Key teaching skills

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Articulation with Charanga

In this video the teacher uses the charanga musical school resource to explore articulation on the clarinet.

Using Charanga Musically

The charanga musical school resource offers great choice in repertoire but must always be supported with specialist k...

Off We Go

In this whole class lesson the teacher is exploring singing with Year 6.

Language Acquisition

In this short extract from a music lesson the teacher explores singing with a traditional African song.

Whole Class Set Up: Guitar

Whole class teaching is a partnership between the school and the visiting music teachers.

Listen and Copy

In this WCIT Year 4 guitar lesson, the teacher uses simple listen and copy to warm up the finger technique prior to p...

Creative Singing

Singing in whole class teaching offers everyone the chance to engage in the lesson.

Stages - Listen Sing Play

Often in whole class teaching, we are required to teach with a more staged approach than we would in small group less...

Limited Talking

In whole class teaching it is expected that the teacher will need to question and describe the physical experience of...

Understanding Duration

This teacher questions the class on note lengths relative to the piece they have just played.

Rhythm Game

This Rhythm game is an excellent assessment for learning tool. The teacher can see visually if the class are beginnin...

Extended Rhythm game

See Rhythm Game for the first stage of this learning game. In this short clip the teacher extends the level of challe...

Using Pupils to Model

This teacher uses a student to assist in modelling the warm up in this group lesson.

Introducing New Pieces

Group teaching offers a excellent opportunity to contextualise learning.

Part playing 1

In this group brass lesson the teacher introduces Frere Jacques in stages.

Part Playing 2

The outcomes of simple part playing. Rounds are an excellent way to first introduce this to students.

The Singing Starter

The voice is the most portable instrument we have.

Y6 Brass Performance

This brass group was introduced to the beginning of Swing Low Sweet Chariot.

Rhythm Cards

Rhythm cards are a useful starter activity for many aspects of teaching. In this example, the teacher uses an ipad to...

Group Teaching: Keyboards

Keyboard can often be overlooked in the musical provision within schools.

Choir Warm Up: Me Moo Ma

This classroom practitioner has developed a large school choir in a diverse school.

Choir Warm Up: Articulation

This classroom practitioner develops the choir warm up further into articulation.

Action Songs

Encouraging an extra-curricular group must involve an element of fun.

Building Confidence and Participation

This classroom practitioner is in the early stages of building a school choir.

Choir Repertoire

This school choir begin approaching new repertoire by learning the African words.

Scaffolding Composition

The periodic direction from the class teacher helps to scaffold this composition lesson so that the class are focused...

Behaviour Management

Music, as a subject based in sound, requires teachers to have strategies for managing behaviour including starting/st...

Exit Strategies

Finishing a lesson can be a tool for learning and review.

Playing Other Instruments

This instrumental brass teacher acknowledges the importance of playing and modelling other brass instruments.

Violin Posture

This instrumental violin teacher discusses the importance of establishing correct posture and instrument hold in begi...

Confidence

This instrumental string teacher discusses her approaches to teaching and the connection with confidence

CPD: Instrumental Teachers

This instrumental teacher discusses the support structures available within a music service. Training and CPD are imp...

Bow Hold

This instrumental teacher offers some advice for developing correct bow hold.

Whole Class Teaching

This teacher discusses the content and value of whole class teaching.

Brass Basics

This instrumental brass teacher discusses the importance of establishing correct posture and instrument hold in begin...

Importance of Performance

This teacher describes the impact performances have had on the school ethos, community and progress of pupils.

Choosing the Instrument

This teacher discusses an approach for students to choose the instrument for them.

Flute Posture

This teacher talks about the benefits of good posture, instrument hold and technique.

Developing Scale Practice

This teacher discusses the rationale behind scale practice offering suggestions on how to incorporate them into warm ...

Why Perform?

This teacher articulates the benefits of performance and the impact they have on young performers.

Professional Isolation

This instrumental teacher discusses the value of forging professional relationships with school colleagues.

Singing for the Non-Specialist

Instrumental teachers are now using their voice more and more in whole class teaching.

Clarinet Basics

This teacher discusses the benefits of good posture, instrument hold and technique.

Difficult Passages

This teacher offers some advice on strategies for approaching difficult technical passages.

