Chris Gill
Chris Gill has over 25 years' experience in teaching music and has worked as a Director of Music and Deputy Head in several schools.
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Chris Gill has over 25 years' experience in teaching music and has worked as a Director of Music and Deputy Head in several schools.
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The Beatles
Seven Beatles songs analysed, including the four songs from ‘Revolver’ which are Edexcel A level set works:
Eleanor Rigby
Here, There and Everywhere
I Want to Tell You
Tomorrow Never Knows
Love Me Do
A Hard Day’s Night
A Day in the Life
Suitable for A level and GCSE listening. Includes a scheme of work on the Beatles for younger pupils.
God rest you merry, gentlemen
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between, the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
African Music 2 - Instruments
Lesson 2 of African Music KS3 scheme of work (or standalone lesson)
N.B. This is designed as a modular scheme of work with self-contained lessons linked by recurring themes. It works well in a short half of term and/or one interrupted by trips, exams, etc. Lessons 3 and 4 work best when taught consecutively.
Objectives
• Performing: to sing traditional African songs and to play African percussion
• Composing: to create a layered, syncopated rhythmic ostinato within a group performance
• Listening: to learn about, and to recognise, African musical styles and instruments
Lesson overview
• Lesson 1: Wimmoweh
• Lesson 2: African instruments
• Lesson 3: African rhythms
• Lesson 4: Group composition
• Lesson 5: Singing African Songs
• Lesson 6: Listening to African Music
• Research assignment (cover lesson/homework – no listening required)
Vocabulary
• African instruments:
o CABASA large gourd with a handle covered with a network of stringed beads
o KORA a harp with 21 strings, resounding in half a large gourd, covered with skin
o TALKING DRUM A drum with two heads which are kept taut by strings
o MARIMBA A set of wooden bars arranged in a row over a set of resonating gourds
o DJEMBE A large single-headed drum
o THUMB-PIANO A wooden board with thin metal strips attached to it
• Polyrhythm and cross rhythm
• Call-and-response
• Ostinato
• Layering
• A capella
• Close and parallel harmony
Assessment
• Performing: singing an African song (Lesson 5)
• Composing: creating a rhythmic ostinato as part of a group composition/performance (Lessons 3 and 4)
• Listening: ‘Listening to African Music’ (Lesson 6)
Away in a manger
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill.
Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between the staves.
The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
The first nowell
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between, the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
He is born, the holy child (Il est ne, le divin enfant)
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between, the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
The holly and the ivy
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between, the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
In the bleak midwinter
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
Good Christian men, rejoice (In dulci jubilo)
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between, the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
Good King Wenceslas
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between, the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
Here we come a-wassailing
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between, the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
Christians, awake
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
Lo, he comes with clouds descending
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
Joy to the world
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
Lully, lullay (The Coventry carol)
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
O holy night (Cantique de Noel)
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
Masters in this hall
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
I saw three ships
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.
It came upon the midnight clear
A complete carol from '50 Christmas Carols', edited by Chris Gill. Arranged for four parts (SATB) on two staves, with chord symbols above, and lyrics for all of the verses printed in between the staves. The complete edition of '50 Christmas Carols' is available as a pdf and Sibelius file from TES resources, or as a paperback from Amazon.