Posted by David French on July 8, 2008
“Why can’t we use youtube?” a student asks.
There are lots of music resources available to music teachers on youtube, google video and yahoo video. However, due to school filtering systems, students are normally unable to access these resources. With this in mind, the video resources recently added to TANBUR come from other sources.
Why not try some of the providers listed and let everyone know if the links work in your school with a student login. You can also SUGGEST A MUSIC VIDEO LINK. Please note that link suggestions may not be published.
Visit the main site: TANBUR MUSIC EDUCATION LINKS
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PROVIDER
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ARTIST
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DESCRIPTION
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LISTEN 1
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NATALIE CLEIN
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Natalie Clein
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Cello
Elgar Sospiri
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HARPIST4
MUSIC
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Jolanta Trofimova-Cole
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Harp
Sonata for harp by J.K.Krumpholtz.
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BBC YOUNG MUSICIAN
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Peter Moore
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Trombone
Various composers
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LISTEN 2
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NPR
MUSIC
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Ma XiouHui
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Erhu
Traditional Chinese
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PURE DROP
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Linsey Pollack
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Bagpipes
Traditional
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PURE DROP
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Linsey Pollack
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Gaida
Traditional Macedonian
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PURE DROP
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Trouble in the Kitchen
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Irish Jigs
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SOUND JUNCTION
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Wali Cham Jobarteh and Tunde Jegede
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Kora
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SMITHSONIAN GLOBAL SOUND
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Nati Cano
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Mariachi music from Mexico
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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING
CORPORATION
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Animations
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Dust Echoes
Aboriginal
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BBC SCOTLAND
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Phil Cunningham and others
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Various performers
Scotland
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YOU TUBE
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Lew Dite
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Mountain Dulcimer
Simple Gifts
Tuning: DAdd
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YOU TUBE
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Drum Corp International
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Simple Gifts: Blast excerpt
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ARTISTS HOUSE MUSIC
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Warren Vache
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Trumpets and Rhythm section
Jazz blues
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LISTEN 3
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PBS
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English National Opera
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soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass
Extracts from ‘Rigoletto’
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ARTISTS HOUSE MUSIC
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Drew Malamud
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Microphones for drum kit
Commentary
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NELSON MANDELA BIRTHDAY
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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The Special Aka
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Protest Song
Free Nelson Mandela
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DAILY MOTION
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Amy Winehouse and Jerry Dammers.
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Protest Song
Free Nelson Mandela
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GET UP STAND UP
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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Bob Marley
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Reggae
Get up, stand up
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LINK TV
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Ojus de Brujo with Faada Freddy
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Song arrangement
Get up, stand up
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SONGS FROM INDIA
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PLANET READ
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Various
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Indian songs with subtitles and translations
Gujarati and Telugu folk songs
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GOOGLE VIDEO
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Various
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Indian songs with subtitles and translations
Gujarati and Telugu folk songs
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BLUES MASTER CLASS
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ARTISTS HOUSE MUSIC
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Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
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Blues song
My Time is Expensive
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SONGS 2
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THE PURE DROP
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Waterson: Carthy
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Song from Northumberland
Fisher Boy
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THE PURE DROP
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Jussi Huovinen
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Folk music from Karelia
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THE PURE DROP
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Stiff Gins
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Song in Wiradjuri language.
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Posted by David French on June 11, 2008
Do secondary school students enjoy singing? Class singing can be viewed as an activity that is popular with the primary age range but becomes more difficult with secondary students. An idea tested in my classroom is to have one PC available as a singing resource.
The ideal location for a computer with ‘bouncy ball lyrics’ is a small room adjacent to the main classroom. This allows a small group to rehearse and then perform their songs to the class. A computer can be used in the main classroom with headphones used for rehearsal, but this is not ideal as it will distract others and also cause problems with intonation. Students will not be used to standing at the computer screen and they will need to be reminded of essential breath control and singing techniques.
‘Divtune’ is an example of the ’scrolling lyric’ software resource. The program plays MIDI files that have embedded lyrics and KARAOKE files with the *.kar extension. It can also display lyrics that have been prepared for CD tracks. The MP3 format is also supported. Full instructions, program, MIDI and example CD lyrics are available from Bill Basham at http://www.divtune.com/ The small shareware charge allows educational establishments unlimited use of the program.
TANBUR SONGS 2 provides examples of MIDI and MP3 files that have been converted to flash format. I have also used ’scrolling lyric’ resources to gain initial interest for a school musical production. Small groups of students used backing tracks with displayed lyrics, transposing and adjusting the tempo of songs as required. When main rehearsals were held the students were confident in performance, requiring less rehearsal time than would otherwise have been the case.
Do you have experience of resources that can be used to promote singing and the voice in the music classroom? Comments please!
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Posted by David French on June 7, 2008
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Posted by David French on June 1, 2008
Whose prints are these?

