Monthly Archives: October 2012

Issue 62: Welcome to the Jungle

Half term. Phew. Eight weeks seems a very long time. I find that most music topics seem to fit neatly into 6 week,s and can be stretched to make 7 weeks, but 8? Last week in my class music teaching, I … Continue reading

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Issue 62: Victor Borge

Victor Borge is one of the best, ever, musical comedians. I was introduced to him a long, long time ago by my parents, who have all his recordings. He used to appear on programmes such as the Morcambe and Wise … Continue reading

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Issue 62: Shaun the Sheep

Friday 26th October Shaun’s Bleat Box http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/shauns-bleat-box-game Nuff said. Go play!        

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Issue 62: P D Q Bach

I came across the “New Horizons in Music Appreciation” a few years ago, when a friends played me their CD. This is Beethoven’s Fifth symphony(first movement) with a base-ball match-style commentary, which, incidentally, is a pretty good analysis of its melodic … Continue reading

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Issue 61: Welcome to the Jungle

This week there is a new action game I came across, and a an outline of this half term’s lessons with a year 1 2 class all about instruments, and the Three Little Pigs. I have also jotted down a few … Continue reading

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Issue 61: Recording in music lessons

Technology is a wonderful thing, when it works. As in easy-to-use, reliable, fool-proof. Especially fool-proof! I am lucky enough to have a laptop with a quite a good inbuilt microphone. This makes it easy to record bits of lessons without … Continue reading

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Issue 61: The Three Little Pigs

This half of term I have been looking at “timbre” with a year 1 and 2 class, working towards performing a “musical” version of the Three Little Pigs. This fitted in nicely with their class topic of “Traditional Stories”. We … Continue reading

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Issue 61: Diddle Diddle Dumpling, My Son John

I learned this game from a colleague on Wednesday, who had learned it from someone else on Tuesday. I taught it to another colleague on Thursday…… Iraqi Jewish kubbeh (wikipedia) Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his … Continue reading

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