A Splashing, Songwriting Time The Let's Go Club

This is the Let's Go Club, but mini.

Expect making, exploring, super-sizing,

dancing, fact-finding and laughing.

We've only got a few minutes,

so get ready for more fun from...

-I'm Emily.

-I'm Davey.

-BOTH:

-And we both like to sing.

Today, we are going to write a song of our own.

-BOTH:

-Let's go!

This is Kate. She has written lots of songs.

Including this one you might recognise...

# Let's go

# The Let's Go Club

# Let's go... #

Kate is the perfect person to have us write a song of our own.

# Let's go. #

Hello, Davey, hello, Emily.

-BOTH:

-Hello, Kate.

What is the first thing you need to do when you write a song?

Well, the very first thing you need is a melody.

What is a melody?

The melody is the bit that you find yourself humming all the time.

It's the tune of the song.

How can we find a melody for our song?

The ideas for melodies can come from anywhere.

You might be inspired by a person or place that you visit.

I know a really good place

we can go and find some inspiration. Let's go.

Kate is taking us to a forest.

There are lots of things to see and hear.

Lots of things to inspire our song.

We need to be thinking about melodies.

-So what can we hear, Emily?

-Birds.

So let's listen to the birds.

BIRDS TWEET

Listen to that bird there. It went, "Doo-doo-doo-doo."

Can you do that?

-BOTH:

-Doo-doo-doo-doo.

We could have a bit of that.

-What do you think?

-Sounds great.

The birds are making lots of high and low sounds, repeated sounds.

We are going to pull them all together and create our melody.

So now, we have got to think of some words for our song.

I think I've got some.

Have you? Well, these words are called lyrics.

So what lyrics can we have for our song?

# The trees are blowing and the birds are singing. #

Brilliant. I love that. OK. What about you, Davey?

-# Mud is splashing... #

-Yeah.

# And the ponds are streaming

# The mud is icky, sticky and squishy. #

Oh, yes.

We've been doing a lot of walking today, haven't we?

-Yeah.

-Have you noticed it's a bit like a march?

-SHE MARCHES Like this?

-Yeah.

Can you march?

What sort of words do think we might be able to use, Emily?

Probably woodland walking!

# Woodland walking

# Woodland walking

# Woodland walking

# Woodland walking

# Woodland walking... #

'Back at Kate's studio,

'we are finding a rhythm for our song.'

Why does our song need a rhythm?

Well, the rhythm is there to drive the song along.

Some rhythms can be fast and some rhythms can be slow.

We need to see which one will fit your song the best.

So here's a fast one.

And here's a slower one.

Which one do you think works best?

-Fast.

-Do you think so?

-Yeah.

-What do you think?

-We think the fast.

-Now we've found the rhythm, can we make some music?

-Absolutely.

DRUM TINKLES

I'm playing a stirring drum.

-TAMBOURINE JANGLES

-'And I'm playing the tambourine.'

'We have made the music for our song.'

'So now it's time to record the lyrics.'

# Woodland walking... #

Yeah!

# Woodland walking. #

Fantastic work. You guys have written and recorded

your very own song.

-Shall we have a listen? BOTH:

-Yeah!

# The trees are blowing and the birds are singing

# The mud is splashy and it's squelching and squishing

# Woodland walking. #

You can join the Let's Go Club, too.

Grab a grown-up and head to the CBeebies website.

There are songs to sing, things to make and do,

and CBeebies radio, too.

Remember, we're the club that never closes.