Pupil outcome: I can explain how Wordsworth presents the relationship between man and nature in 'Lines Written in Early Spring'. Key learning points: - Wordsworth expresses the idea of harmony in nature through ‘Lines Written in Early...

Pupil outcome: I can understand that the Five Pillars of Islam can help many Muslims find harmony with Allah (God). Key learning points: - Many Muslims find harmony with God (Allah) through submission to him. - The Five Pillars of Islam...

An in-depth look at the song ‘Pure Imagination’ from ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ as a means of exploring how extended chords can be used effectively and colourfully within a tonal framework. This composer insights lesson...

Indigenous Peoples have thrived across the eastern portion of present day United States for more than 10,000 years, forming hundreds of distinct cultures and Nations. In this video learn about the Wampanoag, Anishinaabeg, and Cherokee...

In this video, a pigeon named Delicate shares stories about her travels and promotes the importance of peace. Through a heartwarming story about children resolving conflicts and lifting blockades in their neighborhood, Delicate teaches...

In this video transcript, Nova takes children on a galactic adventure to discover the values of peace and harmony. Through the metaphor of baking a cake, she emphasizes the importance of communication, respect, and compromise in...

We use a sounding board called a sonometer to investigate how the pitch of sound changes when the length of wire being plucked changes. We change the position of a moveable bridge to change the length of the wire and discover that...

What is music? From John Cage to Legendary Stardust Cowboy, avant-garde artists have forever been pushing on the edges of what is considered music. Composers like Arnold Schoenberg, Harry Partch and outsider musicians like The Shaggs...

The arrival of Europeans and creation of the 13 colonies led to immense challenges and profound changes for Indigenous peoples.

An empowering alphabet book of affirmations to inspire and remind black children of their inner power, strength, and worth.

Sing along and learn with The Kiboomers! Freedom Freedom Let it Ring Let it Ring is a tribute in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It is a great preschool learning video for kids for a Martin Luther King Day theme unit. Enjoy!

Miss Palomine talks about making guesses based upon new information and information from our own personal experiences. Using The First Step, Miss Palomine tells the student about the guesses she’s made. She refers to them as “good...

Miss Palomine talks about the characteristics of the characters in The First Step.

Miss Palomine explains the importance of knowing what all the words in a story mean. She discusses The First Step and checks for understanding of the vocabulary in the story.

This video is answering the question of what is a harmony.

Understanding and interpreting your piano music allows you to bring your own unique flair and personality to a piece. Here we investigate this famous Arabesque written by Debussy during his early career and explore the hints of the...

We explore this late piano Intermezzo composed by Brahms in 1893. This lesson explains the opening structure and examines clues for interpretation provided by Brahms in a letter he wrote about this work to Clara Schumann. We then...

Discover how to harmonise a fast moving melody with chords. The temptation is to harmonise every note, resulting in a harmonic rhythm that moves too quickly. We explore how to determine which notes are harmony notes / chord tones and...

Learn how to write a canon by diminution. In a canon by diminution one part begins then the second part follows on several beats or bars behind using the same pitch as the first part but presented in notes of half the value. This...

Learn how to go about composing a strict canon at the unison or the octave in two parts. This lesson explains the most useful technique for constructing a strict canon bar by bar, in such a way that the melodic line has shape and...

In this music composition lesson we review how to form 7th chords and remind ourselves of the traditional function of standard 7th chord progressions. The video goes on to consider the effectiveness of using 7th chords back to back...

Learn how to go about composing a strict canon by inversion. This lesson explains the most useful technique for constructing a strict canon by inversion bar by bar, in such a way that the melodic line has shape and direction, while...

Learn how to go about composing a strict canon at the 5th in two parts. This lesson explains the most useful technique for constructing a strict canon bar by bar, in such a way that the melodic line has shape and direction, while...

Learn the meaning of ‘crab canon’ then proceeds to compose an example so you can see how to do it. In a crab canon, one part works forwards while a second part simultaneously works the same music in reverse. This means that one part...