Tag Archives: pulse games

Issue 97: Ho! and Hey!

Posted on July 27, 2013 by

This is a nice little game that we learned in the Nordoff-Robbins improvisation session; The leader establishes a steady pulse on their instrument, and everyone joins in. The rules are dead simple. When the leader calls “Hey!” everyone switches to … Continue reading →

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Issue 96: Zum galli galli variants

Posted on July 22, 2013 by

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 →

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Issue 92: Obwisana

Posted on June 23, 2013 by

This is a Ghanaian Children’s song. I watched a you-tube clip of children playing a “stone-passing” game, identical to the “Zum Galli Galli” game;   Here is the song: (Copied and pasted from www.mamalisa.com) http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1254&c=36  where you can read all … Continue reading →

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Issue 88: Switch – Taking it to another level

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

To my amazement, I met a music teacher who didn’t know how to play “Switch”. It’s a great game for pulse and rhythm, focus, and independence. So here’s how you play it. before you play it with the children, you … Continue reading →

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Issue 86: Music Conference 2013: Body Percussion Game

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

Here’s a great idea for getting a class to be focussed and awake! I have taken the idea from part of a workshop on percussion skills lead by an Advanced Skills teacher. It is simplicity itself, and here’s how it … Continue reading →

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Issue 61: Diddle Diddle Dumpling, My Son John

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

I learned this game from a colleague on Wednesday, who had learned it from someone else on Tuesday. I taught it to another colleague on Thursday…… Iraqi Jewish kubbeh (wikipedia) Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his … Continue reading →

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Issue 60: Great Big House in New Orleans

Posted on October 12, 2012 by

This is a catchy traditional American song, using the pentatonic scale.  I have used it as a circle game; children take it in turns to choose the pie – banana, chocolate and mud being some of the more popular flavours, … Continue reading →

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Issue 58: Variations on The Name Game (or The “Concentration” Game)

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

This is the essential warm-up for the beginning of the new school year when you are faced by a host of bright, shiny and eager little faces and you need to learn 30-odd names in a very short space of … Continue reading →

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