Comprehensive introduction to Irish music from the Curriculum Support Team for Music. Details the history of traditional Irish music, song and dance with particular attention to changes over time. The first part of the document looks at dance music, harping, singing and actual set dancing while the second section looks at the external and internal changes to the tradition as well as looking at regional styles and the aural tradition.
View full descriptionStrand: 1. Procedural Knowledge
Strand unit: 13. Compare Irish Traditional / Folk Music
A technological lab allowing music to be analysed, created and visualised. The collection of music experiments include rhythm, spectrogram, chords, sound waves, arpeggios, kandinsky, melody maker, voice spinner, harmonics, piano roll, oscillators and strings.
View full descriptionStrand: Composing
Strand: Useful Websites
Strand: Useful Websites
Strand: Useful Websites
Strand: Useful Websites
Suggestions for use: Use the chrome music experiment lab to develop pupils sound engineer thinking abilities. Allow pupils to repeat the rhythms, play with the chords, see the sound waves, note observations, compare spectrograms and create their own sounds using a microphone.
Key Skills: Being Creative
Strand: Other Science Websites
Strand unit: General Resources
Suggestions for use: Use the chrome music experiment lab to develop pupils sound engineer thinking abilities. Allow pupils to repeat the rhythms, play with the chords, see the sound waves, note observations, compare spectrograms and create their own sounds using a microphone.
Key Skills: Managing Information and Thinking Working with Others
Cool list of ways to practice and prepare melody writing in the music room.
View full descriptionStrand: Music (Pre 2018)
Strand unit: Melody
Suggestions for use: A list that you can refer to when planning melody writing lessons.
Key Skills: Being Creative Communicating Managing Information and Thinking Staying Well Working with Others
This PPT guides learners through an exploration of the Nature of Music.
View full descriptionStrand: 1. Procedural Knowledge
Strand unit: 10. Characteristerics of Music - Locality
Suggestions for use: This could be used to introduce students to the idea that music is all around us and influences every facet of our lives.
Key Skills: Being Creative Communicating Managing Information and Thinking Staying Well Working with Others Literacy Numeracy Managing Myself
Strand: 3. Culture & Context
Strand unit: 8. The Role of Music in Advertisements
Suggestions for use: This could be used to introduce students to the idea that music is all around us and influences every facet of our lives.
Key Skills: Being Creative Communicating Managing Information and Thinking Staying Well Working with Others Literacy Numeracy Managing Myself
Strand: 3. Culture & Context
Strand unit: 1. Produce a Playlist for Local Event
Suggestions for use: This could be used to introduce students to the idea that music is all around us and influences every facet of our lives.
Key Skills: Being Creative Communicating Managing Information and Thinking Staying Well Working with Others Literacy Numeracy Managing Myself
Hookpad is an intelligent musical sketchpad that helps you create chord progressions and melodies. It has music theory built-in to help you find the sound you’re looking for.
View full descriptionStrand: 1. Procedural Knowledge
Strand unit: 1. Compose & Perform Short Musical Phases
Suggestions for use: LO: 1.1 Compose and perform or play back short musical phrases and support these phrases by
creating rhythmic/melodic/harmonic ostinati to accompany them.
Key Skills: Being Creative Communicating Managing Information and Thinking Staying Well Working with Others Literacy Numeracy Managing Myself
A quiz aimed at helping students recognise musical instruments
View full descriptionStrand: 2. Innovate and Ideate
Strand unit: 9. Sonorities, Ranges and Timbres
Suggestions for use: LO: 2.9 9 Distinguish between the sonorities, ranges and timbres of selections of instruments and
voices; identify how these sounds are produced and propose their strengths and limitations
in performance
Key Skills: Communicating Working with Others Literacy
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