Ready to Read Music

12 excellent topic-based songs-Sing! Play! Learn! with Go Kid Music brings you 12 excellent songs that teachers and children will love! Based on popular Key Stage 2 topics these catchy tunes enable primary class teachers to teach music while supporting learning across the whole curriculum. Each song comes with an easy-to-follow teaching video with on-screen lyrics and demonstrations of Makaton signs performance and backing audio PDF lyrics for whiteboard display and teaching notes. In addition many have optional percussion parts which are also demonstrated on the videos and there?s a selection of warm-ups and focus-builders to get everyone ready for singing! Written with thegeneralist class teacher in mind the accompanying notes are divided into three main sections: SING ? Straightforward step-by-step instructions to help you teach the song from scratch; PLAY ? Ways to use the song to meet the requirements of the Primary Music Curriculum and First Access (Wider Opportunities); LEARN ? Creative extension activities relating to the song or topic. Supports the National Curriculum for Music Topic-based approach Ideas for First Access (Wider Opportunities) Supports SEND (via Makaton signs) No music reading required Promotes physical activity Ridiculously fun! ?What a lovely voice Al Start has and I love the way she uses real instruments to accompany her songs? ~ Julia Donaldson

Seasonal Movement and Activity Songs for Kids-From the Hop 'Til You Drop Series comes this collection of 12 seasonal 'get up and go' songs to get your whole body ready to make music all year long! Originally developed for John Jacobson's MUSIC EXPRESS magazine thisall-in-one collection comes complete with piano/vocal arrangements choreography reproducible lyric sheets and helpful lesson plans and performance tips. Use this collection as a warmup routine and your students will be with youfrom the very first note! Available: Song Collection (with reproducible lyric sheets) and Performance/Accompaniment CD. For Gr. K-3.

This ground-breaking and unmissable piano collection celebrates the music of iconic black songwriters. Including acclaimed songs such as People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield), A Change is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke), Blinded By Your Grace Part 1 (Stormzy), I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Nina Simone), Redemption Song (Bob Marley), and more. All of the pieces are idiomatically arranged for intermediate-level piano solo (approximately Grade 3-5). The nature, style and genre of the songs vary widely, but the aim is to introduce players to a range of musicians and works that may well be new to them but are nevertheless important classics. The song People Get Ready was written during a time of civil unrest in America. Curtis Mayfield was increasingly infusing his songs with social commentary and it was written to give a message of hope, that change is on the way and there will be better times ahead./ Recueil / Piano

Reinforce Fundamentals with Boomwhackers and Other Classroom Instruments-Grab your Boomwhackers« for loads of whacky fun while reinforcing steady beat high/low fast/slow and loud/soft! Easy-to-follow read and play instrument parts will keep students actively involved for hours of basic boomin' fun. Beginning readers follow full color song charts of instrument pictures while more advanced readers play from musical notation. This ten song collection features a variety of musical styles from folk and spirituals to blues reggae rock and more! Five of these songs also include vocal parts. All parts are reproducible and projectable! Features DIGITAL ACCESS to audio recordings with and without classroom parts and PDFs of the instrument and vocalparts for a variety of classroom and performance options. All you need is a C Major Diatonic Scale set of Boomwhackers] and a few classroom instruments and you're ready to go! Your students will love boomin' the basics all year long! Suggested for Grades K-5. ScorePlay - click to view score with recording.

Behind Bars is the indispensable reference book for composers arrangers teachers and students of composition editors and music processors. In the most thorough and painstakingly researched book to be published since the 1980s specialist music editor Elaine Gould provides a comprehensive grounding in notational principles. Behind Bars covers everything from basic rules conventions and themes to complex instrumental techniques empowering the reader to prepare music with total clarity and precision. With the advent of computer technology it has never been more important for musicians to have ready access to principles of bestpractice in this dynamic field and this book will support the endeavours of software users and devotees of hand-copying alike. The author's understanding of and passion for her subject has resulted in a book that is not only practical but also compellingly readable. This seminal and all-encompassing guide encourages new standards of excellence and accuracy and at a weighty 704 pages it is supported by 1 500 music examples of published scores from Bach to Xenakis.

