Video library

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Peter & The Wolf. Performing chants.

Children, conducted by the teacher, perform chants as a whole class.

4:22

Peter & The Wolf. Feedback: The Characters

Children's groups feedback to class on chants they have created.

2:78

Peter & The Wolf. Creating Characters

Inspired by the music, children create chants for each character.

3:36

Peter & The Wolf. Instruments use

Linking instruments and characters.

0:86

Performing rhythmic motifs: next steps

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

1:05

Performing rhythmic motifs: a reflection

A teacher reflects on embedding rhythm and pulse.

5:1

Performing rhythmic motifs

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

2:95

Generating rhythmic motifs

Using food names, children improvise rhythms.

3:68

Performance concentrating on rhythm

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

3:76

Listen & Appraise Starter Develops

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

3:46

Listen & Appraise Starter

Encouraging listening children identify instruments in Baroque style piece.

4:5

What does progress look like in secondary schools?

What does progress look like in secondary schools?

8:91

Using Resonance for Tone Development

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

4:52

Introducing the Left Hand: Cello

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

4:61

Introducing the Bow: Cello

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

3:03

Cello Posture

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

6:09

Developing Technique Creatively

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

6:73

Developing Tone

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

6:2

Effective string crossing

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

8:38

Developing Violin Staccato

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

3:51

Performance for Learning

In this short video, the group perform part of Corelli's "La Folia" to begin the lesson.

0:74

Understanding Simple Devices

This teacher comments on the need for her Y7 class to understand how to use simple compositional devices.

1:33

Authentic Rehearsal

This Y12 student discusses the advantage of rehearsing authentically to prepare for performance.

1:16

Y8 Lesson: Pupil Commentary

These pupils describe their experience of a song writing lesson recorded earlier that day. Despite the variance in in...

2:03

Peer Assessment 2

This teacher comments on the usefulness of peer feedback.