The beat of The Cup Song is based on "The Cup Game," an old childrens' game. It was created by Lulu and the Lampshades and popularized by Pitch Perfect, in which it is performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick). This wikiHow article introduces the...
Comment apprendre le "Cup Song". Le rythme est basé sur « Le jeu du gobelet », un ancien jeu pour enfants. Le jeu apparait dans un épisode de « La fête à la maison » et de « Zoom », deux séries télé des années 90. Lulu and the Lampshades...
The beat of The Cup Song is based on "The Cup Game," an old childrens' game. It was created by Lulu and the Lampshades and popularized by Pitch Perfect, in which it is performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick). This wikiHow article introduces the...
Origins of the cup song It’s a craze that has swept over schools everywhere and contrary to popular belief, the […]
When things start winding down at school and the students attention span becomes shorter and their activeness increases, I like to pull out a lot of movement activities. One of my students' favorites is "The Cup Game." It is like a rhythm hand-clapping game and a passing game combined. I learned it many years ago at camp and I usually have a handful of students in each class that already know it. I use those students to tutor anyone who needs help. I use the following poem to help teach the movements: I found this poem and visual in the 5th grade Gameplan Curriculum by Randy DeLelles and Jeff Kriske. I taught the poem line by line and then took away the words a few at a time until the students had it memorized. Then each student received a plastic cup and we worked on each section slowly. After demonstrating each set of movements, I had the students practice with a partner. Once they learned the entire sequence, they got into teams of 4 and tried out the passing part of the game. Eventually we were able to pass the cups around the circle with the whole class. As an extention, I had the students suggest songs that we could use to accompany the game. We tried everything from Sousa Marches to Michael Jackson to One Direction. Since the rhythm pattern is 4 measures long in 4/4 time, many familiar songs can be used! I also picked out a few fun videos for them to enjoy:
The beat of The Cup Song is based on "The Cup Game," an old childrens' game. It was created by Lulu and the Lampshades and popularized by Pitch Perfect, in which it is performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick). This wikiHow article introduces the...
The beat of The Cup Song is based on "The Cup Game," an old childrens' game. It was created by Lulu and the Lampshades and popularized by Pitch Perfect, in which it is performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick). This wikiHow article introduces the...
The beat of The Cup Song is based on "The Cup Game," an old childrens' game. It was created by Lulu and the Lampshades and popularized by Pitch Perfect, in which it is performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick). This wikiHow article introduces the...
The beat of The Cup Song is based on "The Cup Game," an old childrens' game. It was created by Lulu and the Lampshades and popularized by Pitch Perfect, in which it is performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick). This wikiHow article introduces the...
The beat of The Cup Song is based on "The Cup Game," an old childrens' game. It was created by Lulu and the Lampshades and popularized by Pitch Perfect, in which it is performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick). This wikiHow article introduces the...
The beat of The Cup Song is based on "The Cup Game," an old childrens' game. It was created by Lulu and the Lampshades and popularized by Pitch Perfect, in which it is performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick). This wikiHow article introduces the...
This is a unit that is guaranteed to catch your music student's attention! Students (especially middle school) LOVE the Cup Game! So why not use it to teach them so much more? This is a 19 page PDF download that includes: 1. Table of contents. 2. Five day (or more) suggested lesson guide with direct progression through Bloom's Taxonomy. 3. Reproducible handouts at 2 music reading levels so your students can analyze and dictate the rhythms they are using (Music reading Level 1 avoids the use of 16th notes, and Level 2 includes the 16th notes, so the teacher can use this lesson for students at a variety of abilities). 4. Provides a teaching page with "The Moves" only with picture assistance so they can practice at home and perfect their skills. Also, can be used for the non-reading music students. 5. A template for students to create their own compositions for the emerging composer and complete it with their own choreography. 6. There is a teacher resource page that tells the "story" of the Cup Game and the song and how both have evolved and come together over the last 75 years. 7. Includes many video links to songs, examples, and tutorials Flexible. Adaptable. Hands-On. Fun!
Rhythm Cup Explorations is the popular cup-tapping rhythm program that works in piano lessons, music classrooms, & any place students need to learn rhythm!
The beat of The Cup Song is based on "The Cup Game," an old childrens' game. It was created by Lulu and the Lampshades and popularized by Pitch Perfect, in which it is performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick). This wikiHow article introduces the...
The beat of The Cup Song is based on "The Cup Game," an old childrens' game. It was created by Lulu and the Lampshades and popularized by Pitch Perfect, in which it is performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick). This wikiHow article introduces the...
