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Issue 1: First keyboard lesson of the year with a Wider Opportunities class

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

Oh joy! This is one of my favourite lessons of term! This is the day that the children are introduced to their keyboards; let’s not kid ourselves that any formal music teaching is going to take place but it is … Continue reading →

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Issue 1: My Hat, It Has Three Corners / Venetian Carnival

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

The Hat in the song is a three-cornered hat, like the one Captain Jack Sparrow wears in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films. When you teach the song it’s worth making sure that “soh-doh” interval in line three, “And had”, … Continue reading →

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