How to sing - singing for the non-singer, teacher and pupil alike.
What to song - a selection of songs to use.
Making up songs - for many children, a tailor made song is just the ticket. Here's how to do it.
Repeating patterns - riffs, music machines. More ways to build riffs.
Take away the wrong notes - pentatonic scales, major and minor scales, other selected scales. Make your own scales.
Writing it down - graphic scores. Make your own notation.
Working with children with complex needs
Listening – the key basis for ongoing work
Developing interactive skills – working one-to one, using building blocks to devise group sessions, equipment
Music in a wider context – graphic scores, stories, plays and films
Composing - making a piece of music. Music for stories and plays. Music for film.
Working one-to-one - musical conversations. Conducting. Supporting. Breathing.
Improvisation - free style. Pulse. Other ways to improvise.
Piano - the black notes. The key of a minor. Experimental piano.
Keyboards - keyboard tricks.
Guitars - one-fingered chords, power chords, the 3 chord trick, open tuning.
Other instruments - double bass, bass guitar, harp.
Equipment for listening - listening in groups, individual listening.
Music for listening - live music, recorded music.
Active listening - framing children's responses. Children with limited verbal skills.
Percussion - pitched percussion, unpitched percussion. Specially adapted instruments.
Guitars.
Pianos and keyboards.
Computers.
Electronic marvels.
Working from music - the register. Calm time. Special events. Personal issues. Topics.
Music and the arts - film, poetry, painting and sculpture, dance.
Music and the sciences - maths, physics, chemistry, biology.
Structuring a music session.
Structuring a music project.
Resources
Suppliers
Music organisations
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