The beat of The Cup Song is based on "The Cup Game," an old childrens' game. It was created by Lulu and the Lampshades and popularized by Pitch Perfect, in which it is performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick). This wikiHow article introduces the...
The beat of The Cup Song is based on "The Cup Game," an old childrens' game. It was created by Lulu and the Lampshades and popularized by Pitch Perfect, in which it is performed by Beca (Anna Kendrick). This wikiHow article introduces the...
CUPS are an amazing resource. You can drink out of them, they hold things (like popsicle sticks for one of my favorite games- BUSTED), and they make music! I don't know about you, but especially last year with the popularity of Pitch Perfect, my students LOVE cup games. All classes from 3rd grade and up have mastered the basic cup pattern most of us know and love so I have to up my game and introduce many more variations on that pattern, or new cup games that get progressively more difficult. Pitch Perfect 2 is coming out soon- so I am sure CUPS will be popular for a long time- but even if they aren't in the movies, CUP games are so fun! I always find it hard to remove myself from the game because I love them so much and my students are always asking to play as a reward because THEY love them so much. I have compiled a list of some of my favorite cup games and activities- sound off in the comments about your favorites! CUP MAGIC TRICKS! ABRACADABRA! Students start to see cups early on when I do rhythm cup magic tricks. I learned this at a work-shop a few years ago and students love it! Unfortunately, I searched high and low for who taught this to me and I could not find the handout! If this was you- so sorry you aren't credited! Let me know if this sounds so familiar, that you think you may have taught it at a workshop in Ohio 4 or 5 years ago :) Basically I have four cups on a table (or music stand)- each representing a beat. Hidden underneath all of the cups is a cup cut in half to represent ti-ti. We tap the cups, think of "magic" words that only have 1 sound (Bam!, Poof!, Trick etc.). We do this for a little, moving the cups around- stacking and unstacking them, etc. and then I tell them its time for the magic trick. We say A-bra-ca da- bra! and the Ta Ta ti-ti Ta pattern is revealed! They then come up with a few "magic" words that have 2 sounds and we practice more patterns. (Poof! Poof! Magic! Poof!) Sometimes the ti-ti half cups are revealed, sometimes they are covered up. This is great for Prep OR Practice of Ta and Ti-ti- with prep, you can just continue to use magic related words when reading the cup patterns, but once they know the rhythm names, you can reveal a pattern and have them read it on rhythm syllables then notate it with manipulatives. They love this activity! The teacher does have to practice a little to make the reveal of ti-ti cups smooth, without cups or cup parts falling all over the place! My 1st graders are always impressed though- even if half a cup gets stuck... If you do not want to deal with actually cutting some cups in half, I am sure a thick black line drawn down the center of the cup would work just as well. This would be less parts that could fall on the floor- though the kids are always super impressed when I slice the cup in half without scissors :) CUP RHYTHM/ MELODY WRITING You can also have the younger students write out their own rhythms or the rhythm of a song using cups as well. Use big beat strips with hearts for each beat and then have students use BIG cups for quarter notes and smaller cups in a different color for beamed eighth notes. I have also seen using clear cups for rests. This idea I found on pinterest so check out the original pin HERE. Rhythm writing can be done in a different way as well- by writing 1 beat patterns on the edges of foam cups and then having students spin the cups until they find the pattern they want (great for dictation too!) and then writing in on a worksheet. You could also having staff cups with the musical alphabet written on the edges of the cups and they spin the cups to write a song. Take it up a notch by combining the two. This also comes from pinterest so check out the orginal pin HERE. CUP CIRCLE PASSING GAMES As for cup passing games, I start but just teaching the typical pattern I learned at camp when I was 10 (and is the same pattern from the Pitch Perfect Movie). Once the Pattern is learned on it's own I add it to I've Been to Harlem (AKA Turn the Glasses Over)so students can practice it continuously. When we are good we get fast and faster and students who mess up move to another circle so we can see who can do it the fastest and longest without making a mistake! I also use it with Kodaly's Viennese Musical Clock. We do the cup pattern in a big circle on the A section and then students lead non-locomotor movements to the beat on the B, C, D, etc. to show the Rondo form. When teaching the pattern I use the following phrases to keep my students on track, but I have seen it a few ways in various resources such as Game Plan so use what works for you and your students! Phrases are in 4 beat patterns (beats are separated by a comma). After the 1st phrase, all actions happen on the beat- even if I say more syllables. I have indicated a pause with a z to show the rest. Clap, Clap, Tap-Tap, Tap Clap, Move-It, Over, z Clap, pick-it-up, hit-your-left-hand, down Switch, Tap, Pass, z I hand out the following half-sheet so students can practice at home- one side is just the words above and the other side (shown) explains each move in more detail. 