Key Stage 2
For use in Key Stage 2 see -
ngfl.bdcs.org.uk/schools-intranet/religious/pdf/ks2-sow.pdf
Official classification: Jazz, Audio, Key Stage 2, Curriculum support, Naxos
Tags: Lazytown, kareoke, film, tv
Track 3 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Shanty from Saydisc album 'Sea Songs and Shanties' (1'55")
Main features: rhythm, pitch (chords).
This well-known sea shanty is sung by an unaccompanied choir of Cornish fishermen. The Track Explorer has four learning tracks focusing on lyrics, chords, structure and score.
Official classification: Listening, Identifying Key Ideas, Part-singing, Verse and Chorus, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Folk, Traditional Songs, Male Voice Choir, England, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 2. Form and structure, Unit 6. Shanty time, Saydisc Records, Sea Shanties
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Tim the Tadpole learns the history of Easter Eggs. Audio narration by Natasha from Storynory.
Official classification: Listening, The Spoken Word, Stories, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
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A short history of the Olympics for Tim the Tadpole explaining how they began in Ancient Greece, and have always held the ideal of peace between nations, though it has been hard to live up to. Audio narration by Natasha from Storynory.com
Official classification: Listening, The Spoken Word, Stories, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
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A short audio history of football otherwise known as soccer. Footie was banned in the midde ages. It really was a game of two haves, with different rules for each half. More interesting facts for curious tadpoles and kids. Audio narration by Natasha from Storynory.com
Official classification: Listening, The Spoken Word, Stories, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
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Track 6 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2 . Music for post horn galop and piano from Amon Ra album 'Trumpet Collection' (1'43")
Main features: structure, pitch.
This nineteenth century rondo is played on piano and post horn. The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, structure and the post horn tune.
Official classification: Piano, Listening, Rondo, Europe, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Post horn, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records
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Track 1 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Music from the court of King Henry V111, from Amon Ra album 'The
Field of Cloth of Gold', (1'52) Main features: early instruments and drum ostinato. This music is a pavane, a stately dance of Tudor England and is played by early instruments. The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, structure and drum ostinato.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Ostinato, Tudor England, Dance, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, England, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Pavan, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 2 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Chinese music for solo pi-pa from Saydisc album 'Like Waves against the Sand' (2'27")
Main features: pitch, tempo, structure.
This traditional Chinese piece is played by a pi-pa (a Chinese lute). The Track Explorer has three tracks focusing on instrumentation, descriptions of the different sections of the music and structure.
Official classification: Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Pentatonic Scales, China, Far East, Unit 12 Dragon Scales , Programme Music, Pi-pa, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 5 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Song and dance music from Uganda from Saydisc album 'Spirit of African Sanctus' (2'23")
Main features: instrumentation, rhythmic and melodic ostinatos, call and response.
This celebratory music from Uganda features a call and response, accompanied by two edongos (bowed harps), clap-sticks, seed-pod shaker and drum. The Track Explorer has four learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, melodic and rhythmic ostinatos and the call and response.
Official classification: Listening, Ostinato, Call and response, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Uganda, East Africa, Choral (World), Unit 8 Ongoing Skills, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Edongo, Clapsticks, Seed pod shaker, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 9. Music for dance, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 4 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2 . Famous seventeenth century English tune from Amon Ra album 'John Playford's Popular Tunes' (1'53")
Main features: early instruments, descant, structure.
This piece of seventeenth century music features the mandore (type of lute similar to a mandolin), bass viol and flageolet (type of flute similar to a recorder). The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, melody and arrangement.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Tudor England, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Viol, Early Music, England, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Flageolet, Mandore, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 9 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Traditional chant from Mangaia, Cook Islands from Saydisc album 'Spirit of Polynesia' (1'24")
Main features: structure, pulse.
This traditional chant from Mangaia, features a call and response between a solo singer and a group of singers, accompanied by clapping. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on clapping and structure.
Official classification: Listening, Example Voices, Call and response, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Pacific, Chanting, Choral (World), Polynesia, Unit 8 Ongoing Skills, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Unit 19 Songwriter, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 12 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Wedding song from Rajasthan from Saydisc album 'Rajasthani Folk Music' (2'20")
Main features: instrumentation, structure. This folk song from Rajasthan features a sarangi and dholak. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on structure, instrumental sections, dholak and drone.
Official classification: Listening, Example Voices, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, India, Dholak, Drone, Unit 19 Songwriter, Rajasthan, Indian, Sharangi, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records
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Track 20 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Bulgarian folk song from Saydisc album 'Vocal Traditions of Bulgaria' (2'13")
Main features: notation, pitch. This Bulgarian folk song is sung by an unaccompanied female choir. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on the choir, octave jump and notation.
Official classification: Listening, Intervals, Example Voices, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe, Female Voice Choir, Choral (World), Track Explorer, Curriculum support, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 11 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Scottish song of hard times from Saydisc album 'Traditional Songs of Scotland' (3'09")
Main features: instrumentation, pitch. This Scottish folk song is sung by a female singer, accompanied by fiddle and guitar. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on structure and lyrics.
Official classification: Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Folk, Traditional Songs, Victorian Times, Britain and Ireland, Scotland, Unit 8 Ongoing Skills, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 10 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. A song from the lead mines from Saydisc album 'Traditional Songs of England' (1'51")
Main features: pitch, structure, lyrics.
This English folk song is sung by a female singer, accompanied by recorders and guitar. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on structure and lyrics.
Official classification: Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Folk, Traditional Songs, Victorian Times, Britain and Ireland, England, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 21 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Music for Northumbrian small pipes from Saydisc album 'On Kielder Side (1'32")
Main feature: structure. This dance is played on the small pipes of Northumbria, a type of bagpipe. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on instrumentation and structure.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Britain and Ireland, Drone, England, Northumbrian small pipes, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 14 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Arabic dance music from Saydisc album 'Traditional Arabic Music' (2'33")
Main feature: instrumentation.
This piece of Arabic music features traditional instruments. These are the ud (an Arabic lute) and darbouka (an Arabic drum). The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, the introduction, ud and violin.
Official classification: Tabla, Tambourine, Violin, Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Turkey, Ud, Darbouka, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 19 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Carol from Hardy's Wessex from Saydisc album 'Under the Greenwood Tree' (2'40")
Main features: structure, singing.
Carol from Hardy's Wessex from Saydisc album 'Under the Greenwood Tree' (2'40") Main features: structure, singing. This Christmas hymn is sung by a choir, in parts. the accompaniment is provided by various instruments, including a serpent (a deep sounding, early wind instrument). The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, verses and features of the hymn.
Official classification: Listening, Christmas, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Track 3 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Plainsong from Saydisc album 'Compline and Other Chant' (1'18")
Main features: melody, singing.
This medieval Latin plainsong features a male and female choir. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on the organ and voices.
Official classification: Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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Children's singing game from Saydisc's Children's Singing Games, recorded at Dearham Junior School, Dearham, Cumberland (1962)
Official classification: Singing, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Unit 14 Salt Pepper Vinegar Mustard, Curriculum support, Children, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
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