As we come to the end of the year, here at DabbledooMusic HQ we're reflect on what we’ve learned this year to help us make our plans for next year. From these reflections, come our 3 random musical musings for 2019: 1. Classroom Teachers are the Best People to Teach Music In our work with...

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The festive season is nearly upon us and so, before the first door on the advent calendar is swung opened, we've put our top 10 Christmas songs for children. These are all child-friendly songs, with enjoyable versions to listen or sing-along to in the classroom. Can you guess what our number 1...

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I remember when I was learning trombone as a child, each summer term would roll around and that would mean working towards a new grade exam. Learning the 3 new pieces for the exam was always enjoyable but it was learning the scales that was such a laborious process but, like eating your greens,...

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Today we recorded episode 5 of the DabbledooMusic Show on Dublin Digital Radio. This month we looked at the amazing music of the Icelandic singer Björk ahead of her Dublin show in the Three Arena on Thursday 28th November. Here's the link to listen back to show: Here's the playlist of all...

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Our latest teacher resource pack focuses on the various brass instruments of the orchestra: the French horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba. We have created six versions of each that are in the following order: Full colour poster (this provides you with the answers to the worksheets too) Basic...

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Today we recorded episode 4 of the DabbledooMusic Show on Dublin Digital Radio. This month we looked at traditional Irish music. Click on the Mixcloud link below to listen back to our show. Here's the playlist of all of the tunes we played plus some extras we didn't get...

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An orchestra is a large group of people playing lots of different instruments together. The modern orchestra, as we know it today, developed it's basic form in the early 1600's. Since then it has grown in size to some orchestras performing with over 100 players. It has also added and removed...

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Today we recorded episode 3 of the DabbledooMusic Show on Dublin Digital Radio. This month we looked at the amazing music of New Orleans. Jazz, mardi gras, second line marching bands, Louis Armstrong, The Meters - for a relatively small city, New Orleans punches above its weight. We take a...

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Today we recorded episode 2 of the DabbledooMusic Show on Dublin Digital Radio. This month we looked at the amazing music of Brazil. Here's the podcast from the show where you can listen back: Here's the playlist of all of the tunes we played plus some extras we didn't get to: If you'd...

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What's New? We've had a busy summer creating new resources, planning content and a new layout for the 2019/20 school year. The changes are based on our nationwide school survey that asked teachers for feedback across a range of music curriculum related topics. Teachers asked for more songs,...

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