the mocking bird floating on the breeze. And the monkeys fool around high up in the trees. And I hear the seagulls call far across the sea. Like a river running wild is how I long to be. Whichever way you look at it nothing's what it seems. I’m just a prisoner on the island of dreams. Repeat chorus Set Me Free 10 le - mon mock - ing 14 o - ver fool a- 18 22 tree bird me round I am he, sea - gulls call I could run - ning be wild his I far the is pre - tend. the sea. can just a - cross light how - ning I and long the to Fly - ing and the the shade the song gins. trees. 1. In 2. I hear wings. breeze, just be in the his the Verse spreads on jour - ney high up the blue - bird float - ing For And of of the the high right mon - keys that wish ri - ver I a mo - ment the hear a I Oh Like wind. be. (and the monkeys go) (and the monkeys go) 19 25 Chorus Oo, set all noth 40 20 me set 34 38 me free, in - ing's what just an is - land ill - u - sion. dreams. of 1. The 2. Which the CODA Oo, last time to Coda col - lu - sion it seems, 2nd time D.S. Chorus (all is confusion) free, bird I'm set me mon - keys - e - ver of free the you Oo, par - a - keets are look at it par - a - dise just a pris - oner (it's an illusion) and way is the on Full Fathom Five Verse 1 Full fathom five, thy father lies in the ocean. Full fathom five, his body disappears from view. Those are the pearls that were his eyes an unexpected shade of blue. Full fathom five, thy father lies in the ocean. Full fathom five, his body disappears from view. (oo ooo) And of his bones are corals made like stardust in a masquerade. Verse 2 And now all that remains has been gradually claimed by a sea change of many hues. And we’re all far from shore lost once more in the blue. (oo oo oo) Yes we’re all far from shore lost once more in the blue. (oo oo oo) In the blue. In the blue. 21 Full Fathom Five 7 12 17 fath - om Full fath - om are the five, bo -dy dis - ap - pears Thy fath - er the his bo - dy dis - ap - pears in lies from view. pearls that were his eyes, an un - ex - pec - ted shade of blue. Thy fath - er lies five, Full fath - om five, Those Full 22 o - cean, 22 from view. in the o - cean, And Full fath - om five, his of his bones are co - rals made, like 2 27 star - dust 30 33 39 44 in a all from shore far - ly claimed shore lost once more in the mas - quer - ade. gra - dual by a lost once in And now change more the of blue, re - mains ma - ny in the blue. that sea all And hues. in has we're all the blue, rall. been And we're far from blue. 23 Toledo Steel Chorus Repeat Rap Toledo, Toledo. The loving embrace of the steel. Toledo, Toledo. You cannot deny its appeal. Chorus Rap Let me tell you how I’m gonna set you free I’m talkin’ about an opportunity. This ain’t no question of morality it's simply a matter of legality. So why be a victim all of your life? Just pull out the steel and slip in the knife. The rights and the wrongs are inconsequential. The name of the game – fulfil your potential. Do the deed and you can make him feel the sweet caress of Spanish steel. I’ll make it easy for you if you don’t understand – it's a one way ticket to the Promised Land. Chorus Toledo, Toledo. The loving embrace of the steel. Toledo, Toledo. You cannot deny its appeal. 24 Toledo, Toledo. The loving embrace of the steel. Toledo, Toledo. You cannot deny its appeal. It’s a one way ticket to the Promised Land. Chorus Toledo, Toledo. The loving embrace of the steel. Toledo, Toledo. You cannot deny its appeal. You cannot deny its appeal. Toledo Steel 1. 