Home Learning Pack – Osborne School Wk beginning 4th May 2020

MUSIC

Links and activities to lead up to

VE DAY on 8th MayThis week’s home learning pack relates to music of the period and songs that many people still know and love today. Have a go at as many activities as

you like – choose which ones you would like to do but please at least listen to Linda White – Hampshire Music Service Key Stage 3 Teacher Page 1 of 11

some music of the period: Visit these links and find out about music of the period by listening to lots of different popular songs of the day:

VE DAY Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, May 8th 1945. Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day, or simply V Day was the public holiday

celebrated on 8 May 1945 in Commonwealth realms to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War https://youtu.be/utH6pbsQHSY

https://ve-vjday75.gov.uk/plan-your-ve-day-party/

https://bletchleypark.org.uk/cms/2020/04/ve-day-activity-pack-3.pdf( There are also some non-music ideas if you’d like to make them on both of these sites)

We’ll Meet Again

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“We’ll Meet Again” was one of the famous songs of the period and was sung by Vera Lynn, who later became Dame Vera Lynn. You will probably have heard it already and it has also been used as a song to help us whilst we can’t see each other as we usually do at this moment in history too and is also a charity CD for the NHS at the moment. The Queen even referred to this song in her recent speech to the country at the beginning of April 2020 so you may have seen and heard versions of this song already as it is very topical at the moment. “We’ll Meet Again” is the nation’s song to commemorate the 75 th

Anniversary of VE day on Friday 8th May 2020 at 9pm on our doorsteps – will you and your family be able to join in perhaps? Enjoy watching and listening to some different versions. Watch some of the performances by both Dame Vera and ‘cover versions’. Cover versions are songs or music played by others, not the original artist. They can be very different interpretations. TASKS : (Choose some or all)

1. listen to the different versions below – see which one you like best and talk about what is the same about each version of the song. What’s different? Think about the speed of the music, the instruments used to accompany the song, the different voices. Listen to the different versions and fill in the chart on pages 5 & 6

Original Versions by Dame Verahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMUuuaUGff0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJKMji2688M&list=PL_kUdc-6MYWyAc2T0rAN9U6uEHFklJPPl&index=3 (with Lyrics on screen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px6GKO95WU4 (White Cliffs of Dover / We’ll Meet Again)

Cover Versions to listen to: Some are vocal, some are instrumental This version is signed and has some of the history too, despite the date on the video being incorrect!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJOrBZmPunYOther versions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sThuGZcEtuUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBX16iBQ0rI

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsrOhqUuPN4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdSAo-2PB3whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW_g3njLi0M

Want to hear a different and more modern version? What style of music do you think this is? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZBMrzgQi9I

WE’LL MEET AGAIN Fill in this listening chart

Artist (person performing)

Tempo/speed Instruments I can hear

Style e.g. swing, jazz etc

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Artist (person performing)

Tempo/speed Instruments I can hear

Style e.g. swing, jazz

etc

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2. Have a go at singing / signing to the Karaoke version INSTRUMENTAL KARAOKE BACKING WITH GUITAR CHORDS etc for you to sing along to yourselves and make your own version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX4lXTo7-VY

3. Try and find to find some home-made sounds that you could use to make up a rhythm or clap a repeating rhythm (ostinato pattern) to add a ‘drumming accompaniment’

Eg . Meet a-gain Meet a-gain Meet a-gain X x x - X x x - X x x -

Or:

Please say he-llo Please say he-llo Please say he-llo X X X X X X X X X X X X

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4. If you or a member of your family have an instrument at home try playing the tune or chords??

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5. Lindy Hop was the famous dance that people did to swing music. Watch it and learn it here! :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5DWLZGQOoE

How about finding a piece of music from the period and dancing or singing along?

Lyrics for some popular songs: Linda White – Hampshire Music Service Key Stage 3 Teacher Page 9 of 11

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6. Colour this picture and put in your window on Friday – I am going to do this and use rainbow colours for the stripes.

Extra link for VE DAY SONGS PLAYLIST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2n9jZypkPScwvINFnRWKCTwjPZ7yRQMD

White Cliffs of Dover - Another famous song of the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=Hqtaoz4QFX8&list=RDHqtaoz4QFX8&start_radio=1&t=119https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAaxkAgVkHQ

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