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Tag Archives: pulse
Subdividing the Pulse – Movement
One of my piano teachers, the one that taught me through to my Teaching Diploma, was fanatical in demanding accuracy in subdividing the pulse. So much so, that when I heard a subway busker playing Bach on her flute, it … Continue reading
Posted in Class Teaching, Djembe, Lessons that have happened
Tagged pulse, Pulse game
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17/60 March to the Beat
I learned this activity at a training day earlier this week, and have been trying it out yesterday – three times! With year 1 (just 5 of them, as reception had already gone home), a year 3 and 4 class, … Continue reading
15/100 1,2,3 It’s Good to Be Me
Great song for Keystage 1 and Early Years; It is on www.singup.org, and also on youtube here, with words and signing; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igmU0b65WCU and here, as a backing track and words only; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYexa_3uFGc I haven’t tried signing properly it yet. I … Continue reading
Posted in Class Teaching, Early Years, Lessons that have happened, Percussion, Songs
Tagged internalising the pulse, keystage 1, pulse
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Issue 143: Grandma, Grandma – a complete samba lesson
The toughest class I teach at the moment is the very last one on a Friday afternoon. It doesn’t really matter which class, age group, instrument – I’m beginning to think that the problem lies in the words “Friday Afternoon”. … Continue reading
Issue 100: An Octave of Boomwhackers
Last week, I posted on my cunning plan to add boomwhackers to two of my samba groups to allow for larger classes of around 40 children. I had some time to spare, and occupied myself with working out how to … Continue reading
Issue 42: Help With Sight-Reading – Keeping the Pulse and Rhythm
I discovered early on – probably at about Grade 2 – that I couldn’t actually cope with counting numbers out loud “1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and ” while trying to read and play handfuls of notes. I … Continue reading
Issue 40: Olympic and Jubilee Celebrations – The National Anthem
The school will be celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee with a playground party and the singing of the National Anthem. That gave me an idea; Resources; Enough copies of the National Anthem sheet below; all the pitched percussion you can lay … Continue reading
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Tagged Jubilee, melody, Olympics, pitched percussion, pulse
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