Monthly Archives: August 2013

Issue 101: Welcome to The Jungle

Posted on August 26, 2013 by

  I’m beginning to think ahead to the start of next term now. Having been completely “teachered-out” by the end of July, I’m now looking forward to next term with renewed enthusiasm. One thing I don’t miss is choosing the Christmas … Continue reading →

Posted in The Jungle | Leave a comment

Issue 101: Earworms

Posted on August 26, 2013 by

I only came across the word “earworm” recently; and discovered that I am not the last person in the world to find out what an earworm is. My current earworm is the Faure song “En Priere” with its haunting melody … Continue reading →

Posted in The Jungle | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Issue 101: Class music lesson plans

Posted on August 26, 2013 by

Compared to my colleagues who teach other subjects in the primary schools that I work in, I think that I have it easy when it comes to lesson planning. Compared to some of my other music teaching colleagues, I am far … Continue reading →

Posted in The organised teacher | Tagged | Leave a comment

Issue 101: “I haven’t managed to do much practice this week”

Posted on August 26, 2013 by

Sometimes my students land up on the piano stool with a string of muttered “It’s been a busy week” type of excuses. This needs some unpacking. Maybe it really has been a busy week and they really haven’t had much … Continue reading →

Posted in Practising | Leave a comment

Issue 100: Welcome to The Jungle

Posted on August 20, 2013 by

This is a milestone issue – Number 100! That means over 300 articles (not counting the “welcome” post at the head of each issue) over the two years that this “magazine” has been up and running. One day, maybe, I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in The Jungle | Leave a comment

Issue 100: Richard Meyrick on YouTube

Posted on August 20, 2013 by

Now here is a FIND, for everyone who hasn’t discovered these videos. You may remember that I embarked upon a week of reacquainting myself with the piano earlier this month; a friend commented that Richard Meyrick’s exercises are also good. Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Piano, Practising | Tagged | Leave a comment

Issue 100: An Octave of Boomwhackers

Posted on August 20, 2013 by

Last week, I posted on my cunning plan to add boomwhackers to two of my samba groups to allow for larger classes of around 40 children. I had some time to spare, and occupied myself with working out how to … Continue reading →

Posted in Samba | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Issue 100: Moving along from here to there

Posted on August 20, 2013 by

Much of successful class music lesson planning does not involve teaching music at all. Here is an example of what I mean: A lot of the time I have to collect a class from one point – their class room, or the … Continue reading →

Posted in Lessons that have happened, The organised teacher | Tagged , | Leave a comment