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Strategy for Scale Practice
Modern instrumental lessons provide limited capacity to hear, revise and monitor scale practice.
Effective string crossing
In this advanced group violin lesson, the teacher breaks the difficulty of 'string crossing' into smaller component p...
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...
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.
Part Playing 2
The outcomes of simple part playing. Rounds are an excellent way to first introduce this to students.
Rhythm Cards
Rhythm cards are a useful starter activity for many aspects of teaching. In this example, the teacher uses an ipad to...
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.