Play what you know & read what you play-Play & Read is a reading program designed to introduce Suzuki Piano School Volume 2 students to reading music. Six lessons with seven units each are based on the simple principle that students learn to read music most naturally by reading pieces they already know how to play. To ensure that students don't just play from memory without looking at the score Play & Read uses scrambles of four-bar segments from six selections from Suzuki Piano School Volume 1repertoire to engage students in active reading. Students learn to read music as entire bars or groups of notes and through singing playing pointing saying and writing. Titles: Little Playmates * Lightly Row *French Children's Song * Go Tell Aunt Rhody * Mary Had a Little Lamb * Cuckoo.

This collection of ten anthems is ready to go when you are...and when you need them the most: slim Sundays bad weather days summer months or during busy Christmas or Easter preparation seasons. The “one rehearsal”singability of these accessible arrangements from Stan Pethel makes this collection a timeless resource you'll use again and again. So read...rehearse...and rejoice! Available: 2-Part Mixed ChoirTrax CD Preview CD and PreviewPak.

Intermediate Notation and Sight-Reading for All Instruments-If you are already good at reading and writing quarter note and eighth note rhythms and want to up your game this is the book for you. Supported by recordings of the exercises and worksheets that help you practice the material you will learn 16th notes through triplets of all rates syncopations triple meters odd meters and even 32nd notes and beyond. Whether you are a vocalist a student of any instrument or a composer this step-by-step method will prepare you to read and correctly write nearly any rhythms you will ordinarily encounter.

Activities for Classroom Instruments-Grab those metals woods and membranes because it's time for some percussion discussion! Actively involve your students with easy-to-follow read and play parts to accompany familiar folk songs marches spirituals holidayfavorites and more. More advanced readers play from musical notation while beginning readers follow instrument pictures. For added play along fun rehearse with the enclosed CD demonstration tracks when learning the parts andthen use the motivating and hip accompaniment tracks when you are ready to perform! Perfect for classroom or stage these 14 songs will provide percussion fun throughout the year. For extra value all the written music isreproducible and five songs offer singer parts. Let's get discussin'! Available: Book/CD. Suggested for Grades 1-6.

Ready - Steady - Brass! was commissioned by the Graubünden Youth Brass Band in Switzerland.Opening with a fanfare-like section the music takes us through melodic sections and technical soloistic passages to an emphatic close. This composition is one of a range of successful works for brass band by Otto M. Schwarz such as Last Call Funky Brass Glory Fanfare and Groove Machine.An original pop number for brass band in which every part is a musical delight it?s sure to bring pleasure to your audience too. Ready - Steady - Brass!

Alfred's Kid's Guitar Course is a fun method that teaches you to play songs on the guitar right away. Book 2 starts where Book 1 leaves off by teaching new concepts including notes on the fourth, fifth, and sixth strings, new chords, tempo signs, dynamics, and much more. Each lesson on every colorful page is explained in plain language that's easy to understand, and accompanying audio that you can stream or download online is included so you can hear what each example should sound like. Plus, you get to learn from three irresistible guitar experts---a clever, classical dog, one cool jazz cat, and a friendly alligator who loves the blues. They keep your attention focused by pointing out what's important on each page and help you learn by making music fun! Parents can be effective guides to help you through this course, even if they've never had any musical training themselves. The companion DVD demonstrates the fundamentals of guitar playing, including how to hold and tune the guitar, strum chords, read music, and play lots of fun songs! The video also features on screen music notation for an easy introduction to reading music, live performances that demonstrate how the music should sound, and bonus MP3 audio tracks of all the music examples for listening and playing along! Also included is easy-to-use computer software that lets you watch the music on screen as it plays. You can speed the music up or slow it down---it's up to you! Online access to the video, MP3s, and software is included free with the DVD. Get ready to take your first and best step toward a lifetime of musical enjoyment! / Guitare

Welcome to Jane Sebba's Ready Steady Sing! a joyful collection of songs with musical activities! Here are 25 sparkling jazzy songs guaranteed to brighten up music for children in the classroom and at home! With practical ideas and examples there is a wealth of action and percussion suggestions included while 'Teaching Tips' and 'Learning Labels' explain how the songs fulfill the National Curriculum requirements for Key stage 1.