Web Resources to Support QCA Music

Using web-based resources is one of a number ways to contribute to a pupils entitlement to ICT in music lessons.

Software Resources to support QCA Music

Unit 1 Ongoing Skills

Hotcourses Schoolsnet
http://www.educate.org.uk/
Need to register to use the site. It is free!
Ideas for graphic notation
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/music/graphic.htm
Kidz Sing Garden of Songs
http://www.veeceet.com/kidzsing/index.html
Vocal warm-up for small children
Kiddidles Children's Songs
Let The Children Sing
Ideas for teaching a new song
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Unit 2 Sounds Interesting

Hotcourses Schoolsnet
http://www.educate.org.uk/
Need to register to use the site. It is free!
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Unit 3 Long and Short

Creating Music
http://www.creatingmusic.com/
This site a great composition area where sounds can be drawn on the screen.
Hotcourses Schoolsnet
http://www.educate.org.uk/
Need to register to use the site. It is free!
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Unit 4 Feel the pulse Exploring Pulse and Rhythm

Tea Coffee chant
from Teaching Ideas

Sound Search - BBC
Learn about the sounds that have a 'steady beat' and sounds that don't. d out.

Hotcourses Schoolsnet
http://www.educate.org.uk/
Need to register to use the site. It is free!
Radio 3's Beat Machine
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Unit 5 Taking Off Exploring Pitch

Pitch
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/
Creating Music
http://www.creatingmusic.com/
This site a great composition area where sounds can be drawn on the screen.
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Unit 6 What's the score? - Exploring instruments and symbols

Hotcourses Schoolsnet
http://www.educate.org.uk/
Need to register to use the site. It is free!
Graphic Notation
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/music/graphic.htm
Virtual Orchestra
Northumbria Grid for Learning
Musical Dictionary
Musical Instruments and Tools
Virtual Orchestra BBC
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Unit 7 Rain, rain, go away - Exploring timbre, tempo and dynamics

Rain Dance
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/music/raindanc.htm
Rhymes Mentiong Rain
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/topics/rain.shtml
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Unit 8 Ongoing skills

Unit 9 Animal magic

Lesson plan for Carnival of the animals
Sound walk
Lesson Plan from Becta
Flight of the Bumblebee midi
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Unit 10 Play it again - Exploring rhythmic patterns

BBC Rhythm section
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Unit 11 The Class Orchestra Exploring Arrangements

Ideas for using Compose World Junior
Instruments of the Orchestra
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/music/orchestra/contents.htm
Learn About Instruments - http://datadragon.com/education/instruments/
Thinkquest - Sounds from The Orchestra
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5116
 
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Unit 12 Dragon scales Exploring pentatonic scales

Pentatonic scales
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Unit 13 Painting with sound - Exploring sound colours

BBC Music Moods
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Unit 14 Salt, pepper, vinegar, mustard - Exploring singing games

Action songs
Children’s Songs Midi Site
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Unit 15 Ongoing skills

Unit 16 Cyclic patterns - Exploring rhythm and pulse

Teaching Rhythm and pulse
Lesson Plan from Becta - Cyclic patterns
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Unit 17 Roundabout - Exploring rounds

Rounds for voices or Instruments
http://www.mtrs.co.uk/rounds.htm
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Unit 18 Journey into Space Exploring Sound Sources

Audacity (free sound manipulation software)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/windows.php
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/highlights/index.html
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Unit 19 Songwriter - Exploring lyrics and melody

 

Unit 20 Stars, hide your fires - Performing together

Stars, hide your fires - teachers guide from Becta

 
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Unit 21 Who knows? Exploring Musical Processes

Graphic scores
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