Key Stage 3 Music - Folk Music

Lesson Objectives

• Learn how to develop our aural skills.
• Learn how to improvise and create a melody line using our aural skills.

Starter - Combine Harvester

As a class, we are going to learn the following song...

Verse 1

I drove my tractor through your haystack last night

(ooh aah ooh aah)

I threw me pitchfork at your dog to keep quiet

(ooh aah ooh aah)

Now something's telling me, that you'm avoiding me

Come on now darling you've got something I need

Chorus

   Cuz I got a brand new combine harvester
An' I'll give you the key
Come on now let's get together
In perfect harmony
I got twenty acres
An' you got forty-three
Now I got a brand new combine harvester
An' I'll give you the key

Verse 2

I'll stick by you, I'll give you all that you need
(ooh aah ooh aah)
We'll 'ave twins and triplets
I'm a man built for speed
(ooh aah ooh aah)
And you know I'll love you darlin'
So give me your hand
(ooh aah ooh aah)
But what I want the most
Is all they acres of land

[Chorus]

The melody (tune) of combine harvester is very repetitive and catchy.

Now you have learnt the melody, you are going to use your aural skills to work out the melody on the keyboards.

Let's work out the first line together. Write down the notes in your rough book or on a whiteboard.

TIPS:

• Sing the melody (tune) to yourself slowly to work out where the next note is.
• Does the next note go higher/lower in pitch?
• Use the rhythm of the words as the rhythm you will play on the keyboards.
• Make sure you line up the keyboard chart correctly!

Perform what you have done to the class.

Home Study (after lesson 10)

Next lesson, you will be learning how to play the spoons. Make sure you bring in 2 identical metal spoons that have flat handles.