This is a 6 lesson topic exploring the music listened to and played during World War 2. The children will develop an understanding of the styles of music civilians and soldiers were listening to during the 1930’s and 1940’s including Vera Lynn, George Formby, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong etc. They will also learn how to play a simple swing/jazz piece of music (C Jam Blues), develop their improvisation skills and sing a fun Glenn Miller inspired song. By the end of the topic the class will have a good understanding of the music of World War 2, the instruments that make a jazz/big band, the role music and songs played during the war, what swing music is and how to improvise using the pentatonic scale. Overall, this topic will help children develop a range of skills including listening and appraisal, singing, musical instrument playing, improvising and performing. I have now added another classroom arrangement of Little Brown Jug

Touch the sky - A duet for recorders using the notes G, A, B, C and D Resource includes sheet music (with and without note names) and backing/play along tracks.

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.

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.

6 Performance pieces for recorder. These pieces use the notes E (low), G, A, B, C and D and are perfect for concerts/performances. Resource includes play along/backing tracks and sheet music.

32 play alongs for Recorder using the notes E, G, A, B, C and D. Resource includes sheet music and play along/backing tracks.

Five play alongs using the notes B, A and G. Perfect for beginner recorder! Resource includes 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.

This resource includes the sheet music and backing/play along tracks for 10 Band Pieces: The Classroom Blues Sunny Side Up Changes Smile Latin Nights Touch the Sky Let’s Rock! Easy going Boots n Cats Hidden treasure These pieces are arranged for Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Recorders and Tuned percussion, perfect for the classroom!

Four play alongs using the notes GABCD. Perfect for recorder. Resource includes sheet music and play along/backing tracks.

This is a collection of all 80 Active listening songs Included is: 10 Cup songs 10 Shaker songs 10 Parachute songs 10 Scarf songs 10 Rhythm stick songs 10 Miscellaneous songs 10 Passing songs 10 Body percussion songs 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. All songs are in C Major but can easily be transposed to D. Each song comes with easy to follow instructions. They can be used with KS1 and KS2 and have all been tried and tested by the children I teach and have all been received well and enjoyed! 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). All songs come with recordings and scores.

Gather your instruments and play along to The Classroom blues! The classroom blues is perfect for Ukulele, Recorder and Tuned percussion. Have a go at improvising in the improvisation breaks. Choose a scale that best suits you and give it a go. You can’t go wrong :) Resource includes sheet music and play along/backing tracks.

“Argh me hearties”, grab your recorders and enjoy playing Hidden treasure as a duet or a trio! Resource includes: Sheet music (with and without note names) Backing track Play along tracks

THREE is arranged for 3 tuned groups of tuned percussion instruments (Melody, Harmony and Bass). The resource comes with Sheet music (with and without note names) and play along/backing tracks.

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 the first 10 pieces of music. The first 10 pieces covers the notes C, D and E. You can purchase pieces 11-20 here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12673280

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).

The aim of this topic is to give children the opportunity to learn about the music of Mexico through listening and singing. The children will: Listen to a variety of music styles and genres from Mexico. Learn about the instruments used in the popular Mariachi bands. Listen to some music from the Maya Civilisation. Learn to sing the song Al Citron and play the stone passing game associated with it. This a a short topic that can be stretched to 6 weeks or done in 3, depending on the amount of time dedicated to your music lessons. It would work nicely as a cross-curricular topic if you are looking at Mexico in Geography or the Mayan Civilisation in History.

Write down your beatbox rhythms and perform them with Mr Gray’s beatbox backing track - https://youtu.be/i16zYjVOiEY

Get the class to play the riff from Ed Sheeran’s - Shape of you! Music for: Piano/Tuned percussion Guitar Bass guitar Ukulele Boomwhackers Have fun :) NOT in the original key

Free Ukulele song book! This book includes the following songs: Best day of my life - American Authors I gotta feeling - Black eyed peas Everybody loves Saturday night - Nigerian E Huli Makou - Hawaiian We will rock you - Queen Three little birds - Bob Marley Thunder - Imagine Dragons Counting Stars - One republic Shake it off - Taylor Swift Wavin’ flag - K’naan Count on me - Bruno Mars Happier - Marshmello/Bastille Shotgun - George Ezra Dance monkey - Tones and I Pompeii - Bastille Under the sea - The little Mermaid Eye of the tiger - Survivor Beggin’ - The Four Seasons What was I made for? - Billie Eilish Overpass Graffiti - Ed Sheeran Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles Sign of the times - Harry Styles Radioactive - Imagine Dragons Riptide - Vance Joy Someone to Lava The Bare necessities - The Jungle book I wanna be like you - The Jungle book Someone you loved - Lewis Capaldi Somewhere over the rainbow - The Wizard of Oz Last Christmas - George Michael Merry Christmas everyone - Shakin’ Stevens Santa Claus is coming to town Rudolph the red nosed reindeer Rockin’ around the Christmas tree Jingle Bells