MUSIC AND SCIENCE, Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of pentatonic scale

You may not know anything about music theory or music scales, but you can sing a pentatonic scale. Bobby McFerrin shows it to you:

World Science Festival - Notes and neurons

MUSICAL MYSTERIES - MUSIC GAMES

MUSIC MYSTERIES

This webpage is developed by the BBC although it has no been updated recently. It has simple games in which students can relate a certain piece of music with a mood or perform rhythm games to solve a mistery.

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How to truly listen - An Evelyn Glennie talk

Do you know Evelyn Glennie?

She is a world renowned Scottish percussionist. Despite being deaf she has managed to listen and feel the music.

Her talk to TED is highly recommended:

You can find it with or withour Spanish subtitles.

If you are interested there is also a movie: TOUCH THE SOUND

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New resources - musictechteacher.com

La página www.musictechteacher.com ofrece muchos juegos y lecciones para emplear en el aula de música.En el apartado Worksheets podemos descargar numerosas fichas.

www.musictechteacher.com offers games, lessons plans and quizes to use in the class. There are also worksheets ready to print in PDF.

Play Ópera APP

¿Conoces la App 'Play Ópera'?

Se trata de una aplicación disponible tanto para iPad como para iPhone ideal para niños de entre 8 y 11 años. En ella se presentan varios fragmentos de óperas muy conocidas acompañadas de bonitas ilustraciones

Some music APP's to learn and teach music

ONE MAN BAND - SHORT FILM BY PIXAR

Article - English through Music

A través de la web de la Universidad de Comillas podemos acceder al artículo 'English trough music - Designing CLIL materials for young learners' de la autora Jane Willis. 

THE MUSICAL - ACTIVITIES ABOUT 'MARY POPPINS' AND 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC'

Download the activities about the films 'Mary Poppins' and 'Sound of music'

SOUND OF MUSIC

                                                      MARY POPPINS

 

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