Theme tune to Laurel and Hardy taken from "The Flying Deuces".
Official classification: Film & Animation, Humour
This advert features two kids performing a rapid 'eyebrow dance' whilst sitting in a photography studio. The song featured in the advert is "Don't Stop The Rock" by Freestyle.
KS2/3 idea: Ask pupils on which beats of the bar do the kids first twitch their eyebrows? [Ans: beats 2 and 4 (the backbeats)]. The girl improvises a sycopated rhythm on the balloon toward the end. Which percussion instrument in the track also plays similar syncopated patterns? [Ans: cowbell] Can pupils improvise their own syncopated rhythms as the soundtrack plays?
KS3/4 idea: The soundtrack is based on 2 chords (Fm and Eflat) and might be used as a stimulus for pupils to compose a similar advert soundtrack using, say, Am and G.
Official classification: Advertisements, Video, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Curriculum support, Humour
This movie from Cell Press shows Snowball bobbing his head in time with the beat for at least 12 consecutive bobs to excerpts, each at a different tempo from the original song (Everybody, by the Backstreet Boys; 108.7 beats per minute [bpm]).
Official classification: Pulse (Beat), Tempo, Animals, Unit 4. Feel the pulse - Exploring pulse and rhythm, Video, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support, Humour
Violinist from Paul Whiteman's Orchestra of the 1920s plays a quirky, entertaining medley of variations on well known tunes including Silent night, Pop Goes the Weasel and switches to the Bicycle Pump for a rendition of Sousa's Stars and Stripes forever.
KS1/2 pupils will no doubt be entertained but may also notice how he raises up on his shoes when playing higher notes in the melody and may also be able to identify some of these tunes. Perhaps the use of a bicycle pump may be inspirational to pupils considering creating a junk orchestra.
Official classification: Violin, Video, Curriculum support, Humour
Entertaining and inspiring performance by beatboxing legend Beardyman.
KS2 idea: thinking about texture, how many 'layers' does Beardyman add to his beatbox rhythm pattern.
Official classification: Video, Beatboxing, Curriculum support, Performance video clip, Humour
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