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

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Expect making, exploring, super-sizing,

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dancing, fact-finding and laughing.

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We've only got a few minutes,

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so get ready for more fun from...

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-I'm Emily.

-I'm Davey.

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-BOTH:

-And we both like to sing.

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

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-BOTH:

-Let's go!

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This is Kate. She has written lots of songs.

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Including this one you might recognise...

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# Let's go

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# The Let's Go Club

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# Let's go... #

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

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# Let's go. #

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Hello, Davey, hello, Emily.

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-BOTH:

-Hello, Kate.

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

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

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What is a melody?

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

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It's the tune of the song.

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How can we find a melody for our song?

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The ideas for melodies can come from anywhere.

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

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I know a really good place

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

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Kate is taking us to a forest.

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There are lots of things to see and hear.

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Lots of things to inspire our song.

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We need to be thinking about melodies.

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-So what can we hear, Emily?

-Birds.

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So let's listen to the birds.

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BIRDS TWEET

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

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Can you do that?

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-BOTH:

-Doo-doo-doo-doo.

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We could have a bit of that.

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-What do you think?

-Sounds great.

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

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

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

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I think I've got some.

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Have you? Well, these words are called lyrics.

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So what lyrics can we have for our song?

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

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

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-# Mud is splashing... #

-Yeah.

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# And the ponds are streaming

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# The mud is icky, sticky and squishy. #

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Oh, yes.

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

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-Yeah.

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

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-SHE MARCHES Like this?

-Yeah.

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Can you march?

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

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Probably woodland walking!

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# Woodland walking

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# Woodland walking

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# Woodland walking

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# Woodland walking

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# Woodland walking... #

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'Back at Kate's studio,

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'we are finding a rhythm for our song.'

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Why does our song need a rhythm?

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

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

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

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So here's a fast one.

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And here's a slower one.

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Which one do you think works best?

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-Fast.

-Do you think so?

-Yeah.

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-What do you think?

-We think the fast.

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

-Absolutely.

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DRUM TINKLES

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I'm playing a stirring drum.

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-TAMBOURINE JANGLES

-'And I'm playing the tambourine.'

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'We have made the music for our song.'

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

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# Woodland walking... #

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Yeah!

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# Woodland walking. #

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Fantastic work. You guys have written and recorded

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your very own song.

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-Shall we have a listen? BOTH:

-Yeah!

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# The trees are blowing and the birds are singing

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

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# Woodland walking. #

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

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

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

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and CBeebies radio, too.

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Remember, we're the club that never closes.

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