My Year 6 music class experimented with serialism and tone-rows but using a diatonic scale (A B C D E F G) rather than a chromatic one (ie with all the semitones). I used the phrase ‘Rainbow Tone Row’ to link in with out use of BoomWhackers. Although this does somewhat negate serialsims goal of
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Music Essentials – Arranging
Arranging is one of two creative secondary music titles I’ve written for Blake Education. It was written with Year 9-10 in mind, but could be readily adpated for younger students with more music experience. It’s fully photocopiable, so you can make your own arranging booklets or cherry-pick the material for inclusion in your own courses.
Tags: Blake Education, book, music, music theoryKey Signature Charts
Need to fill in a vacant board in the Music Room? Try this 15 sheet set of key signature charts. Each chart features the major and related minor key, the sharps / flats (in both symbols and letters) and a smart red border (very essential…). The last added sharp or flat is highlighted in red
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