We continued with our work on ‘The Doot Doot Song’ by recapping the chord sequence used within the piece. We used the glockenspiels and worked in small groups to create the chords needed. We worked hard to make sure we were all playing at the same time.

We then finished off the lesson by listening to different styles of acoustic guitar music. As ‘The Doot Doot Song’ is an acoustic piece, we talked about the different instruments that layer together to create a piece and how these layers can be different in order to create different variations. We listened to Jolene (Dolly Parton), Blowin’ in the Wind (Bob Dylan), Gone (Jack Johnson and Ben Harper), and Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Lead Belly). We identified many similarities and differences.

As part of our snapshot of learning, we looked at a song called ‘I Wanna Sing Scat’. After listening to the song and identifying some of the areas where lyrics were easy to pick up, we talked about the rhythm and how some of the lyrics only happen on certain beats. We spent a lot of time looking at how the rhythm and beats affected the sound of the piece as there were main lyrics, and then different backing vocals. It was a really tricky concept to get our heads round but we persevered and in the end when we split into two groups, it began to sound really professional!