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Rhythmajig is a primary music curriculum offering provision above and beyond the new National Curriculum 2014 requirements. Children are introduced to fun and engaging characters representing rhythmic notation eg Crotchet, Minim etc from year R and are taught to read and write stave notation from year 2. Suitable for specialist and non-specialist music teachers and class teachers, using whatever instruments you already have in school. Real concepts, real music, real notation, real progression.

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Rhythmajig is a primary music curriculum offering provision above and beyond the new National Curriculum 2014 requirements. Children are introduced to fun and engaging characters representing rhythmic notation eg Crotchet, Minim etc from year R and are taught to read and write stave notation from year 2. Suitable for specialist and non-specialist music teachers and class teachers, using whatever instruments you already have in school. Real concepts, real music, real notation, real progression.
Semiquaver brothers image
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Semiquaver brothers image

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Use as a poster, flashcard or on the IWB to teach notation. The semiquaver brothers go 'running quickly' and have a quarter of a beat each. They are multi-coloured.
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Sforz is the baddie of the Sound System, always trying to wreck the beautiful music by making horrible loud sounds. His name comes from the Italian 'loud, sudden sound'.
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Use as a poster, flashcard or on the IWB to teach notation. Semibreve whooshes with a long 'laaaaa' sound. He is worth 4 beats- see he has four heart beasts on his top?
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Use as a poster, flashcard or on the IWB to teach notation. The quaver twins go jogging and have half a beat on each of their tops.
Ostinato Owl story
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Ostinato Owl story

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Ostinato Owl has coloured feathers and likes to collect colourful musical patterns (red for crotchet, blue for minim, etc).
Nice Mice Story
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Nice Mice Story

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Ideal for Early Years and KS1, this simple story introduces Restful Mouse as a character who needs quiet to rest!
Ocarina finger charts
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Ocarina finger charts

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We love ocarinas at Rhythmajig! Even year R children can play 2 or 3 notes on these tuned instruments confidently when taught through our fun characters and stories.
Bumpy and Smooth story
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Bumpy and Smooth story

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Introduce the concept of legato and staccato using this story. The characters Legato Lion and Staccato Stickleback make the vocabulary easy to remember!
Semiquaver brothers word rhythms
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Semiquaver brothers word rhythms

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Children learn to associate the semiquaver brothers' rhythm with their characteristics: 'multicoloured' and 'running quickly'. This word bank provides an opportunity for children to match word rhythms to the characters' notation.