Irresistibly upbeat grooves, riffs and styles to wake up and shake up the musician in everyone.
A complete resource for developing general musicianship skills and musical confidence right from the start. Perfect for Wider Opportunities schemes, this is also ideal for classroom teachers already using the Music Express scheme.
The pack (book + 2xCD/CD-ROM) contains activities for building skill and confidence in using beat, rhythm and pitch. 36 specially composed listening tracks engage young learners in moving, co-ordinating and responding musically. 8 celebration tracks give opportunities for bringing together newly established skills in performance.
Suitable for use from age 8 upwards, the pack offers ways of extending music skills with older or more able students.
Music notation is introduced gradually on the foundation of aural learning though no music reading is required to deliver the activities, which are user-friendly for both specialist and generalist teachers.
- (Digital animations; black and white PDFs)
Progressive music skill-building in beat, rhythm and melody,Whiteboard displays with embedded audio for everyone to see, hear and play from,Use with Music Express 3-6 or on its own,CD/CD-ROM with backing tracks, perfomance tracks and photocopiable printouts.,Ideal for whole class musicianship teaching
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Biographical note
Maureen Hanke is head of Norfolk Education Service. Her work has involved PGCE training and QCA consultation. She started her career as a music teacher in the East End of London. Later, as a music
adviser, she developed a national reputation for music education workshops and became Head of Music Education at Trinity College of Music. She is the author of many titles in the Music Express series.
Stephen Chadwick is a composer, sound engineer and educationalist. He has written frequently for the London Philharmonic Orchestra education programme, BBC Bitesize, Disney, and Channel Four's Gridclub. He is the author of three of A&C Black's Roald Dahl musicals, Singing French and Singing English, and was composer and producer for the Music Express series.