A generic limerick tune that can be used to sing any limerick and also to create new lyrics in that form.
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Sonnet Seasoning
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Music Activities for schools, Vivaldi's Four Seasons Project
It’s all about the extra-musical influences that inspired Vivaldi while he composed “The Four Seasons”, in particular sonnets which often appear at the beginning of the score.
Harmony Capers
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Music Activities for schools
No dry harmony study here – activities in composing, performing, score-reading, listening…as well as analysis to help you get to grips with some of Vivaldi’s harmonic delectations.
Composing With Antonio
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Music Activities for schools, Vivaldi's Four Seasons Project
Here’s a selection of activities to not only help you become more familiar with Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, but also to hone some of your own composing skills at the same time.
Eine Kleine Rhythmische Musik
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Listening starters for schools, Music Activities for schools
Clap the pulse, clap the rhythm, make up your own rhythms that add up to 4 beats. The musical genius Mozart will help us!
Adoration In Sheba
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Listening starters for schools, Music Activities for schools
With waving and petals and bowing and clapping, let’s welcome the Queen Of Sheba to our school…and while we’re at it, let’s pretend to be her and her courtiers as well!
Riding With Brünnhilda
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Listening starters for schools, Music Activities for schools
Sleeping potions, storms, scary forests, warriors riding their horses through the skies, fiery mountains – they all need music composing for them. Wagner’s had a go: now it’s your turn!
Lucky Latin
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Listening starters for schools, Music Activities for schools
It’s all about singing a dramatic and rhythmic song in a language other than English, which makes you listen so very intently.
A Pinch Of Saltarello
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Listening starters for schools, Music Activities for schools
Let’s adopt the saltarello dancing position and skip, leap and spin ourselves into a celebratory mood with Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony.
King Of The Mountains
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Listening starters for schools, Music Activities for schools
Have a go at playing a simple melody and then compose some variations on that melody, then you too can be like Edvard Grieg and his King of the Dwarfs.