2. To 8 le - do, 14 the peal. 23 set Let you em - brace free, me I'm talk - in' of the tell you a - bout You can - not de - ny I'm gon how To To an steel. le - do, - To - le - do lo - ving le - do, 20 its op - por - tu - ni - ty. ap- - na This 25 2 26 ain't 29 no gal - i 32 pull 35 out ques - - ty. the steel Do 26 the deed tion of So and why in vic - tim the knife. the name of the you can make him game feel It's sim - ply all of rights a of le - life, the sweet the wrongs ful - fil your po - ten just and mat - ter your The slip a ty, be and mo - ral - i - in - con - se - quen - tial 38 - ca - ress are tial. of 3 41 44 Span - ish steel. I'll make one way tick - et to the 50 CODA can - not de - ny its it ea - sy for you ap - peal. if you don't un - der - stand, To - le - do, a the To - le - do to the Prom - ised Land. ap - peal. it's To - le - do, It's a one way tick - et its Land. To - le - do, de - ny You can - not the steel. Prom - ised 2nd time to Coda 57 lo - ving em - brace of 62 Tol You can - not de - ny its ap - peal. 27 Barracuda Verse 1 Verse 3 Stephano: Stephano: I’ll be your royal sovereign, and rule across the land – get married to Miranda and she will hold my hand. Should anybody ask us how this has come to pass – I would give the answer: it all comes down to class. Chorus Extended chorus And I would be ‘Your Majesty’, they call me the big barracuda. We’re living in a paradise as you can plainly see here on the island of dreams. And I would be ‘Your Majesty’. (They call him the big enchilada). The call me the big barracuda (bada-boom) The top banana (bada-boom) The fat piranha (bada-boom) We’re living in a paradise as you can plainly see, Here on the island of dreams. Verse 2 Caliban: You are my royal master, on that we can agree. I’ll be your loyal monster and serve on bended knee. Coz that’s the way we like it, that’s how it’s meant to be and I would be as happy as the fishes in the sea. Chorus And I would be ‘Your Majesty’, they call me the big barracuda. We’re living in a paradise as you can plainly see here on the island of dreams. 28 I’d love to do my duty and wear the royal crown. The soldiers will salute me, I’ll look them up and down. They know their royal sovereign is always in demand, and every now and then they’ll say ‘Your wish is my command’. Extended chorus And I would be ‘Your Majesty’. (They call him the big enchilada). The call me the big barracuda (bada-boom) The top banana (bada-boom) The fat piranha (bada-boom) We’re living in a paradise as you can plainly see, Here on the island of dreams. Here on the island of dreams. Here on the island of dreams. 1. I'll be your (2. You) are my (3. I'd) love to 5 Barracuda a - ny - bo - dy that's the way we know their ro - yal 9 and and I'll ask us like it sov - ereign how that's is and rule a - cross the land. on that we can a - gree. and wear the roy - al crown. she will serve on look them ro - yal sov - ereign, ro - yal mas - ter, do my du - ty mar - ried to Mi - ran - da, be your lo - yal mon - ster sol - diers will sa - lute me, 7 hold my hand. ben - ded knee. up and down. this has come how it's meant al - ways in to to de - pass, be mand, get I'll The Should Coz' They and and 3rd time to I would I would ev - ery give the be as now and ans hap then wer, py they'll as say "It all comes the fish - es "Your wish is down in my to class." the sea. com - mand." And 29 11 Chorus (after verses 1 and 2) I would be 15 li - ving 17 here 20 the a on 30 call par - is - land (They me the big bar a - dise - as We're can plain - ly 2. You 3. I'd call him the big see, I would cu - da, be the 'Your en - chi - la - da.) (bad - a - boom) - you dreams. ra Chorus (after verse 3) of they call me the big bar - ra - cu - da. ma - je - sty,' ma - jes - ty'. 23 in 'Your They top ba - na - 25 (bad - a - boom) - 27 34 1. Here on a par - a - dise dreams. the li - ving in 30 na, And the is - land of fat pi - ran - as you can plain - ly 2. dreams, We're see, ha. here on the (bad - a - boom) here is - land on of the is - land of dreams. dreams. 