Musical Futures


May 3, 2011

www.musicalfutures.org.uk Musical Futures is a fairly new approach to teaching instrumental music to Middle School students.  This website gives you pedagogy ideas, background info, repertoire suggestions (including lyrics and tab), marking criteria, powerpoint presentations to show students about the process of rehearsing, etc. The basic idea is to create class “rock bands” and encourage students to teach / assist each other with a common goal – making contemporary music.

Here are some examples of the free resources shared by teachers who engage in Musical Futures programs:

Let It Be – includes marking / achievement checklist

http://www.musicalfutures.org.uk/media/resources/musicalfutures_live/documents/resource/27536/Beatles_let%20it%20be.pdf

Scouting for Girls – This ain’t a love song …

http://www.musicalfutures.org.uk/media/resources/musicalfutures_live/documents/resource/27536/Scouting%20for%20girls%20This%20ain’t%20a%20love%20song.pdf

Scouting for Girls – She’s so Lovely

http://www.musicalfutures.org.uk/media/resources/musicalfutures_live/documents/resource/27536/Scouting%20for%20girls_she’s%20so%20lovely.pdf

Beat It

http://www.musicalfutures.org.uk/media/resources/musicalfutures_live/documents/resource/27536/michael%20jackson_Beat_it.pdf

Beat It with tab

http://www.musicalfutures.org.uk/media/resources/musicalfutures_live/documents/resource/27536/michael%20jackson_Beat%20it-%20guitar%20specific.pdf

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Filed under: Age Range 12 to 15, Instrumental Music, Lesson Plans, Pedagogy

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