Training Videos
Learn music-making tips and tricks directly from Jessies's Fund musicians through our range of training videos.
Training videos
Music you can make together
Explore practical activities, videos, and guides that help you use music for play, learning, and emotional connection with children and young people with a range of additional needs.
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Sensory Music Videos
20-30 minute follow along sensory music sessions
Sensory music videos
Active Listening
Teach children how to actively listen to sounds.
Listening
Music for Listening
Looking for energetic sounds? Relaxing music? Check out our recommendations.
Listening
Equipment for Listening
Learn the best ways to produce the highest quality sound depending on context
Listening
Structures and Composing
Learn how to structure and compose a music session or project
Music in School
Music and the Arts
Find out how various musical art forms come together to reinforce each other.
Music in School
Music in the Classroom
Find out how to introduce music to a classroom setting
Music in School
Music in a Wider Context
How to bring music into other environments
Complex Needs
Developing Interactive Skills
Working one-to one, using building blocks to devise group sessions, equipment
Complex Needs
Listening
Listening is the key basis for ongoing work
Complex Needs
Technology
Using technology in music making
Complex Needs
Percussion
Percussion forms the backbone of most music
Learning with Instruments
Guitars
Learn some simple tricks for teaching guitar to children
Learning with Instruments
Keyboards
Learn how to teach keyboard and piano to children
Learning with Instruments
Writing it Down
See some graphic scores, and learn about making your own notation
Writing Music
Take Away Wrong Notes
Learn how to avoid a note sounding "wrong"
Writing Music
Repeating Patterns
Often the most mysterious side of music is how it all fits together. Learn about riffs and repeating patterns.
Writing Music
Making up Songs
For many children, a tailor made song is just the ticket. Here’s how to do it.
Singing and Songs
What to Sing
A selection of songs to download and listen to
Singing and Songs
How to Sing
Learn how to sing - for the non-singer, teacher and pupil alike.
Singing and Songs