Female
Fourth movement from Mozart's Requiem, in which all four vocal parts—bass, tenor, alto and soprano—have solo passages. Excellent for comparing male/female voices.
Official classification: Trombone (treble clef), Unit 5. Taking off - Exploring pitch, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Classical, Female, Male, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, Trombone Family, Naxos
Tags: Latin, mambo, Percussion, Drums
Video singing lesson on warming up the voice with a groove.
Official classification: Singing Techniques, High, low and changing, Example Voices, Video, Voice, Female, Male, 1a Controlling sounds - singing
Video from Concert Percussion Series
Official classification: Percussion, Marimba, Vibraphone, Ensembles, Video, Female, Vic Firth
Open source documentary from Link Media. he Finnish Furies (Varttina) have been a band for 25 years, and they are tighter than ever. They demonstrate their signature sound for Link TV with a rendition of "Laiska" and "Miero."
Official classification: Part-singing, Bands, Folk, World Music, Female, Finland, Curriculum support, Performance video clip
Track 24 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Jewish song from the Sephardi tradition, from Saydisc album 'Raisins and Almonds' (1'53")
Main features: instrumentation, melody.
This Sephardic folk song features the rebec (a stringed instrument) and the lauto (a metal strung lute). The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, melody and drone.
Official classification: Recorder Family, Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Female, Drone, Rebec, Lauto, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 17 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Religions of the World' (1'26") Setting of 'the Lord's Prayer' by Rimsky-Korsakov. This simple chant originates from the nineteenth century. The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on the male and female voices, melody and features of the chant.
Official classification: Listening, Harmony, The Romantic Period, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Female, Male, Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Andreyevich, Track Explorer, Christianity, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 12 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Religions of the World' (2'59") Hymn from Fiji sung by the Nabua Methodist Church Choir, Fiji. This hymn is a unique blend of European and Fijian vocal traditions. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on structure and the choir.
Official classification: Listening, Part-singing, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Female, Male, Fiji, Track Explorer, Christianity, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 11 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Religions of the World' (3'36") Hymn by Charles Wesley. This hymn features singers accompanied by violin, bassoon, bass, lute and tabor. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks, focusing on instrumentation and structure.
Official classification: Double Bass, Violin, Listening, Part-singing, Harmony, Tudor England, The Baroque Era, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Female, Male, Tabor, Lute, England, Track Explorer, Christianity, Hymnns, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 10 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Religions of the World' (1'19") Music from the 'Golden Age' of English church music. This is an example of Tudor polyphony. The Track Explorer has one learning track focusing on the four parts.
Official classification: Listening, Part-singing, Tudor England, The Renaissance, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Female, Male, Track Explorer, Christianity, Byrd, William, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 18 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Religions of the World'. Setting of an old Russian chant by A.V. Kastorsky. The Track Explorer has one learning track focusing on the choir and features of the chant.
Official classification: Listening, Part-singing, The Romantic Period, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Female, Male, Russia, Track Explorer, Christianity, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 22 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Scottish Folk Song from Saydisc album 'Traditional Songs of Scotland' (3'04") Main features: structure, singing. This traditional Scottish folk song is sung by a female singer, accompanied by guitar and fiddle. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on structure and lyrics.
KS1/2 idea - Ask the children to try to translate some of the Scottish dialect in this song. A good chance to discuss any dialects members of the class might know.
Official classification: Acoustic Guitar, Other Bowed Strings, Listening, Form & Structure, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Female, Scotland, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 16 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. English Folk Song from Saydisc album 'Traditional Songs of England' (2'59") Main features: instrumentation, structure, singing. This English folk song is a ballad sung by a female singer. It features a hurdy-gurdy, or 'wheel fiddle' (an instrument dating back to the Middle Ages). The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, structure and lyrics.
Official classification: Folk Songs, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Folk, Female, England, Hurdy-gurdy, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Ballad, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Love song duet by characters Troy and Gabriella. A little use of singing in harmony at the beginning. Good for use at KS2 for pop song structure example.
Official classification: 2000s, Film & Animation, Video, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Pop, Female, Male, Curriculum support
Also known as "The Politician", this is an a cappella song sung recorded in 1970, days before Joplin died and appearing on the 1971 album Pearl, the song is a critical social commentary on how people relate happiness to money and material possessions, a great example for a songwriting theme and for a capella singing, the song has also been used on adverts for... guess who?!
Official classification: Singing, 1970s, Advertisements, Popular Songs, Audio, Country, Pop, Female, Curriculum support, A Capella
Charlotte Church performs this traditional hymn accompanied by a choir singing gentle harmonies. The melody is written using a pentatonic scale, for KS2 or KS3 pupils focussing on songwriting or arrangement, it may valuable to compare this recording with the Elvis Presley performance also on the site. Also worth noting is the key change about 2/3 of the way through.
Official classification: Audio, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, Female, Mixed Voice Choir, Unit 12 Dragon Scales , Curriculum support, Christianity
Rumoured to have been written by Henry VIII, this is a typical Tudor song featuring a rhythmic ostinato on tambourine with melody and accompaniment on recorders. The song is played three times on this recording, first instrumental, then sung by solo male voice and finally with a group of singers in harmony.
Official classification: Tambourine, Recorder Family, Ostinato, Tudor England, The Renaissance, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Female, Male, Curriculum support
Top 10 hit from the summer of 1980 and written by the Bee Gees, features what was the longest sung note at the time (just over half way through, the word "all" held for 12 seconds) until Whitney Houston later beat this record with her hit "I will always love you". Good example of female solo pop song.
Official classification: 1980s, Audio, Pop, Female, Curriculum support
Two Ainu women perform a song at a cultural presentation in Hokkaido, Japan. Traditional costumes decorated by designs known to ward off evil or illness from entering the body.
Japan, voice, vocal, ceremony, world music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKhQ8wZQuak
Official classification: Health & Wellbeing, Community Events & Special Occasions, Video, Voice, Female, Japan, Curriculum support, Japanese
Jacqueline Castro Ravelo is a talented Chilean folk-singer. She grew up listening to folk music and has been singing and playing the guitar since she was nine years old. She and her family have lived in exile for many years. Ravelo sings the songs of Chilean payadores (or poets) and uses her music as a means to preserve her native Chilean culture. In this clip Ravelo plays the bombo, a large, old drum originally from Argentina.
Footage from www.travelswithmusic.org
Official classification: Acoustic Guitar, Video, Female, Chile, Bombo, Curriculum support, Travels with Music
