Tag Archives: graphic score

2017/7 Beethoven’s Fifth for Ocarinas

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

Last term I achieved a long-held ambition. When I stumbled across an arrangement of the themes from the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony for ocarinas I simply burst into laughter. Then I decided that it was something that HAD … Continue reading →

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5/100 Easy Peasy Composition (and evaluation)

Posted on January 24, 2016 by

I’m teaching composition to primary classes from Reception to Year 6 (and even a one-off inset session for Primary School Teachers) this term. Here’s how I’m going about it. First, I’ve explored dynamics (loud and soft, and changing between them) with the class. … Continue reading →

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New Year Issue 117: Monkey Business

Posted on January 2, 2014 by

Lying in bed before the alarm went off this morning, I came up with this little body/vocal percussion number Monkey Business 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Big Ba- boon (stamp) (click) Chimp-  -an zee (click)  (click) tan … Continue reading →

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Christmas Issue 116: 30th December 2013 – Stripsody

Posted on December 30, 2013 by

I’ve written about this composition by Cathy Berberian here: http://www.themusicjungle.co.uk/live/2012/01/27/issue-23-words-and-music/ If you search on youtube you can find a number of different versions, with and without the score. I’m planning to use this with a year 5 and 6 class who … Continue reading →

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Issue 38: Swirled World Graphic Score

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

Here is the link to the National Institute for Environmental Health (of America) where I got this idea; http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/explore/nworld/earth2_swirled_world.htm  It looked as though this might be a bit messy, but hey, I had fifteen minutes before it was time to … Continue reading →

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Issue 35: Sounds, Syllables and Spellings

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

This term, I am using the topic of “around the world” as a starting point for my keystage 1 class music lessons. I came up with the bright idea of using the number of syllables in the name of a … Continue reading →

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