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...
You know I love a good circle game, and Sansa Kroma provides plenty of opportunities for steady beat practice using rhythm instruments. Sansa Kroma is a folk song and stone-passing game from Ghana. You can find this folk song and more from the book Let Your Voice Be...
Ha’kyo Jung is a children’s song from Korea that would be great for practicing half note, as well as pentatonic melodies. I used to teach Ha’kyo Jung in my class from a recording by the Making Music series (a lifetime ago). You can also find this...
Thanksgiving is just around the corner here in the states. So, I did what any food-lover/music teacher is bound to do, I thought of turkey. Today’s post honors that bird with a song that is great for teaching call and response form. CALL AND RESPONSE FORM This...
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