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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Issue 83: Welcome to the Jungle
Easter holidays – and somehow this edition of the Jungle has become so late that it is really next week’s issue. However it is full of goodies: some ideas for crowd control that have worked for me, a fantastic new … Continue reading
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Issue 83:Attracting Attention
I’ve tried a number of ways of gaining the attention of a class of children who are all otherwise engaged. These techniques have all worked, in the various teaching environments that I find myself. The main tactic is to try … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour management
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Issue 83:New Djembe Rhythm from Ianto Thornber
I needed a replacement tamborim head, and contacted http://www.knockonwood.co.uk/. It was a bit of a random choice – I just searched the internet and chose this one as the most likely supplier to come up with what I wanted. So, … Continue reading
Issue 83:The Hymn of St Kassiani
I played a Hildegard von Bingen track from Heavenly Revelations with a year 1 and 2 class at the end of last term. It was a bit of a random choice – it just happened to be the track that I had just been listening to … Continue reading
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Tagged Byzantine tones, Hildegard von Bingen
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Issue 83: Welcome to the Jungle
I had a little holiday from the Jungle over Easter, but I’m back again! I listened to all kinds of weird and wonderful music (thank you, youtube) and here’s a selection: unlikely versions of “in a Persian Market” and “Also … Continue reading
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Issue 83: These Music Exams
Every so often, I put myself in the position of my pupils; I take a music exam. Unnecessarily? It started when I took my LTCL as an adult, after I had been working in the computer industry for many years. … Continue reading
Issue 83: In a Persian Market?
Many years ago I used to play in a handbell consort. Indeed, it was a rather top-notch handbell consort. We played “off the table” rather than “in hand”, which meant that we each had an array of up to about … Continue reading
Issue 83: Portsmouth Sinfonia
I thought this was a huge joke when it first came to my attention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpJ6anurfuw a youtube video of what happens when everyone swaps to an instrument that they can’t actually play. Laugh? I howled! But it seems there is more … Continue reading