Music

Music at Greenside

Useful Music Links

BBC Bring the Noise A huge range of musical videos, songs, activities and ideas for you to explore.

Charanga Yumu Home Access Yumu is the home learning area of Charanga, the music scheme used in school. Pupils have been given login details but if you don't have yours, please request from your child's class teacher.

Classics for Kids A website designed to help children learn about classical music.

BBC Ten Pieces Classical Music Ten Pieces is an exciting initiative for primary and secondary age students led by BBC Learning and the BBC Performing Groups. Its aim is to open up the world of classical music to a new generation of children. Explore the stories and secrets hidden in this set of forty classical pieces of music.

BBC Bitesize Music Learn all about musical language such as rhythm, pitch, harmony, pulse, tempo and melody.

World Music Composer Listen to clips of music from around the world and use them to create your own composition.

Musical Mysteries Have fun solving the musical mysteries on this BBC site. You can compose your own music and find out about different sounds, rhythms, moods and musical instruments. You will need Flash player.

The Greenside Songbook

Click on a song below to hear it being played with and without the words. Enjoy singing along!

**MORE SONGS ADDED EACH WEEK!**

Superstar Musicians of Greenside

Send us your video or audio clips of you singing along to the songs on this page or to songs of your own choice or playing an instrument. Let's showcase your superstar musical talent! Simply email your tier group email address with your clip.

Popular Feel-Good Songs

In the folder below, you will find our weekly playlists with songs to inspire and motivate you and make you feel happy. The lists include great tunes and catchy pop songs that you will know and some you might not. All are appropriate and suitable for primary age children. Enjoy!

Greenside Weekly Playlists

Learn More About Musical Instruments

Click the videos below to learn about the different instruments that make up the orchestra. Which ones do you like the sound of? Which ones would you like to have a go at playing if you could?

Watch the videos of different types of orchestra playing, from ice to vegetables to robots!

Conductor What is the conductor's job in an orchestra?

Brass Instruments What brass instruments can be found in an orchestra?

String Instruments What string instruments can be found in an orchestra?

Woodwind Instruments What woodwind instruments can be found in an orchestra?

William Tell Overture performed by the National Orchestra of Wales Listen to an orchestra perform William Tell Overture by Rossini. You will want to gallop along!

Ice Orchestra This orchestra is made from ice instruments- cool!

Robot Orchestra Instruments here are being played by robots!

Vegetable Orchestra Watch the 'Carrot Get Enough' orchestra perform with vegetable instruments!

Learn More About Musical Language

What are pulse and rhythm? Learn all about pulse and rhythm in this BBC Bitesize video.

What are melody and pitch? Find out about melody and pitch in this BBC Bitesize video.

What are duration and tempo? Find out about duration and tempo in this BBC Bitesize video.

What is harmony? Find out about harmony in this BBC Bitesize video.

What is notation? Find out about notation in this BBC Bitesize video.

What is structure? Find out about structure in this BBC Bitesize video.

What are dynamics? Find out about dynamics in this BBC Bitesize video.

What is texture? Find out about texture in this BBC Bitesize video.

VE Day Sing-A- Long

Below you will find a link to Tom Carradine's VE Day Live 15 minute Sing-A-Long on YouTube which is happening on Thursday 7th May at 11am. The broadcast will then be available on his YouTube channel if you cannot make the live stream. Through the link, you will also find 3 of the songs separately to practise beforehand or afterwards. These are Run Rabbit Run, Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats and We'll Meet Again. Please also see the attached song words. This resource is aimed at primary age pupils.

Tom Carradine's VE Day Sing-A-Long

Tom Carradine's VE Sing-A-Long Words.pdf