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Tag Archives: pulse and rhythm
54/100 “So-Mi” songs, Bee Bee
Another So-mi song which I use all the time with classes up to the age of about 7 It’s well worth indicating the pitch movement in the melody, with Kodaly hand movements or just by moving your hand up, down, … Continue reading
Posted in Class Teaching, Early Years, Lessons that have happened, Songs
Tagged pulse and rhythm, singing game, so mi songs
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53/100 “So-mi” songs – Leo the Lion
I have updated the ukulele page with some more simple songs, using Am7 (open strings), C chord, and F chord, but, looking back, I haven’t published the notation for these songs before. So here are a few posts to get … Continue reading
Posted in Class Teaching, Lessons that have happened, Songs, Ukulele
Tagged call and response, pulse and rhythm, singing game, so mi songs
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13/100 Stone-passing game
I may not have got the tune or words exactly right – that’s what happens when things are transmitted by word of mouth. The words are (I think) from the Yoruba language in Africa, and go something like this: Obisana … Continue reading
Sunday 26th April – BOOMWHACKERS – WEEK 1
So how did week 1 go? On the whole, I’m pleased. My decision to only use the shorter tubes until the children were used to playing them turned out to be a Very Good Idea Indeed. I also made certain that the … Continue reading
Issue 131: A useful little filler activity
One of my classes arrives in the school hall piece-meal from several different places. Consequently it is very difficult to plan a tidy start to the lesson. Yesterday, as they shambled in through the various doors, I struck upon a … Continue reading
Issue 122: Improvisation and Listen-and-copy Game
Here’s a variation on the “pass the shaker” improvisation game, which helps keep a whole class engaged. The basic game is just passing a shaker round the circle while counting, or maybe all saying a chant. Whoever is holding the … Continue reading
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Tagged pulse and rhythm, Pulse game
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Issue 96: Zum galli galli variants
Issue 96: Zum galli Galli variants I’ve given details of this pulse/circle game here. Compal essential peach I’ve used all kinds of things for passing round the circle; the best are small flattish PE cones (the sort that are … Continue reading
Issue 96: The Cup Game
At last! A chance to teach The Cup Game, which I first wrote about here. It was the last music lesson of term, and I had finished the topic that we had been working on, so I was looking for … Continue reading
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Tagged circle games, cup game, pulse and rhythm
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