An exciting, interactive and original collection of
musical activities that encourages children and their
parents, carers and teachers to move, dance, sing, play,
create and love music. The series includes, CD's, Teacher's
Books, Choral Arrangements and Musicals as well as
Workshops, Artists in Schools programs and
Concerts. The 'Welcome to Music' series includes Rainbows, Trees
& Tambourines (#1), Bop in the Bath (#2),
Razzamajazz (#3), Boomerang Jam (#4), The
Power Of You (#5) and now Move It! (#6) for heaps of info on each resource, sample audio files
and sample Teacher's Manual pages!
About Move It!
'Move It!' is the latest album in the 'Welcome to Music' series by Susie and Phil - a further collection of original and interactive songs, dances, musical games and stories for children up to 8 years. The double CD includes vocal tracks on one disk, with 'Baktraks' (backing tracks) and 'Gaptraks' (vocal tracks with 'gaps' for singing/playing or responses/improvisations) on the other. A Teacher's Kit is available which includes the CD set plus teacher's manual with music, guitar chords, words and ideas on how to best use the material.
Baktraks & Gaptraks!
Move It! is available on a double CD including Baktraks Plus - backing tracks without the vocals, and Gaptraks - vocal traks with 'gaps' for singing or playing responses or improvisation, for classroom and/or performance use.
Comprehensive Teacher's Book now available!
This 68 page Teacher's Manual contains music, guitar chords, ideas for improvisation and classroom percussion arrangements.
CONTENTS - sample tracks available soon!
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Song |
Gaptrak on CD 2 |
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1. |
Welcome to Music |
Gaptrak & Baktrak |
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2. |
Greetings |
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3. |
Say G'day |
Gaptrak & Baktrak |
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4. |
Sing and Scat |
Gaptrak & Baktrak |
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5. |
Move It |
Baktrak |
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6. |
The Rhythm and the Beat |
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7. |
Rocket Sam |
Gaptrak & Baktrak |
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8. |
Action Leader |
Baktrak |
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9. |
Fruity Samba |
Baktrak |
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10. |
Marmalade and Vegemite |
Gaptrak & Baktrak |
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11. |
Banjo the Bunyip |
Baktrak |
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12. |
Jazzy Jive |
Gaptrak & Baktrak |
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13. |
True Friends |
Baktrak |
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I 4. |
My Backyard |
Baktrak |
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15. |
Yesh Li Yadayim |
Baktrak |
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16. |
Jump Bump |
Gaptrak & Baktrak |
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17. |
Freeze |
Baktrak |
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18. |
Ocean Song |
Gaptrak & Baktrak |
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19. |
Goodbye |
Baktrak |
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To help children learn and build skills for life such as listening, social and language skills, through enjoyment and fun and nurture a love of music, a gift and opportunity that EVERY child deserves. If all children are involved in music from a young age then there will ultimately be more HARMONY in the world. Let's work towards making music an important part of our lives and our children's lives. |
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This is a modern music education resource containing a
great number of really sensible and helpful songs,
activities and supporting texts. 'Move It' comprises a book
and a double audio CD set. What impresses me immediately is
the clarity of presentation that indeed reflects the clarity
of pedagogical thought that has gone into this. It is
obvious to me that the authors and creators of the music and
the pedagogical content of 'Move It' did engage groups of
children of various ages with these materials. But the text offers more than activities. A succinct and
yet most informative introductory section presents insights
into all the important issues pertaining to current
curriculum and music lesson planning. As well as this
&endash; most importantly &endash; the contemporary
adaptation of the Orff approach is explained in clear and
understandable terms. The materials themselves are mapped
out with a great deal of lucidity: The music first and then
following on the next page are the suggestions and
activities. When the printed music is longer than a page,
the ideas and activities follow immediately afterwards. The
Glossary towards the end of the book, again, is most
educational and helpful with a large variety of expressions
that can easily be checked. The double CD set is filled with snazzy, jazzy, rocky and
yet very diverse uplifting musical and vocal arrangements.
The creators of these arrangements take the listener on a
musical journey full of sound-wise diversity and yet held
together by re-occurring sounds and riffs that give the
recording an overall musical flair of its own. Brassy
arrangements flanked by drum kit and bass guitar, African
Djembe, sometimes clearly in the foreground; then also
xylophones, glockenspiels, violin, accordion - in short a
great diversity of music that can not only be made, but also
listened to. And above and with all of that a vocal clarity,
a tunefulness and a pitch accuracy by the professional
vocalist(s) that is in my view of top quality. The creators
of this package have found a way to combine electronically
generated sounds with naturally recorded instruments. This is a very good, very useful and very uplifting music
education resource. I very much commend 'Move It' to
you!
