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Listening to Music
Activities to focus listening skills, and a broad range of Internet radio sites - open your ears to music from all around the world!
Celtic connections
Visit in a new windowExplore this site to find audio/video clips and photos to bring celtic music of the British Isles into your pupils' listening repertoire! Very nice as a dip into what can be done with the sorts of instruments your children might also be learning to play/familiar with the sight of.
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Interactive listening adventures!
Visit in a new windowVery nice animated adventure based around Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Also available at this site: a guide to a Dvorak symphony and an animated history of Carnegie Hall in the USA.
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Listening game - fantastic!
Visit in a new windowGet the reward of a Hallelujah Chorus clip when you get through this game of musical spot the difference with all the answers right... It's great! Listen to two different extracts and decide whether they are the same or different. Very easy and fun to use.
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Sounds from around the world
Visit in a new windowListen for free to music from around the world. Also features video clips of performers from around the world. A cheerful and low-maintenance way to bring music into your classroom!
Click the Music Player - Open/Close link at the top left to hear their radio-station style music stream. Requires the Flash player.
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Traditional music internet radio
Visit in a new windowThis site brings together a fun range of internet radio sites featuring 'roots' or traditional music from the UK and around the world. Listen online for free.
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World music
Visit in a new windowToo much to list. Lots of great world music to listen to for free. Ideal for primary schools.
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