{"id":4073,"date":"2019-01-30T15:41:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T15:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/?p=4073"},"modified":"2019-01-30T15:41:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T15:41:38","slug":"introduction-to-scottish-music-at-burnside-primary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/anguschildrenandlearning\/2019\/01\/30\/introduction-to-scottish-music-at-burnside-primary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Scottish Music at Burnside Primary School"},"content":{"rendered":"

posted by Louise Kirby,\u00a0YMI Coordinator,\u00a0Children & Learning, Schools & Learning<\/p>\n

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Burnside Primary P4- P7 received an 8 week Introduction to Scottish Music project delivered by musician Will Marshall. The Outcome for this project was for the young people increase their awareness of music and culture across Scotland, the UK and the world.\u00a0 This project was funded by Youth Music Initiative.<\/p>\n

The project showed and demonstrated various Scottish instruments played in Scottish music and they had the opportunity to try playing a small accordion.<\/p>\n

They learnt about the 4 main Scottish rhythms and chords. Demonstrate Reels, Jigs, Strathspeys and Waltzes, and how to tell the difference.\u00a0 They explored the chord groups, Major, Minor, 7th and Diminished and the pupils learnt how to recognise these from the sounds demonstrated.\u00a0 Pupils learned Scottish and Gaelic songs and explored the stories behind these and what they meant. \u00a0\u00a0They also learnt some basic Gaelic and learnt the Virginia Reel ceilidh dance.<\/p>\n

Pupils feedback \u2013 \u2018It makes me feel good about myself as we get to learn more, because I\u2019ve never learnt any of this before, it\u2019s more than just music.\u2019 Pupils said they\u2019d learnt –<\/p>\n

They different rhythms \u2013 watermelon, chickens feet, haggis and sausages, oompa pa by playing the corner game.\u00a0 Learnt Virginia Reel the dance.\u00a0 How to say goodbye in Gaelic and count up to 5.\u00a0 I recognise the happy, sad and scary chords.<\/p>\n

Class teachers rated the quality of this project saying it was good, \u2018Will had a good insight into the children and activities and learning were age and stage appropriate and children learnt about the music of Scotland.\u2018<\/p>\n

Will Marshall Muscian \u2018What a brilliant project to be involved with. I loved I could demonstrate with my accordion exactly what I was teaching and making it fun for them\u2019<\/p>\n

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