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).
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 collection of 10 Body Percussion songs. All of these songs focus on different Body Percussion rhythms to accompany them.
Every song is designed to reinforce pitch, pulse and rhythm (either consciously or unconsciously) and will help with a range of social skills (turn taking, working with a partner or group etc).
The songs are all in an appropriate range for children. Most use a maximum of a 6-note range with some stretching to an octave.
These songs are more demanding than the other Active singing songs because of the Body Percussion rhythms so are more suitable for KS2.
These songs have also been designed to fit perfectly within the Kodaly methodology if teachers are using it (using common ta and ti-ti rhythms and incorporating familiar melody lines - so-mi / mi-so-la).
Scarf songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12564116
Passing songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12600356
Miscellaneous songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12564112
Rhythm stick songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12590879
Parachute songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12563992
Shaker songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12564118
Cup songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12585890
All 80 songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12564122
Laze in the Sun uses the chords Am, C and F and is a nice simple laid back piece of music, ideal for classroom and ensembles.
Resource includes sheet music and backing/play along track.
Learn to play the notes C, D and E on tuned percussion (Xylophone/Glockenspiel).
This resource contains 21 pieces of music that slowly progress through the three notes. Included is sheet music and play along/backing tracks.
Four play alongs on the note C. Perfect for percussion and ukulele (if using standard notation).
Resource includes sheet music and play along/backing tracks.
This is a collection of 10 songs to be sung with a parachute (they could also be used with scarves/lycra).
Every song is designed to reinforce pitch, pulse and rhythm (either consciously or unconsciously) and will help with a range of social skills (turn taking, working with a partner or group etc).
The songs are all in an appropriate range for children. Most use a maximum of a 6-note range with some stretching to an octave. All songs are in C Major but can easily be transposed to D. Each song comes with easy to follow instructions.
They can be used with KS1 and KS2 and have all been tried and tested by the children I teach and have all been received well and enjoyed!
These songs have also been designed to fit perfectly within the Kodaly methodology if teachers are using it (using common ta and ti-ti rhythms and incorporating familiar melody lines - so-mi / mi-so-la).
Miscellaneous songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12564112
Scarf songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12564116
Shaker songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12564118
All 40 songs for £5 - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12564122
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.
Can you keep up with the Whacker waltz?
Written for Boomwhackers, this waltz gets progressively faster.
Resource includes:
Sheet music (with and without note names) and play along/backing tracks
Easy going is written for Recorder, Ukulele, Boomwhackers and tuned percussion (glockenspiel, xylophone). This piece also gives players the opportunity to improvise!
This resource includes sheet music (with and without note names) and play along/backing tracks.
10 pieces for Eb Tenor Horn 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. All 20 pieces cover 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 the first 10 pieces of music. The first 10 pieces covers the notes C, D and E.
You can purchase pieces 11-20 here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12863199
Play along to Peaceful paradise on your ukulele! Either strum the chords, play the melody using TAB or have a go at picking the chords.
Uses chords Am, Dm, C and F
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.
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.
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!
Here are a selection of pieces for rock and pop bands. They includes parts for Guitar (riff and chords), Bass Guitar, Drums, Keyboard/Piano and Vocals (lyrics).
Some of the keys have been changed to suit children’s voices/make them easier to play (child friendly keys)
Enjoy :)