<h3>Maestro the Music Dog and the New Piano</h3><p>This is the story of how Hannah got a new piano for her birthday and Maestro went on an unexpected journey!</p><p>Tell the children you are going to ask them at the end of the story where Maestro went on his adventure and how he got home again.</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/146524419?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>                                                                <p>All Maestro the Music Dog materials Â©Music-Playtime: Arts Enterprise Limited</p>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Original watercolors and story: Sandy Holland</li>            <li>Original music: Peter Noke</li>    </ul>                                                                <h3>Copy Me</h3><p>Later in this unit, the children learn how to play Happy Birthday to You by copying you play it and then the children can help each other to play it. Here, we are practising copying:</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/392673318?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>                                                                <h4>On the subject of copying ...</h4><p>Children of this age are just becoming aware of the concept of copying and it's usually associated with cheating, for example copying spellings from another child. In music, we learn a lot by copying others as well as by experimenting with our own ideas and, throughout history, composers have re-used the ideas of other composers.</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/399589573?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>

Maestro the dog and the new piano - Video

<h3>Maestro the Music Dog and the New Piano</h3><p>This is the story of how Hannah got a new piano for her birthday and Maestro went on an unexpected journey!</p><p>Tell the children you are going to ask them at the end of the story where Maestro went on his adventure and how he got home again.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                <p>All Maestro the Music Dog materials Ã‚Â©Music-Playtime: Arts Enterprise Limited</p>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Original watercolors and story: Sandy Holland</li>            <li>Original music: Peter Noke</li>    </ul>                                                                

Copy me - Video

<h3>Copy Me</h3><p>Later in this unit, the children learn how to play Happy Birthday to You by copying you play it and then the children can help each other to play it. Here, we are practising copying:</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Copying - Video

<h4>On the subject of copying ...</h4><p>Children of this age are just becoming aware of the concept of copying and it's usually associated with cheating, for example copying spellings from another child. In music, we learn a lot by copying others as well as by experimenting with our own ideas and, throughout history, composers have re-used the ideas of other composers.</p>                                   

Happy birthday to you - Video

<h3>Happy Birthday to You</h3><p>This is known to be one of the most popular songs ever written, so remember to sing it every time there's a birthday! This was the happiest video I could find of a birthday celebration and it's the right way to sing the song. Please don't use the jazzed-up versions that you find on Youtube because they are not the way people really sing the song!</p>                                                                                                                

<h3>Maestro the Music Dog</h3><p>Here's Maestro's special song! You'll need to teach it a bit at a time, using First Me, Then You. I suggest that you let the children listen to the song first, then teach the words and then include the tune. The first phrase needs special care to get the notes exactly right. The clapping, the drum and the claves may be done first by the teacher, then imitated by a group of children, depending on how many instruments you have. Because claves are sticks of wood that are hit together, they are simple to make by sawing up a long, smoothly-rounded piece of wood like a broom handle into same-size pieces and smoothing off the ends with sandpaper.</p>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>Maestro the Music Dog</li>            <li>Come out to play</li>            <li>All your friends are waiting</li>            <li>And it&#039;s a lovely day</li>            <li>Maestro the Music Dog</li>            <li>What can you do?</li>            <li>I can clap my hands</li>            <li>Can you clap yours too?</li>            <li>(teacher claps hands ... children imitate)</li>            <li>__</li>            <li>Verse 2 similar, with ending: I can play a drum</li>            <li>Can you play it too?</li>            <li>__</li>            <li>Verse 3 similar, with ending: I can play the claves</li>            <li>Can you play them too?</li>    </ul>                                                                <audio class="lazy_av" controls="" controlslist="nodownload">    <source src="https://rippleeducation.blob.core.windows.net/media/Lucia_Maestro-the-Dog.mp3" type="audio/mp3"></source></audio>                                                                <h3>Happy Birthday to You</h3><p>This is known to be one of the most popular songs ever written, so remember to sing it every time there's a birthday! This was the happiest video I could find of a birthday celebration and it's the right way to sing the song. Please don't use the jazzed-up versions that you find on Youtube because they are not the way people really sing the song!</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/382926078?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>

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Maestro the Music Dog and the New Piano

Copy Me

On the subject of copying ...