Category Archives: Resources

Issue 105: Why is my backpack SO heavy?

You need the strength of Hercules to be a music teacher. Or else I am doing something wrong. I stagger into the school loaded up with a handbag – more like my life-support system (2kg), a djembe (7kg), a samba bag … Continue reading

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Issue 105: Rabbit run on the frozen ground

This is a great little children’s song from Kentucky. I first came across is in Jo McNally’s “Young Voiceworks” anthology – a resource I go back to time and time again (Warm up and Stomp Cannon, Star light, star bright, … Continue reading

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Issue 102: British Museum – Roman Instruments

Are you covering “Romans” as a topic this term? Well, scroll down this link http://www.britishmuseum.org/learning/schools_and_teachers/resources/cultures/ancient_rome/roman_britain.aspx and you will find a power point slideshow that you can download, featuring pictures and statues of instruments of the period. I haven’t investigated the … Continue reading

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Issue 102: Speedshifter from ABRSM

This is a sweet little app you can download to your PC or MAC for free from www.abrsm.org, the website for the Royal Schools of Music. You can also download it to your mobile phone for £2.99. It will allow … Continue reading

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Issue 89: Rippling Rhythm

This fantastic 1930s dance tune is featured in the AC Black Music Publication “Elements: Listening to Music 5+”.   The book has been re-issued as part of the Music Express Series: I have no idea if the contents are the … Continue reading

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Issue 86: Tambourines

I’ve just added another set of instruments to the armoury that I keep in the back of the car; a bag of eight simple tambourines (without skins). I spotted them in a display of random wooden instruments in a shop that … Continue reading

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Issue 81: www.singforpleasure.org.uk

Years and years ago I bought a set of songbooks from “Sing for Pleasure”. Their website is here:  http://www.singforpleasure.org.uk/ and you can buy the booklets individually from a few pounds each. The investment was Well Worth the Money! Although there is … Continue reading

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Issue 79: Music Resources from The V and A Museum

I have discovered that you can listen to, and download, a host of short recordings on the V and A website here: http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/m/music/. For example, secular music through the ages is available here: http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/s/secular-music/ music hall and variety: http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/m/music-hall/ religious music: … Continue reading

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