3 other cup passing games I love are: la ti do ti do ti la, Chevaliers de la table ronde, and Ludaim One changes directions every other line or at cue of the teacher, one has changing meter (3/4 vs 4/4) and one has 2 cups (and a tricky time signature 8/8 broken down as 3/8+3/8+2/8). ALL are super fun and challenging! I have made videos of myself demonstrating the patterns for 2 of the games- slowing down and explaining each step. They are slightly awkward because I am by myself BUT hopefully they will help you figure out exactly what the directions below mean (as I know written directions can be confusing). I hope to be able update this post in the future with videos of student hands playing! 1: la ti do ti do ti la-This melody is really familiar to me but I can't place it. For this game, the ultimate goal is to change directions at every line OR at the cue of the teacher. Directions: Most beats have an action on the first half of the beat and the 2nd. These actions have been separated by a slash. Beat 1: Tap the floor to the right of the cup with your right hand (RH)/ Tap the floor to the left of the cup with your left hand (LH) Beat 2: Clap/ Tap the floor to the right of the cup with your RH Beat 3: Tap the floor to the left of the cup with your LH/ Pick up the cup with your RH Beat 4: Pass the cup to the person on your right, being sure to place it all the way in front of them. Once your students have mastered the above pattern- reverse it to be as follows: Beat 1: Tap the floor to the left of the cup with your LH/ Tap the floor to the right of the cup with your RH Beat 2: Clap/ Tap the floor to the left of the cup with your LH Beat 3: Tap the floor to the left of the cup with your RH/ Pick up the cup with your LH Beat 4: Pass the cup to the person on your left. Eventually students should switch every other line of music for a fun challenge.. A Super Challenge is to have the students switch at the signal of the teacher. The video shows how to do the motions both ways slow-mo style. 2: Chevaliers de la table ronde- This one has changing meter AND you can change directions for a challenge! Super fun and it has a beautiful melody! Translation: Knights of the Round Table taste to see if the wine is good. Taste see- yes yes yes. Taste see- no no no. (I usually just say this is about the knights of the round table when asked!) This first video is a YOUtube video of men singing the song on a street in France. Directions: When there are 3 beats in a bar the cup is passed as follows: Beat 1: Pass in front to the person on the right Beat 2: Clap Beat 3: Pick up new cup (passed from person to your left) When there are 4 beats in a bar the cup is passed as follows: Beat 1: Pass in front to the person on the right Beats 2 + 3: Tap the rhythm ti-ti Ta on the cup Beat 4: Pick up new cup (passed from the person on your left) Challenge! When the melody repeats, change directions! There is no slow-mo video for this one because the motions are fairly self explanatory but I do hope to upload one of my students singing and playing the game soon, as they are learning it right now! This is one the teacher has to practice before teaching A LOT to be sure they are changing at the right time. A tip is you are tapping "Ti-ti ta" in the 4/4 measures when you are singing "oui oui oui" or "non non non" so the words fit the movements really well at those parts. I prep this game by having students first just read the rhythm and show the changing meter by hitting the floor on beat one of a measure and then clapping the other beats. Next we do basically the same pattern as the ultimate game, but on their laps before putting cups in their hand. When it says pass students would tap the floor to their right and when it says pick up new cup students tap the floor to their left. A clap is still a clap and when they would normally tap ti-ti ta on their cup, we tap our legs. Only once most of them have mastered this action do we add the actual cups in a circle- and even then, it still takes a few weeks for some to master but it is still super fun! 3: LUDAIM- This is the one with the funky meter AND 2 cups! Super fun! Translation: Geese, Geese. There were twelve. All of the twelve were white. (Note: this comes from google translate so it could be a little off, but I think I got the basic meaning). Directions: Hint- start with cups of two DIFFERENT colors (ex. everyone has a red cup in their left hand and a blue in their right), because you always keep the cup that starts in your left hand! This way you can tell if you are on track when the patterns always alternates colors. If you have two cups of the same color next to each other, something is wrong! 