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.

Get your class playing together with Changes! Changes is written for Ukulele, Recorder, Boomwhackers and Tuned percussion. Resource includes: Sheet music (with and without written notes) Play along and backing track

Boots n Cats is a duet for recorders that also includes some beatboxing! Resource includes sheet music (with and without note names) and play along/backing tracks.

The aim of this topic is to give children the opportunity to learn about the music of Mexico through listening and singing. The children will: Listen to a variety of music styles and genres from Mexico. Learn about the instruments used in the popular Mariachi bands. Listen to some music from the Maya Civilisation. Learn to sing the song Al Citron and play the stone passing game associated with it. This a a short topic that can be stretched to 6 weeks or done in 3, depending on the amount of time dedicated to your music lessons. It would work nicely as a cross-curricular topic if you are looking at Mexico in Geography or the Mayan Civilisation in History.

This resource includes the sheet music and backing/play along tracks for 10 Band Pieces: The Classroom Blues Sunny Side Up Changes Smile Latin Nights Touch the Sky Let’s Rock! Easy going Boots n Cats Hidden treasure These pieces are arranged for Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Recorders and Tuned percussion, perfect for the classroom!

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!

Four play alongs using the notes B, A, G and E. Perfect for recorder. Resource includes sheet music and play along/backing tracks.

20 pieces for Whole Class Woodwind Tuition in a variety of different styles. These pieces progress steadily and give children the chance to play a relatively large repertoire without using too many notes. The music covers the notes G, A, B, C and D and is enough for a years worth of tuition! This resource includes the sheet music (PDF) and play along/backing tracks for the first 10 pieces of music. The first 10 pieces cover the notes G, A and B. You can purchase pieces 11-20 here -https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12673518

20 pieces for Whole Class Woodwind Tuition in a variety of different styles. These pieces progress steadily and give children the chance to play a relatively large repertoire without using too many notes. The music covers the notes G, A, B, C and D and is enough for a years worth of tuition! This resource includes the sheet music (PDF) and play along/backing tracks for pieces 11-20 and cover the notes G-D. You can purchase pieces 1-10 here -https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12673513

Get your class playing together with Smile! Changes is written for Ukulele, Recorder, Boomwhackers and Tuned percussion. Resource includes: Sheet music (with and without written notes) Play along and backing track

Four play alongs using the notes A, G and E. Perfect for recorder. Resource includes sheet music and play along/backing tracks.

Get your classroom band together and have fun playing Touch the sky! Touch the sky is written for Ukulele, Boomwhackers, Tuned percussion and Recorder. Resource includes sheet music (with and without note names) and play along/backing tracks.

Gather your instruments and play along to The Classroom blues! The classroom blues is perfect for Ukulele, Recorder and Tuned percussion. Have a go at improvising in the improvisation breaks. Choose a scale that best suits you and give it a go. You can’t go wrong :) Resource includes sheet music and play along/backing tracks.

Purchase the sheet music and backing/play along tracks for 20 Ukulele play alongs, ideal for the classroom. All the play alongs use open chords and melodies are written in TAB and mainly on the first string (High A).

This is a 6 week topic that aims to give the children an understanding of the song writing process. This topic is designed to give the children the opportunity to write a song, from scratch, as a class over a six week process. It will help them to develop a good understanding of the process of writing a song, the “musical ingredients” (elements) that are needed and an appreciation of the time and skill that goes into writing a song. The children will develop an understanding of how to structure a song, creating verses, a chorus and the opportunity to compose a bridge/middle 8 as well. You do not necessarily have to be musical to do this but obviously some knowledge would help. It’s a great project for you to use for children who currently play an instrument as well, especially if you have been learning one via the wider opps/first access projects. Instruments can be easily incorporated into the topic. The topic also included opportunities for children to rap and beat box if they are not too keen on singing! The first 1-3 lessons will be spent on writing some verses and a chorus. This will be followed by adding simple accompaniment using class percussion (tuned and untuned) and other instruments your class/children may have been learning how to play. The songs will be kept in C Major/A Minor (Using the common chords C, F, G & Am). This is perfect for their vocal range and for accompanying instruments. Instrumental parts could also be added in between the verses and choruses. By the end of the topic the class with have a complete song that they can record and perform to other years and their parents. 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 so you may have to edit some of the slides/fonts.

20 pieces for Whole Class Brass Tuition in a variety of different styles. These pieces progress steadily and give children the chance to play a relatively large repertoire without using too many notes. The music covers the notes B, C, D, E, F and G and is enough for a years worth of tuition! This resource includes the sheet music (PDF) and play along/backing tracks for pieces 11-20. Pieces 11-20 cover the notes B, C, D, E, F and G. You can purchase pieces 1-10 here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12673118

Four play alongs using the notes GABCD. Perfect for recorder. Resource includes sheet music and play along/backing tracks.

Winter’s night - a 3 part Christmas song, perfect for children. Resource includes: Score Parts Backing tracks Guide tracks

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

This topic aims to teach children how to use Garage Band on the iPads. It is ideal for KS2 and KS3. It begins with step-by-step instructions for children to create a simple rock piece of music. Whilst doing this they are learning how to create a new song, add instruments, use pre-set patterns, add drums loops/tracks and play the Garage Band guitar. The class are then given the opportunity to create their own compositions whilst exploring the other features on Garage Band. The topic also teaches them how to use the Smart drums, Smart strings, Drums, Sampler, Keyboard and Microphone (audio recorder).