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).
Play along to Peaceful paradise on your ukulele! Either strum the chords, play the melody using TAB or have a go at picking the chords.
Uses chords Am, Dm, C and F
Strut with your Uke! Play the chords or TAB. Perfect for classroom and Ukulele ensembles.
Uses the chords Am, Dm, F and G
The resource includes sheet music and backing/play along tracks.
A groovy piece of music for Ukulele. Play the chords or TAB. Perfect for classroom and Ukulele ensembles.
Uses the chords Am, Dm, F and G
The resource includes sheet music and backing/play along tracks.
A reggae feel piece of music for Ukulele. Play the chords or TAB. Perfect for classroom and Ukulele ensembles.
Uses the chords C, F and G.
The resource includes sheet music and backing/play along tracks.
Coconut shuffle will give you the opportunity to improvise a solo as well as learn some new seventh chords (C7, A7)
Resource comes with sheet music and backing/play along tracks.
Enjoy :)
Ukulele chord poster.I use coloured dots with my Ukuleles (Red = C, Blue = F, Green = G).
I’ve found it makes progress quicker and locating chords easier. They still develop their muscle memory and when they’re confident they can just remove them! I’ve created this Ukulele chord sheet if anyone is interested
An original piece for Ukulele. Perfect for the classroom or Ukulele clubs.
Uses the chords Am, F, G and C and TAB for melody.
Resource includes play along track, backing track and sheet music.
Enjoy :)
Play along with this original piece of music for Ukulele!
Either play the chords (C, Am, F, G and Dm) or play the melody using the TAB.
Perfect for the classroom or ukulele ensemble.
Resource includes music and play along/backing tracks.
This is an Orff style arrangement of the Scottish folk song, Aiken drum.
The resource includes:
Score
Melody - In black and white and colour
Harmony
Bass
All notes have the note names in them.
This is a selection of well known riffs for percussion. They all use the notes in on octave of the C Major Scale, so perfect for classroom percussion.
Each riff comes with a coloured version to be used with coloured Boom Whackers and Chimes.
Faded - Alan Walker
Dance Monkey - Tones and I
Shape of you - Ed Sheeran
Seven nation army - The white stripes
Eye of the tiger - Survivor
Here are 11 songs ideal for teaching children the notes C to A.
They are all traditional songs commonly used with the Kodaly approach. They use a mixture of Crotchets, Minims, Joined quavers and Crotchet rests.
Ideal to print out and laminate to hand out to children to be played on percussion/keyboard.
This is an Orff style arrangement of Sambalele, a folk song from Brazil.
It has been arranged in 3 keys (C, F and G) and each pack consists of:
Score
Melody - Black and white and coloured notes for Boom Whackers and coloured chimes/bells
Harmony
Bass (easy) - a simplified bass line
Bass (advanced) - a more advanced bass line with syncopated rhythms
Lyrics
Optional Samba parts - Guiro, Surdo, Agogo, Shaker
This is a perfect song and piece of music if you are exploring the music of Brazil and/or South America. It can be played on classroom percussion and steel pans/jumbie jams. F# and Bb will be needed when played if G and F Major.
This is an Orff style arrangement of Run Rabbit Run, a popular song in England during World War 2.
The arrangement includes:
Score
Melody in black and white and in colour (suitable for Boom Whackers and coloured chimes). G# is required.
Harmony
Bass
Ukulele (Chords C, F and G)
This is an Orff style arrangement of the British National Anthem, God save the Queen.
It is a simple arrangement written in 3 parts; Melody, Harmony and Bass.
It has been arranged in 3 different keys, C, F and G.
Parts included:
Score
Melody - With and without note names, with coloured notes and Ukulele part (Only in C)
Harmony - With and without note names
Bass - With and without note names
This arrangement is perfect for percussion instruments. The melody can be played with ease on Boom Whackers and coloured chimes using the coloured Melody notes (Bb and F# will be needed when playing in F and G Major).
This is an Orff style arrangement of Bala Pata Zoom, a song from Ghana.
It comes with parts for tuned percussion, including coloured notes for use with BoomWhackers and Chimes and Djembe.
The song is great fun to sing and perform and comes with actions as well, to turn it into a game.
Perfect if you are looking at African countries, but also works well independently.
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
This is a simple Orff style arrangement of the Chinese folk song Ai Hai Yo.
It includes:
Melody
Harmony
Bass
Triangle
Hand drum / Wood block
Piano
Lyrics
Ideal for use when exploring the pentatonic scale and/or Asian/Chinese music.
This is a collection of 10 passing songs. These songs use a variety of props including stones, bean bags, shoes, teddy bear, ball.
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 and a video to help.
The songs are ideal for children in KS1-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
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 70 songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12564122