Monday Morning Go to School is a fantastic song for practicing rests and basic Solfége patterns such as do-mi-so and so-la-ti-do. In today’s post you’ll find two free downloads, one which includes visuals for the clapping game to reinforce rests and...
Umoja by Valerie Coleman is a fantastic piece for introducing, practicing, or reviewing rhythms. My favorite recording of this piece is the one by Imani Winds, featured below. Rhythm One of the things I looked for when choosing symphonic works for the general music...
Green Sally Up is a fantastic clapping game for your elementary music students, with plenty of opportunity to practice steady beat. Bb is the only chord needed for this song, but because of the tricky fingering, I don’t recommend it. Instead pull out your Orff...
The Noble Duke of York is a great song for practicing 6/8 time, steady beat, and melodic contour in the elementary music classroom. The benefit of this song is that you can use it with a wide range of grade levels with simple adjustments to your lesson. Kindergarten...
In my last post, I discussed how to incorporate TikTok’s Chopping Dance into your classroom. Today, I’ll be going over a different trend, which includes music with syncopation. The Bongo Cha Cha Cha trend features the song (of the same name) written in...
TikTok is an app that showcases short videos, often set to music. 80% of TikTok users are between the ages of 16-34. And 26% are between the ages 25-44. That’s me! Due to the app’s overwhelming popularity with teenagers, it makes perfect sense to find ways...
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