Parents & Pupils
Keeping Active For StudentsFor students accessing instrumental lessons from home.
If your child or their teacher cannot attend school for their normal instrumental lesson please use the resources below for their instrument to ensure their music studies can continue.
We also have our comprehensive Wolverhampton Music Service YouTube channel which has over 200 videos created by us to be used for independant instrumental and vocal study which can be accessed here..
BBC Ten Pieces. As well as the links in the categories below which lead to specific instrumental and vocal materials there is a wealth of resources on the BBC Ten Pieces website. Some of the resources are for schools, but many can be accessed by students including all of theTen Pieces (now more than Ten!) where you can find a selecetion instrumental parts at different levels of ability for lots of pieces.
Brass Resources
New (December 2020) Xmas Music for Brass – Simply Click on the titles for the sheet music
Away in a Manger Duet for Horn in F
Good King Wenceslas Duet for Horn in F
Hark the Herald Duet for Horn in F
Once in Royal Duet for Horn in F
Silent Night Duet for Horn in F
The First Nowell Duet for Horn in F
The Holly & the Ivy Duet for Horn in F
While Shephards Watched Duet for Horn in F
Brass 2019-2022 Grade 3 technical exercise performance: ‘Ambling Along’….
Brass 2019-2022 Grade 3 Duet performance: ‘Rock School, no.60’ (trombone)
Trumpet – Fun Trumpet play along songs
https://spinditty.com/learning/Fun-Trumpet-Backing-Tracks-and-Play-Alongs
Guitar & Ukulele Resources
For Guitar –
A nice Portuguese guitar piece about grade 3-4 level
https://www.8notes.com/scores/21313.asp
A good site for many guitar pieces and resources
https://www.8notes.com/guitar/all/
Summer Swing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eMLjdAEvNz9MKOguxXaDMY5HlVrVZZkQ/view?usp=sharing
One string Wonders
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17KyaRi_L9uEH8z2KGBnxaAhMCPsZa9tp/view?usp=sharing
Notes on the Guitar
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oQvN4SUTcEmfs78F8il1w1eabuGlZkDH/view?usp=sharing
Beginner Guitar Riffs
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oQvN4SUTcEmfs78F8il1w1eabuGlZkDH/view?usp=sharing
Chord Sheet
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B54vgilVYquaV7IXRopUIlkWcyCYMVMV/view?usp=sharing
House of Gold Chords
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12NuxGxdvc655Mjx9bIOvAeEzPfVtW1X6/view?usp=sharing
I Got Rhythm Notes
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12NuxGxdvc655Mjx9bIOvAeEzPfVtW1X6/view?usp=sharing
My Girl Guitar and Ukulele
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12NuxGxdvc655Mjx9bIOvAeEzPfVtW1X6/view?usp=
My Girl Ukulele Chords
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12NuxGxdvc655Mjx9bIOvAeEzPfVtW1X6/view?usp=sharing
My Girl Ukulele
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12NuxGxdvc655Mjx9bIOvAeEzPfVtW1X6/view?usp=sharing
Excellent resource for Ukulele
https://www.ukulelerocks.co.uk/
Percussion Resources
Percussion/Drumkit Resources December 2020 Early grades
Beginner Drum Kit videos (in this order!)WMS Drum Kit – Setting Up Your Drums
Click here
WMS Drum Kit – Tips For a Quieter Practice
Click here
WMS Drums – Stick Grip
Click here
WMS Drums – First Beat
Click here
WMS Drum Kit – 3 More Beginner Drum Beats
Click here
WMS Drums – Rudiments
Click here
WMS Drum Kit – Dominoes Groove [Grade 1]
Click here
WMS Drums – Grade 1 Technical Exercises
Click here
WMS Drum Kit – An Introduction to Off Beat Grooves
Click here
3 beginner drum beats Click here
Body drumming Click here
The Percussion family Click here
‘Can’t Stop this Feeling’ body percussion Click here
10 grooves for beginners Click here
Here is a resource for djembe. Lots of lessons, tips and advice.