Are they yours? What is your nickname?
Where did you go on Tanbur? What did you discover?
Some creatures are hiding on TANBUR!

Did you find one? Where was it hiding?
Can you give it a nickname?
Please leave comments in the box.
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Posted by David French on May 31, 2008
Listen 1 update…
TROMBONE VIDEO
BBC Young Musician of the Year 2008.
Listen 2 update…
SCOTLAND’S MUSIC
Explore Scotland’s Music with Phil Cunningham.
HENRY MANCINI
25 tracks by the composer of ‘Pink Panther Theme’ and ‘Moon River’.
Songs 1 update…
MONICA MANCINI
16 track samples from the grammy award nominated singer.
Play 1 update…
DOT MIXER
A musical experiment with dots.
Play 2 update…
DIGGER AND THE GANG
A challenge for the DJ mixer with beats, scratching, sound effects and disco lights.
ROOM 108
A simple mixer with drum loops, bass loops and effects.
Play 3 update…
SPNM EXPERIMENTS
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Posted by David French on May 11, 2008
Soundsnap is for sound effects and loops. The site has been created by people from all over the world. They believe that pro quality sounds and samples should be made available to everyone as a free resource. The site is supported by some big names in the Music Industry that include Focuswrite, Novation, Propellerhead, Ableton and Digidesign.
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Posted by David French on May 8, 2008
A proposed link just added to the Tanbur Update Page features ‘Heartbeat Reggae Podcast’ from Heartbeat Records. Titles of recent podcasts include (10) Cleveland “Clevie” Browne, (9) Niney the Observer and Dennis Brown Tribute, (7) vocal groups to highlight Heartbeat’s Wailers, Abyssinians, and Gladiators albums.
Would you like to see podcasts included on Tanbur Music Education Links? Please add your comments!
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Posted by David French on May 4, 2008

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- excellent quality
- appropriate for one of the page categories: LISTEN / PLAY / SONGS / QUIZ
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Posted by David French on May 4, 2008
I finally tried the SOUNDBEAM!
Drake Music Scotland aim “…..to equip our nation with the skills and resources to support our disabled community in realising the same musical aspirations as their non-disabled peers”.
The exciting thing is that Drake Music Scotland visited my school last week! The workshops made use of piezo switches and ‘Soundbeam’ to control sounds from the computer. One student was completely transfixed as she discovered that her hand and arm movements produced lovely harp arpeggios. Another student joined in with a melody ‘playing’ the cor anglais. Others used the switches to add pedal notes from the brass and a variety of percussion sounds.
‘Soundbeam’ has been around for quite some time. I remember seeing the EMS video way back in 1992, as part of a study course at Reading University. At that time we visited a special school where the students produced MIDI sounds with piezo switches and sang instrumental sounds using a MIDI microphone.
April 2008, the equipment is very much the same. But the sampled instrumental sounds are a great improvement on the General Midi sounds available back in 1992.
More details about SOUNDBEAM can be found at Drake Music Scotland. The link can be found on LISTEN 1 near the bottom of the page.
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