Step 1: Choose your Physical Warm Up
Bridge, Log, Tiger
Binny leads the group through the physical warm-up, and invites them to make up their own versions.
Rubber Chicken
Lorna explains the Rubber Chicken physical warm-up game, and takes the group through a few versions.
Baby Shark (seated)
Nav teaches the group the physical warm-up Baby Shark. This is a version of the warm-up which is accessible for pupils who may not be able to stand.
Baby Shark (standing)
Nav teaches the group the physical warm-up Baby Shark, which requires all the participants to be able to stand.
Beans
Hannah takes the group through the physical warm up ‘beans’. She shows what all of the different beans look like, and introduces ideas for expansion.
Body Percussion
Nav teaches the group a round in body percussion as a physical warm-up, and the group perform it in three parts.
Pitch Positions
Hannah demonstrates the physical and vocal warm-up ‘Pitch Positions’ and leads the group through it.
Step 2: Choose your Vocal Warm Up
Wood Chuck
Shivani teaches the group the rap ‘Wood Chuck’ as a vocal warm-up, and by the end of the video the group are rapping in three parts.
Teddy’s Walk
Hannah takes the group through the vocal warm-up Teddy’s walk and invites them to make their own version using different sounds.
Silly Voices
Hannah takes the group through a silly voices vocal warm-up, and invites the group to make their own versions up.
12345
Nav teaches the group the vocal warmup, 12345. This moves up in semitones after each round of singing, and Nav introduces ideas for expansion and development.
Bibbly Boo
Lorna teaches the group the vocal warm-up game ‘Bibbly Boo’, and leads them through a few games.
Fireworks
Binny takes the group through the vocal warm-up ‘Fireworks’ and invites the group to make their own displays.
Step 3: Choose your Song
Fruit Salad
Hannah teaches the group the Fruit Salad song with actions, and they sing it in four parts.
Patake
Shivani teaches the group the song Patake by S. Rattan. She uses hand gestures to direct the singers during the song, and by the end of the video, the group is singing in five parts.
Holi
Shivani teaches the group the song Holi by S. Rattan. She introduces the concept of hand gestures to dictate instructions within the piece, and by the end of the video, the group are singing in five parts.
Senwa Dedende
In this video, Hannah teaches the group the song Senwa Dedende.
Shapes
Shivani teaches the group the song Shapes with actions. By the end of the video, the group sings the song in a round in three parts.
Glow Worm
Hannah teaches the group the song ‘Glow Worm’ and they sing it in a round in four parts.
Donut
Hannah teaches the group the song Donut. The group end up singing it in a round in three parts.
Nervous Wreck
Hannah teaches the group the song Nervous Wreck with actions, and the group sings it in two parts.
Numbers
Hannah teaches the group the numbers song. They add in stamps and claps on different multiples of numbers, and sing it in a round in two parts.
Ooh La La Lay
Binny teaches the group the song Ooh La La Lay, and they sing it in a round in four parts.
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Please find below some explanation videos from the amazing musicians of Third Culture Collective, explaining how their instruments work, and learning a bit about their musical journeys.
