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Music teaching requires specialism.

A strong framework should be taught properly from the outset.

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The Saxophone Embouchure

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

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Strategy for Scale Practice

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

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Scales and Tuning

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

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Tonguing Technique

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

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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...

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Facilitating Creativity

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

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Exit Strategies

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

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Behaviour Management

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

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Scaffolding Composition

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

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Choir Repertoire

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

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Building Confidence and Participation

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

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Action Songs

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

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Choir Warm Up: Articulation

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

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Choir Warm Up: Me Moo Ma

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

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Group Teaching: Keyboards

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

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Rhythm Cards

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