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Category Archives: Clarinets
Issue 17: Easy Christmas Carols and Tunes
This is a bit of a post-in-a-hurry; but here are a few ideas; Mary had a Baby, yes, Lord Mary had a Baby, yes my Lord Mary had a Baby, yes Lord The people keep-a-coming and the train done gone. … Continue reading
Posted in Clarinets, Keyboards, Ocarina, Piano, Recorders, The organised teacher
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Issue 14: 101 things to do with “Rain on the Green Grass”
There’s a nice little 3-note round on the www.singup.org website; Rain on the green grass Rain on the tree Rain on the house tops But not on me. If you want to see the notation, have a look at the website. … Continue reading
Posted in Clarinets, Composition, Djembe, Keyboards, Lessons that have happened, Ocarina, Piano, Recorders, Songs, The organised teacher, Theory
Tagged class work, composition, dynamics, form, instrumental work, keystage1, keystage2, mood, notation, rhythm, rounds, songs, tempo, theory, wider opportunities
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Issue 10: The Lokey-Cokey (Or “Left hand on Top”)
Hands up if you know the “Hokey Cokey”? Here’s a version to sing as a warm-up before clarinet and recorder lessons: WORDS ACTIONS You put your Left Hand in Put your left hand in You put your Left hand out … Continue reading
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Tagged action song, clarinets, recorders, warm up
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Issue 5: Dishing Out The Instruments
I reckon this is about the most complicated part of your average music lesson. I learned how to manage this “the hard way”. Actually, I am still learning how to do this – but it is getting easier as the … Continue reading
Issue 5: Hi Low Chickalow
This is a little playground clapping game which I learned from my daughter when she was a junior school. Some children know it as part of a longer clapping rhyme. Arrange the children in pairs, and get them to shake … Continue reading
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Tagged clapping game, finger exercises, keystage1, keystage2, notation, pitch, pulse
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Issue 4: Here come the aliens – catch them if you can!
Question: What’s the difference between playing a computer game and playing music? Answer: Almost nothing. Let’s investigate further; Playing a Computer Game Playing Music The scenes scroll past your eyes The page doesn’t move Your eyes don’t move Your eyes track across … Continue reading
Issue 2: The “Putting Your Clarinet Together” song
Teaching thirty-five children to put their clarinets together, simultaneously, is a real test of control; your class-control skills, and the children’s self-control skills, never minding other important skills such as “listening to instructions” and even “following instructions”. You need to have … Continue reading