<h3>Maestro the Music Dog</h3><p>The original story about Maestro the Music Dog, who lived on top of Hannah's piano. When Hannah did her piano practice she liked Maestro to listen to the tunes she made up.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                

<h3>The Music Dog Goes Round and Round</h3><p>A little passing-round-the-ring song. Mrs Crocosaurus is joining in the singing!</p>                                                                                                                                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>All Maestro the Music Dog materials Ã‚Â©E-MusicMaestroPublishing Limited</li>            <li>Original watercolours and story: Sandy Holland</li>            <li>Original music: Peter Noke</li>    </ul>

The music dog goes round and round - Video

<h3>Copy clap</h3><p>The teacher or adult helper says and claps each of these phrases four times: <em>Maestro Dog</em> then <em>Cheeky Monkey</em>, and the children copy:</p>                                                                                                                                                <h4>Making Up a Dog and Monkey Tune (rhythm, pitch)</h4><p>When the children can clap the rhythms, they can experiment with playing them. It's better to use two chime bars, bigger chime bar D and slightly smaller chime bar F. for this activity instead of keyboards, otherwise children tend to play all the keyboard notes, one by one, and the result isn't singable. I suggest D and F because the notes make an easy pair for children to sing in tune.</p><p>The children make up a tune by choosing in which order they play notes D and F as they imitate the rhythm of the words, <em>Mae-stro Dog</em> and <em>Chee-ky Mon-key</em>. They can choose whether to say or sing the words as they play. Recording each child's attempt on your phone is quick and easy, children love to listen to themselves play, and it gives you evidence for your records if you need it. </p><p>Here's Robert's tune and, below it, Stephanie's tune, played on a big xylophone, which are much easier for small children to play than little xylophones. The bars near D and F had been removed so that the children could more easily hit the right ones! I had to teach the children first to bounce the beater right off the bar, otherwise the sound is dull. </p>                                                                                                                                                                                                        <p>All Maestro the Music Dog materials Ã‚Â©Music-Playtime: Arts Enterprise Limited</p>

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<h3>Maestro the Music Dog</h3><p>The original story about Maestro the Music Dog, who lived on top of Hannah's piano. When Hannah did her piano practice she liked Maestro to listen to the tunes she made up.</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/159955427?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>                                                                <h3>The Music Dog Goes Round and Round</h3><p>A little passing-round-the-ring song. Mrs Crocosaurus is joining in the singing!</p>                                                                <div class="video">    <div class="embed">                    <iframe class="lazy_embed" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/372728007?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;color=A2D6BD" allowfullscreen="">            </iframe>            </div></div>                                                                <ul class="simple lyrics">            <li>All Maestro the Music Dog materials Â©E-MusicMaestroPublishing Limited</li>            <li>Original watercolours and story: Sandy Holland</li>            <li>Original music: Peter Noke</li>    </ul>

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