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The case for teaching music

In the light of NC and OFSTED framework, should we teach Music?

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Performing rhythmic motifs: next steps

The teacher is to develop musical understanding based on one song.

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Performing rhythmic motifs: a reflection

A teacher reflects on embedding rhythm and pulse.

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Performing rhythmic motifs

Chime bars are used to perform rhythms created from food names.

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Generating rhythmic motifs

Using food names, children improvise rhythms.

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Performance concentrating on rhythm

Using a simple tune and lyric, children explore tempo and feel pulse.

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Listen & Appraise Starter Develops

Listening to an organ piece, children recap their knowledge of tempo.

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Listen & Appraise Starter

Encouraging listening children identify instruments in Baroque style piece.

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Introduction to Classical Guitar 5

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

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Introduction to Classical Guitar 4

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

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Introduction to Classical Guitar 3

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

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Introduction to Classical Guitar 2

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

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Introduction to Classical Guitar 1

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

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Linking Warm Ups

In this whole class lesson, the teacher questions the children on the notes they are to use on their performance piece.

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Choice and Musicality

In this lesson the teacher offers the children a opportunity to suggest their own musical interpretation for performa...

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Aural and Notation

The musical learning in this example explores a mix of aural and notation based strategies to ensure every child can ...

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Performance: Whole Class Guitar

This clip demonstrates the possible outcomes from a Year 4 guitar group.

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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...

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Developing Part Playing

This teacher explores body percussion in parts to secure understanding of the rhythmic elements and to internalise th...

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Linking Activities for Learning

Prior to learning the piece of guitar music the class will study, this teacher leads a body percussion piece that inc...

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WCIT and the Curriculum

Whole class teaching, when taught well, includes a variety of activity and opportunity to develop and discover musica...

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Preparing for Down Time

In this example the instrumental specialist teacher must tune 30 instruments.

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Whole Class Set Up: Guitar

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