Time for Music Y3 and Y4 1st June

Time for Music: 6 – Years 3 & 4 Listen Up!

Extra fun

Welcome to week 6 of Time For Music We are staying in Japan but we are getting a bit more up to date!

Have a listen to this. Some of you might know it already!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJMCaGyMHYs&list=RDoFuTy7ubo74&index=2 If you listen you can hear the instruments 'tuning up' first to make sure that they are all playing the correct pitch. Can you hear how quiet they are when they are ready to begin?

This is the Mario Galaxy Orchestra playing some of the music from the game.

It was composed by Mahito Yokota and Koji Kondo.

They are composers who work for Nintendo. They used a traditional orchestra to play their music.

We have been looking at music that has been written for two different video games, Super Mario Galaxy and Okami.

Now it's your turn to use your computer skills to create your own game!

Watch this clip from the BBC first as it will give you a bit of help using the Scratch design site.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/computing-ks1-ks2-programming-a-computer-game/zn8d7nb Follow the link to Scratch and then you can get going

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted

Mahito Yokota

Koji Kondo

Can you find which other games Mahito Yokota and Koji Kondo wrote the music for?

You need to drag instructions into a list to make the character come to life.

It can be a bit tricky at first so watch the tutorial carefully and then see if your adult will join in and give you a hand

Explore Mario was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and used to be called Jumpman.

Mario's first job was a carpenter but then he became a plumber. Have a look at his clothes, he is all dressed for work!

Here he is with his brother Luigi.

Time to explore.

Have a look at your favourite characters in the games that you play especially the baddies!

How big are they?

What are they wearing?

Do they have a job like Mario?

Do they have any superpowers?

Your job is to design a baddie to go in the new game that you made using Scratch (Extra Fun Section above).

Draw it and write a quick description of it.

Let's Get Creative!

This link takes you to the wonderful world of the Super Mario Galaxy music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD9QvvhI6Sk&list=PL7CFEF478E3980B62 Have a listen to a few different ones and you will see how the clever composers are able to change the mood of the music depending on what is happening in the action.

Now it's your turn to compose!

Here is your piano again https://so.mi.do/virtual-piano-online/ Remember how you composed using the major scale and your Haiku poems?

Well, this time use the minor scale to compose a short theme for your baddie! Try playing it at different tempos and change how loudly you play it.

See how the changes affect the mood.

Here are the notes that you will need C Eb, F, G, Bb here is where you'll find them on the piano

MAJOR and MINOR

Composers work hard to pick the right notes to use.

If they want a happy sound they can use a major key.

If they want sad or scary, they can use a minor key.

https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=VQZY9tqPK WA I thought that Happy Birthday was a happy song!!

This is what I mean! https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=8lYVUWvxLY g

Final Challenge If you want to write your music down here are the special lines for plotting the pitch of your music. The Stave.

You could print this page or draw the lines for yourself.

On the left there are two tables show you where to draw each note.

Hero Theme (major)

Baddies Theme (minor)