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The orchestra: Lesson folder
Are you looking for information about classical music and the symphony orchestra? In this lesson folder you will find information and inspiring assignments about the orchestra, the instrument families and the conductor.
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Workshop: Weaving
During the Weaving Workshop we will weave with different materials. We explore typical weaving materials such as strips of fabric, buttons, beads and wool. Atypical materials such as rope and plastic can also be discussed.
First we consider the …
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The Earth Orchestra: Together is beautiful
Together is beautiful is the first song by The Earth Orchestra. This is an orchestra with input from 197 countries with all kinds of voices and a variety of classical and ethnic instruments. Such a song and such an orchestra is a first in music …
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Blob Opera: Google Arts & Culture Experiments
Create your own opera-inspired song with Blob Opera. You don't need any music skills for this at all. Blob Opera is a machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture.
See here how Blob Opera was made, discover …
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Winter Spirits: Song around sound with chords and lesson ideas
Winter Spirits is about the terrifying sounds you sometimes hear in the dark.
It is ideal for lessons on sound. In the appendix you will find the text with chords as well as a number of lesson ideas.
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The Little Prehistory: Workshop
If you opt for this playful and interactive workshop, tailored to children from six to eleven years old, depending on the weather conditions, we will introduce you to the hunter-gatherers (until 10,000 years ago) or the farmers. The first workshop …
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Prehistoric clothing workshop
Hunter-gatherers were already able to make well-fitting clothing from animal skins. The archaeological find that can tell us more about this is Ötzi, the oldest mummy ever excavated in Europe and extremely interesting because of the outfit in …
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Expedition tool
There's more to a song than you think, namely… instruments. Instruments are needed to make music. Have you ever blown on a trombone, a clarinet or a flute? Also the stringed instruments should not be missing: cello, violin, guitar… …
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Megadrummer orchestra
The group discovers the ten basic rhythms using:
- blocks,
- sticks,
- to call,
- castanets,
- pots,
- pans
- our own body.
After this search, we puzzle together into one big whole and make our own beat. Some dance steps will not be missing.
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Rubbish recycling orchestra
A pep bottle, beer bottle, crown cap, old ladle, plate, glass, PVC tube… We sort the waste and discover how we can reuse waste to craft our own musical instrument. Hammer, nails, drills, screws, etc. are our best friends and we close the …
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Make your own handbag: Step-by-step plan
Make a 16th-century bag for on your belt: handy and stylish from the time of Pieter Bruegel the Elder !
In this learning resource you will find viewing tips, the supplies and a step-by-step photo guide to get creative in the classroom.
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Learning to read music
On this site you will find various lessons on music theory. You will be introduced to staves, clefs, musical notes, time signatures, rests, dynamics, ...
The first 60 lessons are free.
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