Tag Archives: pitch movements

Bricks – Following a Melody

Posted on September 23, 2018 by

I’m spending more and more time in lessons with beginners working on identifying ‘steps’ (seconds) and ‘skips’. Reading music becomes much quicker when you don’t go to the trouble of working out the letter name of each note, but merely … Continue reading →

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Issue 103: Pitch – year 3/4

Posted on September 15, 2013 by

I have decided to spend the first half of term exploring pitch with my year 3 and 4 class (7 and 8 year-olds). The year 4s spent last year doing a Wider Opportunities Djembe programme, so didn’t have much time … Continue reading →

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Issue 15: Miss Mary Mack – a versatile singing game

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

You can find the tune for this song in several books; Young Voiceworks (OUP) and Okki-Tokki-Unga (A C Black) to name just two. Here it is anyway;  There are a couple more verses; She asked her Mother, Mother, Mother for … Continue reading →

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