Victorian music hall Lyrics, illustrations and sound. Sound operates in in slide mode.

I wrote this simple tune for the keyboards . It has silly lyrics too and is in the key of C with 3 chords and notation reading exercises

Easy to read child friendly learning objectives to aid planning

Four lesson ideas in music for key stage one topic on Animals

Song featured on 'Shrek'Lyrics on a power point and backing track web link to Shrek and Hallelujah. original source Composer Leonard Cohen

In key of G. G Rat-a-tat-tat, Rat-a-tat-tat D7 No! No! No! G There isn’t any room

' Can we fix it? Yes we can !' Good one for goals and challenges.Lyrics on a power point and backing track web link to original source

A package full of ideas for Autumn music.It contains videos of Vivaldi s music with specific instructions on how to move (summer) and when to play (Autumn) Worksheet( shown on PowerPoint) to record colour of leaves for autumn and sounds to listen out for. It all fits in with trips outdoors to look out for red, yellow and brown leaves.There are 3 videos in all including a listening activity, just press the screen to view or listen

PowerPoint opens with illustrations and questions connected to the baby Jesus and lullabies. There are lyrics with an inbuilt backing track. Music will not play unless the PowerPoint is running in slide mode. This is the carol with the refrain ' We will rock you '

Illustrated lyrics Backing track To hear music open in slide view.

This is the Christmas song that begins C F G7 C Long time ago in Bethlehem so the holy bible say F G7 C Mary’s boy child Jesus Christ was born on Christmas day Available in 3 different keys A choral composer, -Hairston wrote over 300 Negro spirituals, the best known of which is 'Mary's Boy Child,'

Beethoven's haunting melody.The resources contains piece of music and PowerPoint slides with some detail about the piece. It is useful for Assembly music or to listen during the day. The music creates the right mood for concentrating and calming. web link to original source

A simple but effective idea. The chant has a format. Children have to rewrite the spaces choosing appropriate words . They need to understand syllables before they can do this.

No frills lyrics to; Ding Dong Merrily, Holly and the Ivy, Shine Jesus Shine, You have heard our Christmas story, Once in royal David’s city, Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, And did those feet in ancient time, Silent night, holy night, Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, Hark! The herald-angels sing, O little town of Bethlehem, Who put the colours in the rainbow?

Two examples of different pitch (singing) Paul Robson and Diana Danrau from Queen of the night. There is a suggested activity for the children to compose with instruments. They could try their voices if you like. I have edited these videos so they get to the good 'bits quickly. For some reason, the children were entranced by them ! The web addresses are for the full length versions and original sources

Opportunity to listen to the The Pastoral Symphony by Beethoven and Summer holiday. There are 2 lessons here, 2 videos and a backing track. backing track is embedded and one mp3 is separate. Web-links are the original sources Learning Objectives are To listen to longer extracts with extended concentration Understand that performance is a means of communication so presentation; facial expression; posture; position etc. are important Please adapt as you feel necessary. Feedback appreciated.

A dictionary of the types of music and the genres they belong to

Examples of soundscapes given in the two videos. Photos or pictures shown to stimulate and encourage the children to make their own either with the voice, body, instruments or sound processing

Make up a story using the sound bites as a clue for the setting . Everything is ok until you hear the breaking glass. Put this into a power point and add the sound. You might also like to use a sound processor to compose music culminating in the broken glass. NB You may have to convert these files into WAV files . A switch converter is available on the internet

A gallery of famous Victorians, Composers included ! Darwin, Nightingale, Gershwin,Grieg, Mendelssohn Queen Victoria, Edison and Wagner.