WCIT Variety

This teacher discusses the content of her whole class lessons including the importance of 'brain breaks.'

Keyboard Teaching

This teacher discusses some of the elements of keyboard provision within a music service.

Singing and the Vocal Teacher

This experienced teachers discusses his approach to singing from the starting point that everyone can sing.

Woodwind Teaching

This woodwind teacher discusses his experiences working in a music service.

Brass: Air

This experienced Head of Brass discusses his approaches to teaching the essential elements of brass instruments.

Teaching WCIT

This teacher discusses the pedagogy, content, challenges and solutions of whole class teaching.

Relationship with Schools

This experienced teacher discusses aspects of the relationship between the school and the visiting instrumental teach...

Professional Isolation and the Visiting Teacher

This experienced teacher offers some advice on the relationship between the visiting instrumental teacher and the sch...

Facilitating Creativity

This teacher talks us through her approach to her role in the context of her Y9 composition lesson.

Connecting Physically with Singing

In this Y8 classroom music lesson the teacher takes the class through a series of vocal warm up activities which conn...

Tonguing Technique

In this individual saxophone lesson, the teacher encourages the correct technique for articulation on the saxophone.

Scales and Tuning

Scale practice is an important way to develop technique and tuning.

Strategy for Scale Practice

Modern instrumental lessons provide limited capacity to hear, revise and monitor scale practice.

The Saxophone Embouchure

In this short clip, the student exhibits a good saxophone embouchure - flattening the bottom lip, teeth on top, with ...

Suzuki Method in Schools

This teacher has 35 years’ experience using the 'Suzuki' method and is also a teacher trainer. She discusses her wor...

Setting Expectations

This experienced teacher discusses her approach to setting expectations for her pupils in a Suzuki violin lesson.

Developing Violin Staccato

In this advanced group violin lesson, the students are taken through a series of tasks and activities to develop the ...

Effective string crossing

In this advanced group violin lesson, the teacher breaks the difficulty of 'string crossing' into smaller component p...

Developing Tone

In this advanced violin group, the teacher explores strategies for developing tone.

Developing Technique Creatively

This experienced string teacher uses a variety of creative games and props to explore advanced flexible wrist and fin...

Introducing the Bassoon

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the bassoon to beginner students.

Cello Posture

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.

Introducing the Bow: Cello

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.

Introducing the Left Hand: Cello

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.

Introducing the Clarinet 1

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Clarinet to beginner students.

Introducing the Clarinet 2

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Clarinet to beginner students.

Introducing the Clarinet 3

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Clarinet to beginner students.

Introducing the Dhol Drum

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Dhol to beginner students.

Introduction to the Drum Kit

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the drum kit to beginner students.

First Patterns on Drum Kit

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the drum kit to beginner students.

Using Resonance for Tone Development

In this larger advanced violin lesson, the teacher explores open string resonance to internalise and develop depth of...

Drum Kit Posture

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the drum kit to beginner students.

Introducing the Flute

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.

Balancing the Flute 1

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.

Balancing the Flute 2

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.

Flute Hold

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.

First Sounds: Flute

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.

Beginning Articulation: Flute

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.

Flute Assembly

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.

Introduction to Classical Guitar 1

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the classical guitar to beginner stu...

Introduction to Classical Guitar 2

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the classical guitar to beginner stu...

Introduction to Classical Guitar 3

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the classical guitar to beginner stu...

Introduction to Classical Guitar 4

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the classical guitar to beginner stu...

Introduction to Classical Guitar 5

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the classical guitar to beginner stu...

Introduction to the Oboe 1

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the oboe to beginner students.

Introduction to the Oboe 2

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the oboe to beginner students.

Introduction to the Oboe 3

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the oboe to beginner students.

Introduction to the Oboe 4

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the oboe to beginner students.

Introduction to Tabla

This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the tabla to beginner students.

10 Top Tips for Whole Class Teaching

This Head of Service offers some advice for teachers working with whole classes.

Music teaching requires specialism.

A strong framework should be taught properly from the outset.

The First Lesson

This flute pupil recounts her experience of a friendly first lesson at school.

Communication with Parents

This experienced teacher discusses the importance of communication with parents.