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).
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 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!
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!
This is a 6 week topic that aims to teach the main elements of music: Pitch, Tempo, Timbre, Dynamic, Duration, Texture and Rhythm. This is done through listening to music (from Queen to Beethoven), composing songs, moving to sounds and music and creating music compositions using tuned and untuned instruments.
Every lesson will focus on an element and explore its importance in music. Tuned and untuned percussion will be used in every lesson to help with this. The children will be given opportunities to improvise and create their own music and sounds.
Standard notation will be used to help children develop an understanding of music/rhythm reading.
Songs/chants will also be sung to accompany the lessons, developing their singing voices every week. An opportunity for the children to write their own class song will also be used to develop their singing and compositional skills.
As well as plenty of compositional and improvisation opportunities, lessons are also inspired by Kodaly/Dalcroze/Orff ideas and methods, allowing children to explore music through sound and movement.
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 for a lot of the slides so it may look slightly different!
A class arrangement of Little Brown Jug, perfect for WW2 topic!
The arrangement is written for tuned percussion, keyboard, other melodic instruments in C, guitar and bass guitar, piano and ukulele (although guitar can play the same chords as well).
It’s in C major but the melody is easy to transpose for other instruments.
Practice your C and F chord with “Two chord jam”. Challenge yourself by having a go at the melody in TAB as well :)
This resource includes the sheet music and backing/play along tracks.
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.
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 :)
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
