Singing and songs
How to sing
Singing for the non-singer, teacher and pupil alike.
What to Sing
A selection of songs to download or listen to.
Making up Songs
For many children, a tailor made song is just the ticket.
Here’s how to do it.
Writing music
Repeating Patterns
Riffs
Music machines
More ways to build riffs
Take away wrong notes
Pentatonic scales
Major and minor scales
Making your own scales
Writing it Down
Graphic scores
Making your own notation
Learning with instruments
Keyboards
The black notes
The key of A minor
Experimental piano
Guitars
One-fingered chords
Power chords
The 3 chord trick, Open tuning
Percussion
Technology
Complex needs
Listening
The key basis for ongoing work
Developing interactive skills
Working one-to one, using building blocks to devise group sessions, equipment
Music in a wider context
Graphic scores, stories, plays and films
Music in school
Music in the classroom
The register, Calm time
Special Events
Personal issues, Topics
Music and the arts
Film, Dance
Poetry
Painting and sculpture
Structures and composing
Structuring a music session
Structuring a music project
Composing
Listening
Equipment for listening
Listening in groups
Individual listening
Music for listening
Live music
Recorded music
Active listening
Framing children’s responses
Children with limited verbal skills