31 Brave New World Verse 1 Middle section I can’t believe the wonder of it all. I waited, oh so long for love to call. It’s a brave new world with a brand new girl, and a boy who wears his heart upon his sleeve. Let me tell you now… I can’t believe the wonder of it all. (The lightning and the thunder of it all). I can’t believe the wonder of it all. (The lightning and the thunder says it all). And every time I look at you my heart just skips a beat, and if a girl like you could love a boy like me, what a brave new world it’s gonna be. Chorus Oh I love you so (oh I love you so) I’m never gonna let you go (never gonna let you go) Oh I love you so (oh I love you so) I’m never gonna let you go (no no no) Verse 2 It seems to me there’s magic in the air. I’m overcome by one so debonair. It’s a brave new world with a brand new girl, and a boy who wears his heart upon his sleeve. 32 Chorus Oh I love you so (oh I love you so) I’m never gonna let you go (never gonna let you go) Oh I love you so (oh I love you so) I’m never gonna let you go (no no no) Brave New World 1. I can't (2. It) seems 7 won ma - 11 16 der gic for love so with a it the call nair. girl, and It's I I'm all. air. to de - bo - brand new of in long one a a boy who wears be - lieve to me the there's wai - ted, oh o - ver come so by brave new world his heart up - on his sleeve. 33 2 to Coda 20 24 Let 34 me tell you ne - ver gon - na let you 27 oh I love you so. now, oh (ne - ver I gon - na let you go) Oh, No, I'm ne - ver gon - na let you go. no, so, I oh I love you love you so, go. I'm love no. you CODA so, so, 2. It I 31 3 can't 35 be - lieve can't be - lieve And ev - 'ry time it all. and I look at you and thun - der it my heart all. I says it all. of the thun - der The light - ning all it The light - ning the won - der of of 39 the won - der just skips a beat 35 4 43 and if a girl like you 48 world 53 36 it's could gon - na be. ne - ver love a gon - na let you go, boy like me, gon - na let I you love you go, Oh, I so, so, what a brave new oh Oh I love you ne - ver I'm love you so, so, 56 5 58 No, oh I love so, no, no. you I'm ne - ver gon - na let you go. 37 Spellbound Introduction Link to verse 3 Ah mmm ya waya ya wa ya yeh Ah mmm ya waya ya wa ya yeh Ah mmm – ah. We are such stuff as dreams are made on. Ah mmm. And our little life is rounded with a sleep. Verse 1 Verse 3 Prospero: Ferdinand and Miranda: I dreamed that I had found the answer, a magic book could set me free. But now I’ve come to understand that I was just spellbound, and if you’re a prisoner of your dream then no meaning can be found. Verse 1 Antonio and Sebastian: Toledo steel, Toledo steel, the finest in the land, but now it means no more to me than a castle in the sand. Stephano: Ending I dreamed that I’d be top banana. Ah mmm – ah. We are such stuff as dreams are made on. Ah mmm. And our little life is rounded with a sleep. Ah mmm – ah. We are such stuff as dreams are made on. Ah mmm. And our little life is rounded with a sleep. Ah mmm (ya waya ya wa ya yeh). We are such stuff as dreams are made on. Ah mmm (ya waya ya wa ya yeh). And our little life is rounded with a sleep. Ah mmm (ya waya ya wa ya yeh). Ah mmm (ya waya ya wa ya yeh). Ah mmm (ya waya ya wa ya yeh). Caliban: I’d serve my Lord on bended knee. Trio: And all the time we wandered round like fishes in the sea and now all our dreams have broken down, what is lost cannot be found. 