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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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Modelling the Music

In this intermediate clarinet lesson, the teacher models her musical expectations by performing to the student.

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Musical Elements Starter

This classroom practitioner uses whiteboards to recap the musical elements.

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Plenary for Self-Assessment

The plenary in this Year 9 lesson encourages the students to assess themselves in 2 clear areas.

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Peer Learning Y9

After working in groups, this Year 9 group return mid lesson to explain the reasoning behind their musical choices.

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Authentic Song Writing 2

In this y9 lesson the class are working in groups to write a song from the stimulus 'Orange'.

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Authentic Song Writing 1

In this Year 9 lesson the class are working in groups to write a song from the stimulus 'Orange'.

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Stimulus for Song Writing

In this y9 lesson the teacher uses questioning and clear prompts to help scaffold and collate ideas for a composition...

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Classroom Assessment Method

This teacher's assessment model is measured in statements constructed with the beginning "I can". The approach is to ...