1st Eighth note: Pass cup in right hand to the person on your right while simultaneously passing the cup in your left hand to your own right hand. 2nd eighth note: Clap 3rd and 4th eighth notes: Clap the rhythm ti-ka ti (ti-ri ti) on the cups (Right-Left Right) 5th eighth note: Click (Snap) Fingers (this is always on the 2nd half of a quarter note in the melody so be sure to snap BEFORE you sing the next word!) 6th eighth note: Pick up both cups 7th eighth note: Cross hands and set cups down (cups switch places so cup that WAS in your right hand is now on the left and cup that WAS on the left is now on the right) 8th eighth note: Pick up cups to begin again! This one I start right away with cups (after knowing the melody and words of the song of course!) The visual of having the two colored cups really helps in figuring this one out. Of course we start slow, and without singing at the same time. They are always so excited when they get this one! I think this year I may make a recording of the students singing the song after they have learned it so that they can then play the game to the recording and sing along when they are ready. Update: I attended a workshop this summer (July 2015) and we used these same motions with the song Land of the Silver Birch. It worked really well and I can't wait to use it in my classroom. My students learned Silver Birch last year so we will be starting the year off right- with a cup game! The video just shows a slow breakdown of the movement so you can kind of get a visual. It is not as hard as it seems! I learned all 3 of the trickier CUP games in Hungary last year from Lucinda Geoghegan during her Singing Games Class and they are great for upper grades. All are challenging enough to motivate kids, but not so difficult that students will give up easily. I had a lot of fun learning them all! In addition to playing cup games, I love to share the HARVARD CUPS! Videos. 2009 is my favorite, but the Harvard Percussion Ensemble THUD makes a CUPS! video every year. Check them out on Youtube! I also just saw this other great CUPS video that uses the traditional cup pattern to accompany Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Super Cool! I may have my older students make up their own CUP passing patterns to a given song this year- It would be a great activity for a sub. Rhythms we use in class would be a must in their pattern, but other than that they would have creative freedom! Since it is currently winter (though I know... Christmas is past...), I have one more fun activity to share which I found via pinterest. This is a great Nutcracker Cup game made by Eric L. Young. So fun! My students loved this activity- and making up their own cup movements to other Nutcracker songs this year! Share your favorite cup game or way you incorporate cups into your classroom below! Do you use them for listening like with the Viennese Musical Clock by Kodaly or Trepak activity from the Nutcracker? Do you use them to practice steady beat/ rhythm/ mixed meter?
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PATTERNS ONLY - NOT A COMPLETED ITEM These are hand drawn not computer drafted patterns to make felt cutouts to be used on a felt or flannel board. Great for teachers, preschools, early childhood centers, family day care, playgroups and families. Large pieces make this set wonderful for the classroom situation especially during group activities enabling all children to see clearly what is on the felt board. Felt stories are wonderful for developing language and vocabulary. The classic song of I'm a Little Teapot has been around forever. This is a simple set that anyone can make. Pattern includes: • Full sized patterns • Detailed step by step instructions • Teapot • Cup with Tea • Tea Bag • Sugar Bowl and Spoon • Creamer • Lemon Slice • Song printed on a separate page that could be laminated. NOTE: I use freezer paper to print and cut my patterns. It is the secret to cutting small precise pieces! Freezer paper is available as a roll in grocery stores and can be cut into 8 1/2" x 11" sheets to print on or you can purchase precut sheets. I have also included basic instructions on making a felt board with this pattern. PLEASE NOTE: PATTERNS ARE INSTANT DOWNLOADS AND ARE NOT REFUNDABLE. Please do not share the patterns with others. Feel free to share my Etsy Shop. Thank you!
Printable song sticks to use for transitions and circle time in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.
My musical cups routine to the infectious song "Havana" is sure to be a hit with your students in grades 2-4! This is a great activity to leave for a substitute teacher, and it can also be used as a show-stopping performance piece. There are 2 cups patterns and 1 movement pattern to learn. Once students have mastered these easy patterns as taught in the video, they will put them together to perform with the song. This resource includes: A 10 minute follow-along video teaching students the cups and movement patterns Clear instructions for teachers PowerPoint slides featuring both graphics and rhythmic notation to guide students' learning You and your students will love this fun, easy, and ready-to-go lesson!
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Now that I have little kiddos to encourage, I thought it to be necessary for me to have a cheer can. After doing something cheer worthy, ...
The Cup Song From Pitch Perfect Tutorial!: This is a tutorial on how to do 'the cup song' from Pitch Perfect (You're gonna miss me when I've gone)! If you don't know what it is, go check out this video which is a cover of the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oqsc6ahHVI This video i…
High Shoals Elementary School Music Blog, Oconee County GA, Orff Music Instruction
High Shoals Elementary School Music Blog, Oconee County GA, Orff Music Instruction
This week in the Get Ready for K Through PLAY! series we are focusing on activities that develop the social and emotional skills needed for Kindergarten. The ability to follow directions, especially oral, multi-step
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Dot composing is an easy way to get your music students to become composing utilizing rhythm work. Stickers or dabbers are great for this activity that can be used many times in your classroom.
