Key teaching skills
97 videos
Articulation with Charanga
In this video the teacher uses the charanga musical school resource to explore articulation on the clarinet.
Using Charanga Musically
The charanga musical school resource offers great choice in repertoire but must always be supported with specialist k...
Language Acquisition
In this short extract from a music lesson the teacher explores singing with a traditional African song.
Whole Class Set Up: Guitar
Whole class teaching is a partnership between the school and the visiting music teachers.
Listen and Copy
In this WCIT Year 4 guitar lesson, the teacher uses simple listen and copy to warm up the finger technique prior to p...
Creative Singing
Singing in whole class teaching offers everyone the chance to engage in the lesson.
Stages - Listen Sing Play
Often in whole class teaching, we are required to teach with a more staged approach than we would in small group less...
Limited Talking
In whole class teaching it is expected that the teacher will need to question and describe the physical experience of...
Understanding Duration
This teacher questions the class on note lengths relative to the piece they have just played.
Rhythm Game
This Rhythm game is an excellent assessment for learning tool. The teacher can see visually if the class are beginnin...
Extended Rhythm game
See Rhythm Game for the first stage of this learning game. In this short clip the teacher extends the level of challe...
Using Pupils to Model
This teacher uses a student to assist in modelling the warm up in this group lesson.
Part Playing 2
The outcomes of simple part playing. Rounds are an excellent way to first introduce this to students.
Rhythm Cards
Rhythm cards are a useful starter activity for many aspects of teaching. In this example, the teacher uses an ipad to...
Choir Warm Up: Me Moo Ma
This classroom practitioner has developed a large school choir in a diverse school.
Choir Warm Up: Articulation
This classroom practitioner develops the choir warm up further into articulation.
Building Confidence and Participation
This classroom practitioner is in the early stages of building a school choir.
Scaffolding Composition
The periodic direction from the class teacher helps to scaffold this composition lesson so that the class are focused...
Behaviour Management
Music, as a subject based in sound, requires teachers to have strategies for managing behaviour including starting/st...
Playing Other Instruments
This instrumental brass teacher acknowledges the importance of playing and modelling other brass instruments.
Violin Posture
This instrumental violin teacher discusses the importance of establishing correct posture and instrument hold in begi...
Confidence
This instrumental string teacher discusses her approaches to teaching and the connection with confidence
CPD: Instrumental Teachers
This instrumental teacher discusses the support structures available within a music service. Training and CPD are imp...
Brass Basics
This instrumental brass teacher discusses the importance of establishing correct posture and instrument hold in begin...
Importance of Performance
This teacher describes the impact performances have had on the school ethos, community and progress of pupils.
Choosing the Instrument
This teacher discusses an approach for students to choose the instrument for them.
Developing Scale Practice
This teacher discusses the rationale behind scale practice offering suggestions on how to incorporate them into warm ...
Why Perform?
This teacher articulates the benefits of performance and the impact they have on young performers.
Professional Isolation
This instrumental teacher discusses the value of forging professional relationships with school colleagues.
Singing for the Non-Specialist
Instrumental teachers are now using their voice more and more in whole class teaching.
Difficult Passages
This teacher offers some advice on strategies for approaching difficult technical passages.
WCIT Variety
This teacher discusses the content of her whole class lessons including the importance of 'brain breaks.'
Keyboard Teaching
This teacher discusses some of the elements of keyboard provision within a music service.
Singing and the Vocal Teacher
This experienced teachers discusses his approach to singing from the starting point that everyone can sing.
Brass: Air
This experienced Head of Brass discusses his approaches to teaching the essential elements of brass instruments.
Teaching WCIT
This teacher discusses the pedagogy, content, challenges and solutions of whole class teaching.
Relationship with Schools
This experienced teacher discusses aspects of the relationship between the school and the visiting instrumental teach...
Professional Isolation and the Visiting Teacher
This experienced teacher offers some advice on the relationship between the visiting instrumental teacher and the sch...
Facilitating Creativity
This teacher talks us through her approach to her role in the context of her Y9 composition lesson.
Connecting Physically with Singing
In this Y8 classroom music lesson the teacher takes the class through a series of vocal warm up activities which conn...
Tonguing Technique
In this individual saxophone lesson, the teacher encourages the correct technique for articulation on the saxophone.
Strategy for Scale Practice
Modern instrumental lessons provide limited capacity to hear, revise and monitor scale practice.
The Saxophone Embouchure
In this short clip, the student exhibits a good saxophone embouchure - flattening the bottom lip, teeth on top, with ...
Suzuki Method in Schools
This teacher has 35 years’ experience using the 'Suzuki' method and is also a teacher trainer. She discusses her wor...
Setting Expectations
This experienced teacher discusses her approach to setting expectations for her pupils in a Suzuki violin lesson.
Developing Violin Staccato
In this advanced group violin lesson, the students are taken through a series of tasks and activities to develop the ...
Effective string crossing
In this advanced group violin lesson, the teacher breaks the difficulty of 'string crossing' into smaller component p...
Developing Technique Creatively
This experienced string teacher uses a variety of creative games and props to explore advanced flexible wrist and fin...
Introducing the Bassoon
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the bassoon to beginner students.
Cello Posture
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.
Introducing the Bow: Cello
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.
Introducing the Left Hand: Cello
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Cello to beginner students.
Introducing the Clarinet 1
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Clarinet to beginner students.
Introducing the Clarinet 2
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Clarinet to beginner students.
Introducing the Clarinet 3
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Clarinet to beginner students.
Introducing the Dhol Drum
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the Dhol to beginner students.
Introduction to the Drum Kit
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the drum kit to beginner students.
First Patterns on Drum Kit
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the drum kit to beginner students.
Using Resonance for Tone Development
In this larger advanced violin lesson, the teacher explores open string resonance to internalise and develop depth of...
Drum Kit Posture
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the drum kit to beginner students.
Introducing the Flute
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.
Balancing the Flute 1
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.
Balancing the Flute 2
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.
Flute Hold
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.
First Sounds: Flute
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.
Beginning Articulation: Flute
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.
Flute Assembly
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the flute to beginner students.
Introduction to Classical Guitar 1
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the classical guitar to beginner stu...
Introduction to Classical Guitar 2
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the classical guitar to beginner stu...
Introduction to Classical Guitar 3
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the classical guitar to beginner stu...
Introduction to Classical Guitar 4
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the classical guitar to beginner stu...
Introduction to Classical Guitar 5
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the classical guitar to beginner stu...
Introduction to the Oboe 1
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the oboe to beginner students.
Introduction to the Oboe 2
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the oboe to beginner students.
Introduction to the Oboe 3
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the oboe to beginner students.
Introduction to the Oboe 4
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the oboe to beginner students.
Introduction to Tabla
This music service teacher describes some of the fundamental aspects of teaching the tabla to beginner students.
10 Top Tips for Whole Class Teaching
This Head of Service offers some advice for teachers working with whole classes.
Communication with Parents
This experienced teacher discusses the importance of communication with parents.