Click here
#VF Jams LIVE! Season 1 Top drummers from around the world performing
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpKMeH_MXcaQvFczHvSRe5HrfbarQwpPi
#VF Jams LIVE! Season 2 Top drummers from around the world performing
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpKMeH_MXcaSCZWu8MK_Cofb7Dl94qG8_
An excellent site for drummers
A good drum kit resource for players of all abilities and styles
Strings Resources
Grades 1-2
String Resources Nov 202
Violin Duet Click here The Saddlemakers
Violin Duet Click here Minuet in G Paezold – Bach
Violin: Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen (Grade 1) – sheet music and backing track
VIOLIN: Happy birthday (Grade 1)
VIOLA: Happy birthday (Grade 1)
‘CELLO: Happy birthday (Grade 1)
Pizzicato peeps YouTube channel – lots of fun violin videos:
STRINGS: Nicola Benedetti YouTube channel – lots of inspiration here, and tutorials
Around Grade 3 -4
For Violin Viola and Cello
Duet https://www.kathyanddavidblackwell.co.uk/downloads/slovenian-duets/
For exam practice –
https://gb.abrsm.org/en/exam-support/apps-and-practice-tools/violin-practice-partner/
For scales practice –
https://gb.abrsm.org/en/exam-support/apps-and-practice-tools/scales-trainer/
More violin duets (PDF Files) from the Music Medal series:-
Gow’s reel Greensleeves March in D Minuet
A Mazas Violin Duet about grade 3-4 standard
Violin 1 Page 1 Violin 1 page 2
Violin 2 page 1 Violin 2 page 2
Grade 3 ABRSM scales – https://youtu.be/CNI4tbEHlyo
Grade 4 ABRSM scales – https://youtu.be/uBd9KRnnyRs
Learning to do Vibrato – https://youtu.be/GY1QtgBQrUI
Cello
A good link to encourage creativity – about grade 4 standard
https://www.8notes.com/playalong/clocks_style.asp?instrument=cello
Good for most instruments but the key works well for grade 2-3 cello
https://www.8notes.com/playalong/indie_folk_rock.asp?instrument=cello
Something fun for sight reading:
Solo Cello Over the Rainbow
Woodwind Resources
Woodwind Resources Nov 2020
CLARINET: Dozens of easy, well-known tunes grade 1-2). Free music e.g. Happy Birthday, Can Can and Ode to Joy Click here
CLARINET: Christmas tune ‘Troika’ (grade 2/3) with music and backing track mp3 Click here
CLARINET: Diana Cotoman ‘Interlude’ (grade 1) Click here
CLARINET: Disney’s ‘A Whole New World’ (grade 1-2) Click here
FLUTE: Flute fingering charts including trill fingerings for Click here
FLUTE: ‘Greensleeves’ (grade 2) with downloadable/printable music and mp3 backing track Click here
FLUTE: Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ (grade 2) with downloadable/printable music and mp3 backing track Click here
FLUTE: ‘Happy Birthday’ (grade 1-2) with downloadable/printable music and mp3 backing track Click here
FLUTE: ‘Loch Lomond’ (grade 2) with downloadable/printable music and mp3 backing track Click here
FLUTE: Traditional Japanese lullaby (grade 1-2) with downloadable/printable music and mp3 backing track Click here
FLUTE: Traditional Japanese tune (grade 2-3) with downloadable/printable music and mp3 backing track Click here
FLUTE: Finnish Polka (grade 2 duet) with downloadable/printable music and mp3 backing track Click here
FLUTE: ‘Love me Tender’/’Aura Lee’ (grade 1-2) with downloadable/printable music and mp3 backing track Click here
WOODWIND: Christmas sheet music for most instruments. Click here
OBOE/RECORDER: Hallelujah- easy sheet music with backing track Click here
OBOE/RECORDER: Amazing Grace – sheet music Click here
SAXOPHONE: Happy Birthday (lesson/fingerings/sheet music) Click here
For Flute – Fun Flute play along songs
https://spinditty.com/learning/Fun-Flute-Backing-Tracks-and-Play-Alongs
Flute – Downloadable tunes for the flute player, including duets, trios & quartets. You can search by composer, difficulty or key
https://www.flutetunes.com/difficulties.php
https://www.flutetunes.com/difficulties.php
Learn to play
Beatboxing and the flute:- a selection of videos
For Clarinet – Fun clarinet play along songs https://spinditty.com/learning/Fun-Clarinet-Backing-Tracks-and-Play-Alongs
For Saxophone –
For Alto Sax – Fun alto sax play along songs
https://spinditty.com/learning/Fun-Alto-Saxophone-Backing-Tracks-and-Play-Alongs
For Tenor Sax –Fun Tenor sax play along songs
https://spinditty.com/learning/Fun-Tenor-Saxophone-Backing-Tracks-and-Play-Alongs
Great site for downloadable resources for flute, clarinet & saxophone, including graded examination scales by grade:-
https://masquerade-music.co.uk/freemusic.html
For Oboe –
Fabulous documentary about the oboe & the best player in the world:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_po72IgykUU
All about the oboe –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1VyhZKmeew
Moana ‘How Far I’ll Go’ –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnlKsPG-WX0
‘River Flows In You’ – Oboe and Harp:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA_ZkWUZ8qU
The National Youth Orchestra Ensemble :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HUBh1xrk48&list=RD0HUBh1xrk48&index=1
Keyboard/Piano Resources
Keyboard/Piano Resources Nov 2020
Piano: A Million Dreams (from The Greatest Showman) – piano tutorial
Piano: Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) – easy piano tutorial
Piano: Happy Birthday tutorial
Composition Resources
Composition Resources Nov 2020
GCSE/A Level: Composing
Songwriting:
Free composition course (aimed at GCSE/A Level):
Free course on “the vocabulary of music composition”:
How to write/compose music –
https://earopener.co.uk/
General Resources
This page has links to all our previous Covid 19 resources – many of which are appropriayte for school and home use and a valuable reourcefor schools and parents to use if pupils are required to isolate at home. https://wolverhamptonmusicservice.org.uk/covid-19/
Vocal Resources
Vocal Resources December 2020
Vocal warm-up for kids: Click here
Warm up exercises for voc/alists https://youtu.be/1XHXezdnL0A
Song of the week – These were originally produced for primary schools however anyone can access them – just click on the title of each one to reach the downlaod page with a link to both the lyrics and the video.
Song 1 Are You Ready? Lyrics here
Song 2 Lyrics here
Song 3 Lyrics here
Song 4 Lyris here
Song 5 Lyrics here
Song 6 Lyrics here