Miscellaneous Music

With audio playback of our sheet music downloads
 

Resources for family or classroom music-making, along with sheet music for flute and clarinet. Family music is grouped under seasonal headings and, each season, there is a new Family Fun page, suggesting activities with groups of mixed age or ability. You can: 

You can

  • listen before you buy our downloadable PDF music.

  • visit our seasonal activity page.

  • use the playback as a practice aid.

  • display lyrics on a classroom monitor or e-board.

  • use our interactive facilities 24/7.



Spring  |   Summer    |    Autumn    |      More Family Music

Flute    |   Rounds  |    Spring Activity Page     |   Free PDF Downloads
 


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Music for Spring

Family Fun for Spring
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PMS009/ Cuckoo/Score
Cuckoo  - opens a pop-up window. Then, click twice on the play button.

Lyrics

An Austrian yodelling song for voices and three instrumental parts.

PDF sheet music download

 


PMS010/ Morning Has Broken/ Score

Morning Has Broken
- opens a pop-up window. Then, click twice on the play button.
Everyone's favourite!

This score represents just one way of performing the piece, which is suitable for a 'mix'n'match' treatment. It works well as a duet between parts M1 & M2; M1 and M3; M1 and the descant; M1 and A1, as well as in various trio combinations.

 Sound 123 (124) on a General Midi keyboard is 'Bird'. On a good instrument, this sound can be triggered freely, allowing a young or disabled child to make an effective contribution to the performance. (Although, in this way, almost anyone can produce pleasing sounds, there is scope for the more sympathetic musician to shape this contribution, enhancing its effect.) 

PDF sheet music download

 


PMS011/ Hot Cross Buns/ Score

Hot Cross Buns 
- opens a pop-up window. Then, click twice on the play button.

Lyrics

Hot Cross Buns arranged for

Descant Recorder
Part M2 (Low)
Part M2 (High)
Part M3

PDF sheet music download

 


PMS012/ Winter Goodbye/ Score


Winter, Goodbye
- opens a pop-up window. Then, click twice on the play button.
         

Lyrics
A German folk-song with new lyrics arranged for

Part M1 (Voices)
Part M2
Part M3
Part A2 (Descant)

PDF sheet music download

 


PMS013/ Vivaldi: Spring/ Score

Spring (Vivaldi)
- opens a pop-up window. Then, click twice on the play button.

Lyrics

Music & lyrics for this Vivaldi theme. Featured on the 'Family Fun' page for Spring, with ideas for simple improvisation.

Arranged for:

Part M1
Part M2
Part M3
Part M4
Voices
Part A1

PDF sheet music download

 


Music for Summer

Family Fun for Summer
Click Here

 


PMS015/ HolahiI! It's Summertime!/ Score

Holahi! It's Summertime! 
- opens a pop-up window. Then, click twice on the play button.

Lyrics

German hiking song, with new lyrics.

PDF sheet ,music download

 


Two Rounds

Two Rounds / Melody

The Evening Bells / 3-part round    |    Lyrics

Come, Follow / 3-part round          |    Lyrics


PMS014/ One Man Went To Mow/ Score

One Man Went To Mow
- opens a pop-up window. Then, click twice on the play button.
 

Lyrics
Get everyone involved!

One Man Went To Mow / Part 1 (Flute)
One Man Went To Mow / Part 2 (Descant Recorder)
One Man Went To Mow / Part 3 (Clarinet in C)
One Man Went To Mow / Part 3 (Clarinet in Bb)
One Man Went To Mow / Part 4

PDF sheet music download

 


PMS021/ A Summer Shower/ Voice and Piano

A Summer Shower      |      Lyrics

PDF sheet music download

 


PMS019/ Scubert: To Wander/ Score

To Wander / Schubert
 - opens a pop-up window. Then, click twice on the play button.

Lyrics

To Wander / Schubert / Parts 1 & 2

 


Songs for Summer - Complete Melody & Words Edition

Free PDF sheet music download

 


 


 

Music for Autumn

 Autumn Activity Page

 


PMS022/ Autumn Makes Me Glad/ Score

Autumn Makes Me Glad! / 2-part (Flash Audio)
A simple part-song.

Autumn Makes Me Glad/ Lyrics  Voice 1

Autumn Makes Me Glad/ Lyrics, Voice 2

 

Autumn Makes Me Glad! / Voice 1
- opens a pop-up window. Then, click twice on the play button.

