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Issue 80: Recording Recorder Lessons

OK, so I probably shouldn’t have done it. But I did, and it’s done. Friday afternoons are probably my least favourite times for trying to teach music in primary schools. The children are a toxic mixture of over-tired from the … Continue reading

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Issue 61: Recording in music lessons

Technology is a wonderful thing, when it works. As in easy-to-use, reliable, fool-proof. Especially fool-proof! I am lucky enough to have a laptop with a quite a good inbuilt microphone. This makes it easy to record bits of lessons without … Continue reading

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Issue 61: The Three Little Pigs

This half of term I have been looking at “timbre” with a year 1 and 2 class, working towards performing a “musical” version of the Three Little Pigs. This fitted in nicely with their class topic of “Traditional Stories”. We … Continue reading

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Issue 48: Performing and Recording

This week I took part in a recording session for the very first time. I had accompanied a junior school choir in their summer concert last week. They sang magnificently, with confidence and enthusiasm.  I could have done with learning … Continue reading

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Issue 41: Ofsted Report on Music Teaching in Schools

Much to my surprise, I found this to be an interesting and inspiring read. You can find it here: http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/music-schools-wider-still-and-wider and I downloaded the pdf report, rather than the summary. Music in schools wider still, and wider.pdf pdf 326.94 KB It is … Continue reading

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Issue 24: Recording and Playback and Piano Lessons

Having a quick and easy method of instantly recording and replaying music is a valuable teaching tool which I sometimes use during piano lessons, to illuminate specific points. Sometimes, hearing particular issues, rather than discussing them, is a much more effective … Continue reading

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