Clap the pulse, clap the rhythm, make up your own rhythms that add up to 4 beats. The musical genius Mozart will help us!
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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.
Up With The Lark
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Listening starters for schools, Music Activities for schools
Let’s compose an exaltation of larks and other birds by listening to Vaughan Williams’ music and also by doing a spot of bird-watching of our own.
Rhythms of Aranjuez
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Listening starters for schools, Music Activities for schools
Tackle some 3/4 6/8 cross rhythms and play along with Rodrigo’s famous guitar concerto.
Fiery Rituals
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Listening starters for schools, Music Activities for schools
Listen hard and create some dance moves inspired by Manuel de Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance.
Apprentice Sorcery
Categories: Composing Activities for Classes, Listening starters for schools, Music Activities for schools
Let’s listen to some musical sorcery and make up a slide show to accompany Dukas’ colourful music “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”.