I am a specialist primary music teacher living and teaching in Devon.
I have 20 years experience of teaching and love creating resources. As well as creating my own resources I have also created resources for companies such as ABRSM. I am also a professional and published composer of Brass band and Concert Band music.
Check out my Youtube page - www.youtube.com/musicwithmrgray
I play trumpet professionally in a ska/reggae/dub band called The Kingstons (www.thekingstons.club).
I am a specialist primary music teacher living and teaching in Devon.
I have 20 years experience of teaching and love creating resources. As well as creating my own resources I have also created resources for companies such as ABRSM. I am also a professional and published composer of Brass band and Concert Band music.
Check out my Youtube page - www.youtube.com/musicwithmrgray
I play trumpet professionally in a ska/reggae/dub band called The Kingstons (www.thekingstons.club).
Learn to play the notes B, A and G on the recorder!
This resource contains 21 pieces of music that slowly progress through the three notes. Included is sheet music and play along/backing tracks.
This is a collection of 18 Christmas melodies written for Coloured Handbells and Boom Whackers. Each song/melody comes with lyrics and the relevant colour/note to play. This resource can also be used with any other instrument if the child simply follows the notes.
Amendments have been made for different coloured instruments:
Handbells with a Blue G
Handbells with a White C
Boom Whackers with a Green G, Purple A ands Pink A (This is also the same as the coloured Chimes)
Small circles indicate notes above the C Major Scale.
Songs included:
Angels we have heard on high
Away in a manger
Deck the halls
Frosty weather
Good King Wenceslas
I saw three ships
Jingle bells
Jolly Old St Nicholas
Little donkey
O Christmas tree
O come all ye faithful
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
Silent night
The first Noel
The holly and the ivy
Up on the housetop
We wish you a merry Christmas
We three kings
This is a classroom arrangement of Spring by Vivaldi for tuned percussion and/or Boom Whackers. The colours intentionally match the colours of Boom Whackers and various percussion instruments for ease. Enjoy!
20 pieces for Whole Class Brass Tuition in a variety of different styles.
These pieces progress steadily and give children the chance to play a relatively large repertoire without using too many notes. The music covers the notes B, C, D, E, F and G and is enough for a years worth of tuition!
This resource includes the sheet music (PDF) and play along/backing tracks for pieces 11-20. Pieces 11-20 cover the notes B, C, D, E, F and G.
You can purchase pieces 1-10 here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12673118
Boots n Cats is a duet for recorders that also includes some beatboxing!
Resource includes sheet music (with and without note names) and play along/backing tracks.
Boots n Cats is written for Ukulele, Recorder, Boomwhackers and Tuned percussion.
Resource includes sheet music (with and without note names) and play along/backing tracks.
Hey ho let’s go is written for Ukulele, Recorder, Boom whackers and Tuned percussion.
Resource includes sheet music (with and without note names) and play along/backing tracks.
This is a 6 week topic that aims to give the children an understanding of the song writing process.
This topic is designed to give the children the opportunity to write a song, from scratch, as a class over a six week process. It will help them to develop a good understanding of the process of writing a song, the “musical ingredients” (elements) that are needed and an appreciation of the time and skill that goes into writing a song.
The children will develop an understanding of how to structure a song, creating verses, a chorus and the opportunity to compose a bridge/middle 8 as well.
You do not necessarily have to be musical to do this but obviously some knowledge would help. It’s a great project for you to use for children who currently play an instrument as well, especially if you have been learning one via the wider opps/first access projects. Instruments can be easily incorporated into the topic. The topic also included opportunities for children to rap and beat box if they are not too keen on singing!
The first 1-3 lessons will be spent on writing some verses and a chorus. This will be followed by adding simple accompaniment using class percussion (tuned and untuned) and other instruments your class/children may have been learning how to play. The songs will be kept in C Major/A Minor (Using the common chords C, F, G & Am). This is perfect for their vocal range and for accompanying instruments.
Instrumental parts could also be added in between the verses and choruses.
By the end of the topic the class with have a complete song that they can record and perform to other years and their parents.
Links to curriculum/Possible assessment opportunities:
Use the voice expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
Play tuned and untuned instruments musically
Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music
Experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music
Please note: I have used the font AR CHRISTY so you may have to edit some of the slides/fonts.
This is a collection of 10 Body Percussion songs. All of these songs focus on different Body Percussion rhythms to accompany them.
Every song is designed to reinforce pitch, pulse and rhythm (either consciously or unconsciously) and will help with a range of social skills (turn taking, working with a partner or group etc).
The songs are all in an appropriate range for children. Most use a maximum of a 6-note range with some stretching to an octave.
These songs are more demanding than the other Active singing songs because of the Body Percussion rhythms so are more suitable for KS2.
These songs have also been designed to fit perfectly within the Kodaly methodology if teachers are using it (using common ta and ti-ti rhythms and incorporating familiar melody lines - so-mi / mi-so-la).
Scarf songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12564116
Passing songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12600356
Miscellaneous songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12564112
Rhythm stick songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12590879
Parachute songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12563992
Shaker songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12564118
Cup songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12585890
All 80 songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12564122
20 Guitar play alongs, perfect for beginners and Whole Class Ensemble Tuition (WCET).
Melodies are written in TAB and all pieces have open chord accompaniment.
The resource comes with sheet music and play along/backing tracks.
Get your classroom band together and have fun playing Touch the sky!
Touch the sky is written for Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Tuned percussion and Recorder.
Resource includes sheet music (with and without note names) and play along/backing tracks.
Into the light - a duet for recorders!
This resource includes a play along track and backing track (perfect for performances) as well the sheet music (with and without note names).
This is a classroom arrangement of the South African song, Shosholoza.
It features three vocal parts and a music arrangement for classroom instruments including Djembes, tuned percussion and guitars/ukuleles. Boom Whackers could easily play the same parts as well. All notes are coloured to match Boom Whackers and various percussion instruments. Enjoy!
I have a created a 'Who wants to be a millionaire&' quiz based on Popular music of the 20th & 21st Century (AQA Music).
Four of the questions are based on audio files so you will need to add your own. The answers are in the &';notes' tab underneath the edit page.
Enjoy