Autumn Makes Me Glad! / Voice 2

PMS022/ Autumn Makes Me Glad/ Score
PDF sheet music download

 


PMS023/Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours/Score


Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours / Flash audio

Dance of the Hours (Lyrics)

Arranged for voice and three instrumental parts

PDF sheet music download

 


PMS025/ Podmore: The Birds/ Score

Podmore: The Birds  (Flash Audio)
Modal music with lyrics, ideas for using bird-calls.

The Birds (Lyrics)

PDF sheet music download

 



Podmore: "Fireworks"/ Melody (Flash Audio)
A 4-part round
Fireworks  (4-pt Round) Flash

Fireworks (Lyrics)


PMS024/ Vivaldi:Autumn/ Score

Vivaldi: Autumn   (Flash Audio)
- opens a pop-up window. Then, click twice on the play button.
 

Autumn (Lyrics)

Arranged for voice and 4 instrumental parts

PDF sheet music download

 


PMS027 Complete "Songs for Autumn"/ Melody & Words
 

PDF sheet music download

 


Other Family Music Titles

PMS007/ The Musician/ Score

A song for family or friends to sing while a young musician takes a solo:

The Musician
 - opens a pop-up window. Then, click twice on the play button

The Musician/ vocal part only  

Lyrics

PMS007/ The Musician/ Score
PDF sheet music download

 


PMS005/ Podmore: Come On, Ev'rybody!/ Piano Score

A "Gathering" Song

Come On, Everybody, It's Music Time! 
- opens a pop-up window. Then, click twice on the play button

Lyrics

PDF sheet music download

 


PTS002A/ Rhythmic Reading Through Improvisation/Part 1

A fun way to help pupils internalise rhythmic patterns and develop rhythmic sight-reading.

Once pupils have developed a secure sense of pulse, they can begin to relate rhythmic groups of sounds to this underlying pulse. As we know, fluent sight-reading pre-supposes they can recognise patterns as a whole, not stopping to work out the duration of every note: bars of rhythmically grouped notes should be as familiar as the key words of their language. When we are learning to read our first words, we encounter each one, repeatedly, in many different contexts. However, the repertoire of the beginner instrumentalist seldom contains sufficient repetition of each grouping for pupils to attain easy familiarity with patterns beyond those introduced in the first few pages of a tutor book.

One way to address this problem is by the regular use of flash cards - but that can be so boring! How can we motivate them to focus their attention on a card? This resource is based on the premise that most pupils find their own ideas far more interesting than those of teachers and composers of elementary pieces! The set of 'flash cards', covers many of the rhythmic patterns the pupil will encounter in the first two or three years of instrumental tuition. 'Cards' are grouped into three levels, roughly corresponding with the requirements of UK examining boards at Grades 1,2 & 3.

PTS002A/ Rhythmic Reading Through Improvisation/Part 1

PDF sheet music download

 


Solfa for Grade Exam 'Singing from Score' -1

This resource is geared to the needs of the young instrumentalist preparing for the ABRSM Grade 4 Aural Test 4B. The pitch range for this test does not fit easily with the sequence of learning adopted by today's popular sight-singing methods for children, so a different approach is required to aid rapid learning of this skill. It is designed to enable the exam candidate to prepare independently, easing the pressure on lesson time.

PTS014 Solfa for 'Singing From Score'-1.Treble Clef
PDF sheet music download


Solfa for Grade Exam 'Singing from Score' -2

This resource is geared to the needs of the young instrumentalist preparing for the ABRSM Grade 4 Aural Test 5B. The pitch range for this test does not fit easily with the sequence of learning adopted by today's popular sight-singing methods for children, so a different approach is required to aid rapid learning of this skill. It is designed to enable the exam candidate to prepare independently, easing the pressure on lesson time.

PTS015 Solfa for 'Singing From Score'-2.Treble Clef

 


Flute and Piano

Easy and Creative Flute and Piano scores are now located on their own page at:

Flute Downloads

 


Rounds

Kookaburra (C): Unison

Kookaburra (C): Round

Kookaburra PDF: Download

 

Sing Together: Unison

Sing Together: Round

Sing Together: Download

 

Music Shall Live: Unison

Music Shall Live: Round

Music Shall Live PDF: Download

 


Sacred Music - now on its own page.