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Orff Resources
Beginners at the Bars—Katie Grace
Miller. Equip your youngest learners with
the tools they need to play Orff instruments
today! The author shares beginning barred
percussion techniques in this resource that
works for students as young as kindergarten.
Eight alliterative "bar basics" make teaching
basic skills fun, efficient, and memorable.
Eighteen expertly crafted lessons for
beginners employ an ingenious technique
that will help you give individualized attention
to all of your students and give each a strong
foundation in basic instrument skills.
11170942 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.95
Boom! Whack! Pop! (Play-Along Pops for
Boomwhackers or Barred Instruments)—
Tom Anderson. Play along with your
favorite pop tunes in this fun and engaging
collection! All you need to get started is
one or more sets of eight-note diatonic
Boomwhackers, or you can choose to add
barred instruments to involve even more
students. This kickin' collection features hit
songs from a range of pop artists, including
Aretha Franklin, Katy Perry, Journey, and
more. Teaching suggestions, warm-up
exercises, and full scores are provided
in the book. Performance recordings,
accompaniment tracks, reproducible song
sheets, and reproducible student parts (both
color-coded and in black and white) are also
included as a digital download. Warning:
Once your students play one song, they'll
beg to play them all!
11572000 Book, Online Audio
& PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.99
11582760F Book, Online Audio
& PDF Download . . . . . 34.99
Canta, Mariachi, Canta! (Traditional
Mexican Songs for the Elementary
Music Class)—arr. Jose Hernandez & Tom
Anderson. Experience authentic mariachi
styles and rhythms in your general music
class! Eight traditional Mexican songs work
well with piano or guitar accompaniment.
Add pitched Orff instruments for even more
fun! The teacher edition contains vocal parts
with Spanish lyrics and pronunciation guides,
piano and guitar accompaniment, Orff parts,
and brief song translations and history.
Also includes digital access to authentic
recordings performed on traditional mariachi
instruments. Includes accompaniment
recordings and digital access to PDFs
of singer and instrument parts when you
purchase the teacher edition.
10628054 Book, Online Audio
& PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.99
First Steps in Music: with Orff Schulwerk
(Sing, Say, Dance, Play)—Brandon,
Greene, Grimsby, Knapp & Tranberg.
Written by a team of master music teachers,
this book is full of strategies and activities
that link the Orff Schulwerk approach and
the First Steps in Music methodology to
help students to sing, say, dance, and play
as a means of becoming tuneful and artful.
Materials include classroom-ready activities
relating to each of the parts of the First
Steps in Music approach: pitch exploration
and vocal warm-up, fragment singing,
simple songs, arioso, song tales, movement
exploration and warm-up, movement for form
and expression, and movement with beat
motions. Also includes a set of twelve lesson
plans and supplemental repertoire.
10743205 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.95
Flex! (30 Easy Ensembles for Whatever
You Have)—Mark Shelton. Don't have all
the instruments you would like to have for
your class?. Here's the answer! This book
offers 30 opportunities to practice ensemble
skills with whatever instruments you have -
whether a plethora of fantastic instruments
or simply body percussion. Develop your
students' skills while they experience a
variety of styles, key signatures, and rhythmic
figures that will stay with them in their musical
journey. Use with barred percussion,
buckets, Boomwhackers, conventional
classroom percussion instruments, found
sounds, and body percussion. Downloadable
recordings included.
11123852 Reproducible Book
& Online Audio . . . . . . . 26.95
Holiday Orff Source—Stacy Werner.
This outstanding collection includes 14
lessons using Orff and other classroom
instruments that vary from simple songs
for PreK-1 accompanied with a storybook,
to interesting instrumental arrangements
for older students. The students will have
opportunities in the lessons to sing, play,
move, listen, and improvise. Many songs
include movement suggestions using
dance, scarves, or improvising, and
students are encouraged to create their
own as well. There are several traditional
Christmas songs, a song for Hanukkah,
and a few winter-themed songs. With
teaching suggestions and an outline for
each song lesson, this will be a great
addition to your classes and concerts!
Includes online resources using the code
in the book.
11420829 Book & Online PDF . . . 20.00
Hot Marimba!—Walt Hampton. Raise
the energy level of your Orff instrument
ensembles with these incredible pieces
inspired by the marimba bands of Zimbabwe!
Percussionist Walt Hampton has provided
helpful performance hints and cultural
background, making for a truly rewarding
musical experience for your students!
5420526 Book & CD . . . . . . . . . . 24.95
Instrument Petting Zoo Music Centers—
Nerdy Music Mama. Looking for a fun way
to liven up an open house, back-to-school
night, or parent-teacher conferences? Try
an instrument "petting zoo"! It's a great
way to promote your music program
and have students and parents work
together playing classroom instruments!
This set is also perfect for music centers,
substitute plans, or even for use with a
short rhythm composition activity. A great
value, this digital zip file includes PDFs
and is reproducible for single-classroom
use only. PDFs include five exhibit posters
for different instrument groups (wood,
metal, scrapers and shakers, drums and
tambourines, and pitched instruments;
two lesson plans (one for grades K-1
and one for grades 2-5); instructions for
an open house, back-to-school night, or
parent-teacher conferences; three student
worksheets; Welcome, Coming Soon,
and direction posters; and an instrument
checklist for parents and students. A fun
way to get students and parents involved
with music-making in your classroom!
11567688F PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00
Let's Make a New Friend—Dr. Patrick
Ware. Early childhood education can be
thrilling, enlightening, and undoubtedly the
best time to start children on a path of artistry.
These outstanding lessons were created
with this in mind. Including movement,
singing, and playing instruments for our
youngest students, these lessons are full of
aesthetic appeal and are developmentally
appropriate for the age group. Students
will love the use of jazzy grooves in several
pieces; all will become favorites of students
and teachers alike!
11500179 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.95
SUZUKI ORFF 5 PIECE STARTER SET
10988038 5 Piece
$1699.99
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