Monthly Archives: June 2013

Issue 92: Obwisana

Posted on June 23, 2013 by

This is a Ghanaian Children’s song. I watched a you-tube clip of children playing a “stone-passing” game, identical to the “Zum Galli Galli” game;   Here is the song: (Copied and pasted from www.mamalisa.com) http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1254&c=36  where you can read all … Continue reading →

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Issue 91: Welcome to the Jungle

Posted on June 15, 2013 by

At last – I’m back on track with getting an issue of the Jungle up on time! Yesterday I accompanied 14 music exams including two renditions (renderings?) of the dreaded “Promenade” from “Pictures at an Exhibition”.  I have fallen in love … Continue reading →

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Issue 91: Musical Oddities

Posted on June 15, 2013 by

This is the bonus post I promised for last week! This link takes you to some great images of “musical instruments”, like the typewriter below http://agentchin.typepad.com/grabbag/2006/02/musical_odditie.html     And here’s a selection in a 1930s newsreel film: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/musical-oddities/query/historical       … Continue reading →

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Issue 91: Sight-Reading Skills

Posted on June 15, 2013 by

I have been doing a crash-course in sight-reading for several pianists recently. Although this is written with the piano in mind, the same process would work on other instruments. This is what I do for grades higher than 1 and … Continue reading →

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Issue 91: Sumer is i-cumen in

Posted on June 15, 2013 by

I thought of this as a topic for last week, and then got side-tracked into something else. Here’s the text:   If you know the song and the words, it is possible to follow the original version. Here it is … Continue reading →

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Issue 91: Jardins sous la pluie

Posted on June 15, 2013 by

I was out first thing this morning, driving through rain and sun and blue skies and wind all at once. The combination was extraordinarily beautiful; the rain driving in straight lines into the windscreen, the standing water shimmering as the … Continue reading →

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Issue 90: Welcome to the Jungle

Posted on June 9, 2013 by

And AGAIN I have to apologise for missing a week. What can I say? The skies were blue, (the wind was icy cold, slicing through the sunshine), the views were magnificent – and there was NO WIFI. What else do you expect when you … Continue reading →

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Issue 90: Singing Games

Posted on June 9, 2013 by

I’ve posted on this topic before, but this is the ideal time of year to incorporate playground games into your lessons, which the children can them play outside. A short trawl through the internet, and youtube, should supply you with … Continue reading →

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