School Radio © BBC 2015www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio

School Radio

The Tempest6. Brave new worldSONG Oh I love you so (oh I love you so) I’m never gonna let you go (never gonna let you go) Oh I love you so (oh I love you so) I’m never gonna let you go (no no no)

CARRIE Hello again! I’m Carrie Grant! Welcome to the ‘Academy of Lurve’! I’ll sing the first line of today’s song – ‘Brave new world’. You echo and then the same with the second line. I’ll give you 3, 4 each time…

I can’t believe, the wonder of it all.

2, 3, 4 –

ALL I can’t believe, the wonder of it all.

CARRIE I’ve waited, oh so long for love to call.

2, 3, 4 –

ALL I’ve waited, oh so long for love to call.

CARRIE Both lines now, without me singing first.

2, 3, 4 –

ALL I can’t believe, the wonder of it all. I’ve waited, oh so long for love to call.

CARRIE The rhythm of that second line may be causing a few problems - it’s just slightly different from the first. So let’s sing both lines again. 2, 3, 4 –

ALL I can’t believe, the wonder of it all. I’ve waited, oh so long for love to call.

CARRIE The next line is a short musical phrase sung twice to different words, like this:

It’s a brave new world with a brand new girl,

1

School Radio © BBC 2015www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio

School Radio

The Tempest

2

CARRIE

ALL

CARRIE

ALL

CARRIE

ALL

CARRIE

You try it. 4, and –

It’s a brave new world

3, 4, and –

with a brand new girl,

Listen now:

and a boy who wears his heart upon his sleeve.

Your turn now. 2, 3 –

and a boy who wears his heart upon his sleeve.

Let’s try that whole section now. From ‘It’s a brave new world’. After 3, 4, 1. 3, 4, 1 -

ALL It’s a brave new worldwith a brand new girl,and a boy who wears his heart upon his sleeve.

CARRIE I think we can try that from the top of the verse now. I’ll count you in, 3, 4.1, 2, 3, 4 –

ALL I can’t believe the wonder of it all.I waited, oh so long for love to call.It’s a brave new worldwith a brand new girl,and a boy who wears his heart upon his sleeve.

CARRIE You’ve done it - that’s Verse 1. The chorus is really easy...

Oh I love you so I’m never gonna let you go Oh I love you so I’m never gonna let you go

Try the whole chorus now. I’ll cue you in with 3, 4. 3, 4 -

ALL Oh I love you so (oh I love you so)I’m never gonna let you go (never gonna let you go)Oh I love you so (oh I love you so)I’m never gonna let you go (no no no)

School Radio © BBC 2015www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio

School Radio

The Tempest

School Radio © BBC 2015www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio

School Radio

The Tempest

3

CARRIE Moving on then - look at the words for Verse 2. I’ll sing the first line, you sing it back and then the same with the second line. I’ll bring you in both times.

It seems to me there’s magic in the air.

1, 2, 3 and –

ALL It seems to me there’s magic in the air.

CARRIE I’m overcome by one so debonair.

1, 2, 3, and –

ALL I’m overcome by one so debonair.

CARRIE The rest of this verse is the same as Verse 1, so we can sing it right through. Starting with ‘It seems to me’...after I count 3, 4. 1, 2, 3, 4 –

ALL It seems to me there’s magic in the air.I’m overcome by one so debonair.It’s a brave new worldwith a brand new girl,and a boy who wears his heart upon his sleeve.

CARRIE Time to learn the middle section. We need two groups for this. Listen to how it begins: the lead group goes first, then the backing vocalists.

SINGERS I can’t believe the wonder of it all.(The lightning and the thunder of it all).I can’t believe the wonder of it all.(The lightning and the thunder says it all).

CARRIE Did you hear how the lead group sings a line and the backing group imi-tate with a slightly different tune and words? We’re going to work on the backing vocal (or BV) first. We’ll play from the lead group’s part at the beginning and I’ll sing the BV...

SINGERS I can’t believe the wonder of it all.

CARRIE (The lightning and the thunder of it all).

School Radio © BBC 2015www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio

School Radio

The Tempest

School Radio © BBC 2015www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio

School Radio

The Tempest

CARRIE Both the lead and backing vocal parts are singing something very slightly different from the tune we sang earlier. Right, BVs - you try it now! Lead part singers - you can sing too. I’ll count you in. 1, 2, 3, 4 –

SINGERS I can’t believe the wonder of it all.

CARRIE 1, 2, 3, 4 –

ALL (The lightning and the thunder of it all).

CARRIE Straight on to the second line. This is a bit trickier at the end for the BVs. Listen as I sing it:

SINGERS I can’t believe the wonder of it all.

CARRIE (The lightning and the thunder says it all).

Uhuh - it’s going along quite simply - and then:

says it all

suddenly springs out on you! That’s:

says it all

are the notes. Quickly:

all

Have a listen with the music:

SINGERS I can’t believe the wonder of it all.

CARRIE (The lightning and the thunder says it all).

CARRIE Let’s try it with the BVs only this time. We’ll hear the lead vocal first and I’ll count you in -

SINGERS I can’t believe the wonder of it all.

CARRIE 1, 2, 3, 4 -

BV GROUP (The lightning and the thunder says it all).

4

School Radio © BBC 2015www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio

School Radio

The Tempest

School Radio © BBC 2015www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio

School Radio

The Tempest

CARRIE It’s tricky! We’ll do it again but with everyone singing their own part - lead vocal first ‘I can’t believe...’ 1, 2, 3, 4 -

LEAD GROUP I can’t believe the wonder of it all.

BV GROUP (The lightning and the thunder says it all).

CARRIE How did that go? Is your teacher giving you the thumbs up? We’ll move on to the rest of this section now. From here on we all sing in unison - that’s when everyone sings the same part. The tune sounds like this:

And every time I look at youmy heart just skips a beat,and if a girl like you could love a boy like me,what a brave new world it’s gonna be.

Let’s break that down into three little chunks. Sing the first bit after I count you in 3, 4, 1.

And every time I look at youmy heart just skips a beat,

3, 4, 1 -

ALL And every time I look at youmy heart just skips a beat,

CARRIE Now the next bit, listen first:

and if a girl like you could love a boy like me,

2, 3, 4, 1 -

ALL and if a girl like you could love a boy like me,

CARRIE And the last bit:

what a brave new world it’s gonna be.

Your turn now. 1, 2, 3, 4 -

ALL what a brave new world it’s gonna be.

CARRIE Aw! How romantic. Okay - ready to run the whole song?

5

School Radio © BBC 2015www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio

School Radio

The Tempest

ALL Verse 1I can’t believe the wonder of it all.I waited, oh so long for love to call.It’s a brave new worldwith a brand new girl,and a boy who wears his heart upon his sleeve.Let me tell you now...

ChorusOh I love you so (oh I love you so)I’m never gonna let you go (never gonna let you go)Oh I love you so (oh I love you so)I’m never gonna let you go (no no no)

Verse 2It seems to me there’s magic in the air.I’m overcome by one so debonair.It’s a brave new worldwith a brand new girl,and a boy who wears his heart upon his sleeve.

Middle sectionI can’t believe the wonder of it all.(The lightning and the thunder of it all).I can’t believe the wonder of it all.(The lightning and the thunder says it all).And every time I look at youmy heart just skips a beat,and if a girl like you could love a boy like me,what a brave new world it’s gonna be.

ChorusOh I love you so (oh I love you so)I’m never gonna let you go (never gonna let you go)Oh I love you so (oh I love you so)I’m never gonna let you go (no no no)

6