38 I dreamed that joy could last forever, A brave new world where love is all. Spellbound All Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 All 10 Group 2 Group 3 Aa mmm ya - wa - ya ya ya - wa - ya ya wa - ya - yey Ah mmm wa ya - yey 1. I 2. I 3. I dreamed dreamed dreamed that that that I I'd joy had be could found top last the ans ba - na for e - 39 15 All - wer, na. ver, - 21 All All 40 a I'd a But now I've And all the To - le - do 24 and and if now but you're a all our now it stand round steel, pris dreams means oner have no of bro more I was fish - es fi - nest - your ken to free. knee. all. that like the set me ben - ded love is could on where book Lord world to un - der we wan - dered To - le - do come time steel, ma - gic serve my brave new just in in spell the the bound, sea land, dream down, me then what than no is a All 27 Group 1 Group 3 32 stuff be be the 1. found. found. sand. as 2. dreams are made on, with a sleep. We and our lit - tle Aa mmm such life is We are mmm Aa Aa mmm roun - ded Group 3 can mean - ing lost can - not in cas - tle Group 1 36 3rd time to Group 1 Group 3 are such 41 Group 1 41 stuff Group 3 as dreams with a sleep. on, on, and Aa mmm our lit - tle life our are is as is dreams such stuff are made life lit - tle mmm We and Aa mmm Group 1 42 made roun - ded Group 3 are Aa 45 50 Group 1 Group 3 roun - ded with a sleep. Aa Group 1 55 Group 2 Group 3 ya - wa - ya ya mmm such ya our stuff as dreams are made ya - wa - ya diminuendo ya wa - ya - on, yey diminuendo Aa ya - wa - ya wa - ya - yey and Group 3 Group 1 Group 2 We are mmm 59 diminuendo lit - tle life wa - ya - yey is roun - ded ya - wa - ya with a ya sleep. wa - ya - 43 Group 1 62 Group 2 yey Group 3 44 Aa ya - mmm wa - ya ya wa - ya - yey Repeat twice Repeat twice Repeat twice (Omit last time) Aa Sea Change Verse 1 Verse 3 Ferdinand and Miranda: Caliban: We’re gonna walk, we’re gonna talk we're gonna step right up and say: ‘We’ve got everything we need we're gonna get married today!’ Verse 2 Prospero I’m comin’ back, I’m goin’ home My dreams have all come true. Look out kingdom here I come I’m comin’ on home to you. Middle section Courtiers, Trinculo and Stephano: I’ve seen the light I’m here to stay – seen the error of my ways. I was lost and now I’m found I’m ready for the judgement day Chorus A sea change is comin’, A sea change is comin’, A sea change is comin’ to us all A sea change is comin’ to us all Yes a sea change is coming to us all (woah ooooo). Middle section Courtiers, Trinculo and Stephano: Was a day we’d find a way to do bad things to you, but now our sins are washed away and we’ve been made brand new. Chorus Was a day we’d find a way to do bad things to you, but now our sins are washed away and we’ve been made brand new. A sea change is comin’, A sea change is comin’, A sea change is comin’ to us all A sea change is comin’ to us all (oh yeah). Chorus Chorus A sea change is comin’, A sea change is comin’, A sea change is comin’ to us all A sea change is comin’ to us all. (pianissimo) A sea change is comin’, A sea change is comin’, (crescendo) A sea change is comin’ to us all (oh yeah) (slow) I said a sea change is comin’ Yes a sea change is comin’ to us all. 45 Sea Change 12 Was 16 46 a now our the day sins walk, back, light, We've Look I we'd are find washed a way a - way talk, home, stay, thing here now we're I've got ev - ery out king - dom, was lost and to and 2. I'm we I am do bad we've things been made you. brand new. we're I'm I'm you. day. to need, come, found, com - in' gon - na my seen the 2.3. repeat 1st time only mar - ried to - day. home to judge ment - we're gon - na I'm go - in' I'm here to 1. and say, come true. my ways. get on for gon - na com - in') seen the) up all of gon - na com - in' rea - dy step right dreams have er - ror 9 1. We're (2. I'm (3. I've 5 But 2nd time to A 20 sea 24 sea change com - in' 34 to sea 39 change change 29 is com is - com - in' to us is a a all. all. 3. I've seen com - in', sea change sea D.S. 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