Students can’t get hold of an instrument to practice ukulele? Want them to be able to read chord diagrams ready to practice when they get back into school? Here’s an activity which tests your student’s ability to read ukulele chord diagrams. Complete with help guide, follow up questions you might have asked if you were teaching them face to face and extension activity for keen students. Answers also provided for ease of assessment or self assessment. Please leave a review if you purchase. Your feedback is very important to me!

Video to help music teachers during the options process. I know the struggles of showing schools and educators that Music is important. It is vital that we keep music in the curriculum and not just as an extra. Students should study music at least at KS3, whether it is their passion or not and no school should take away the opportunity for students to study music further if they choose to. Everyone should be able to express themselves through music and the arts.

This is the first video where I’ve filmed myself doing a lesson. This lesson teaches students how to sing along to the Folk song ‘Blow Away the Morning Dew.’ You can sing along and gain an understanding of what Folk music is as you go!

A video describing phrases, sections and simple structures, binary and ternary form.

Demonstrating key vocabulary within Blues Music. Riff, Chords, Primary Chords, Improvised Solo, 12 Bar Blues Chord Sequence

A song to learn about what Major, Minor, Major 7th, Minor 7th and Dominant 7th Chords sound like & how to create them!

A video song introducing and explaining basic musical symbols. Stave, Treble Clef, Time Signature, Key Signature, Bars & Bar Lines, Sharps & Flats Teachers are free to use if they feel it will benefit their students.

A video explaining popular music structure. Including these sections: Introduction Verse PreChorus Chorus Bridge Instrumental Break Outro

A interactive song showing how to read the Treble Clef. Notes on a line do the rhyme ‘Every Good Boy Deserves Football’ (I know it doesn’t rhyme) Notes in the space spell FACE.

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Music video to teach students about the musical elements. Including demonstrations and explanations. I use the acronym DRIPTTT’s.

Learn how to write a melody with a demonstration of Levitating by Dua Lipa. Glossary of terms used in the video Pitch - How high or low a note sounds Step - 1 note up or down Hop - 2 notes up or down Leap - More than 2 notes up or down Octave - The same note higher or lower Sequence - Repeating an idea higher or lower in pitch Ascending - Notes going up Descending - Notes going down Rhythm - A pattern of long and short notes Anacrusis - Lead in notes before the phrase Syncopation - Notes off the main beats Structure - The layout of the music Phrase - A short musical idea Section - The sum of the phrases e.g. Verse, Chorus etc

A song to teach students how to read notes on a keyboard.

I use this in lessons to introduce musical elements with the acronym DRIPTTT’s. I get students to shout out the words after they come up on the video and then again when the letters come up without the elements. Afterwards, I will question students on remembering the DRIPTTT’s in order. How have you used it?