The song in this programme explores voice sounds, keyboards and electronic sounds.
4. Raise our voices to the sky!
Focus:
- Exploring voice-sounds, key-boards and piano
- Introducing the concepts of vibrations and sound-waves
- Melodic shapes (scales, step-by-step, zigzags, up and down)
You will need:
Voices and, if possible, access to a piano (before or after the programme)
Before listening:
- Talk about all the different voices in your school and what makes each one different and special (eg higher, lower, languages, accents, changing moods, friendliness etc).
Audio downloads
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Raise our voices to the sky! - download vocal version of song (mp3)
Raise our voices to the sky! - download backing track of song (mp3)
Other resources
Raise our voices to the sky! Lyrics. document
Download or print the words for the song (pdf)
Raise our voices to the sky! Music. document
Download or print the music for the song (pdf)
Teacher's Notes. document
Download / print full guidance for the series (pdf)
More from this series
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The song explores wind instruments and introduces weather sounds, mouth sounds, panpipes, whistles, recorders and trumpets.
3. Twang those strings. audio
The song is an action song built around the sounds of the guitar, ukulele and violin.
5. Instruments together. audio
The song brings together many of the instruments the children have been learning about in a mini-performance.
