Music Resources for Schools

Here are some fantastic online music resources which are free to access for all. They include ‘Famous Composer’ profiles, links from the BBC Teach Team and our very own ‘Welsh Legends’ series.

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Land of My Fathers

Explore music through history, culture. You will learn all about traditional instruments, musicians, singers and ensembles right here in Wales. Join us on a Welsh music adventure! Click ‘Cymraeg’ to see these lessons in Welsh.

Planning

PowerPoints

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Files and Sounds

FILES/PDF’s
Anthems – Land of My Fathers	Sosban Fach
National Anthem – Glockenspiels	Sosban Fach – Clwb Cymru Lyrics
Musical Features	Sosban Fach – Lyrics
Musical Features – Answers	Call and Response
Ballads – Bedd Gelert	Call and response background info
Ballads Background Info	Migldi Magldi Lyrics
Ballad of Gelert – Verses	Migldi Magldi Rhythms
Ballad of Gelert – Chorus and Bridges	Lullabies
Ballad of Gelert – Final Lyrics	Lullabies – Background Info Suo Gan – Glockenspiel
SOUNDS
Anthems – Sounds	Ballads – Sounds
Welsh Scottish Italian Irish French English Welsh Anthem – Backing track	Sosban Fach – Welsh Folk Song Sosban Fach backing track True Tale of Robin Hood Rap – Freestyle Battle Beats Pobreng Alindahaw My love is like a red, red, rose
Call and Response – Sounds	Lullabies – Sounds
Tick Tick Boom Splish Splash Qawwali Migldi Magldi Migldi Magldi Backing Track Kye Kyek Kule Chi Chi Bud Oh	Chinese Cradle Song Ghoom Parani Mashi Pishi Kotki Dwa Rhythm 1 Rhythm 2 Suo Gan – Enlgish Suo Gan – Welsh Suo Gan – Backing Track

Urdd Gobbaith Cymru

Explore music through history, culture, and values of the Urdd. You will learn all about traditional instruments, musicians, singers and ensembles right here in Wales. Join us on a Welsh music adventure!

Take a look at the free musical resources below:

English	Welsh
History of the Urdd	Hanes yr Urdd
Music in Wales	Cerddoriaeth yng Nghymru
Land of Song	Gwlad y Gân
Twmpath	Twmpath
Clog Dance	Dawns y Glocsen
Welsh Anthem	Hen Wylad Fy Nhadau
International Velvet	International Velvet
Daw Hyfrid Fis	Daw Hyfrid Fis

Additional Resources

• Urdd Teacher Planning (PDF)
• Instruments of Wales – Worksheet (PDF)
• Offerynnau Cerdd Cymru (PDF)
• Instruments of Wales – Flashcards (PDF)
• Offerynnau Cerdd Cymru – Lluniau (PDF)
• Who’s Who? Quiz (PDF)
• Cwis – Pwy yw Pwy? (PDF)
• Rhythm Examples (PDF)
• Enghreifftiau o Rhythmau (PDF)
• Clog Dance Rhythms (PDF)
• Rhythmau Dawns y Glocsen (PDF)
• Clog Dance Class Performance (PDF)
• Perfformio Dawns a Glocsen yn y Dosbarth (PDF)

Urdd Gobaith Cymru – Music and Videos

Karl Jenkins

Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins is a multi-instrumentalist and composer and is one of the most performed living composers in the world! and to top it all off… he is WELSH!

In celebration of all things welsh leading up to St. David’s Day, take a look at the free musical resources below:

English	Welsh
Karl Jenkins – Teacher Planning (PDF)	Karl Jenkins – cynllunio athrawon
Karl Jenkins – (PP)	Karl Jenkins – (PP)
Karl Jenkins – Adiemus Lyrics (PDF)	Karl Jenkins – Adiemus Lyrics (PDF)
Karl Jenkins – Listening Activity – Palladio – English (PDF)	Karl Jenkins – Listening Activity – Palladio – Welsh (PDF)
Karl Jenkins – Music and Art Activity – English (PDF)	Karl Jenkins – Music and Art Activity – Welsh (PDF)
Karl Jenkins – Composer Fact File	Ffiel Ffeithiau – Karl Jenkins

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Famous Composers

All About Instruments

Instruments of the Orchestra
English (PowerPoint)
Welsh (PowerPoint)

Discovering Musical Instruments with Cer’i Chwarae
English (PowerPoint)
Welsh (PowerPoint)

BBC Teach

BBC Teach has some fantastic resources for schools. Check out their ‘Bring the Noise’ page for some fun musical activities.

• BBC Bitesize – Key Stage 1
• BBC Bitesize – Key Stage 2
• BBC Bitesize – Key Stage 3

St. David and the Dragon

• English (PowerPoint)
• Welsh (PowerPoint)

Twm Siôn Cati

• Twm Siôn Cati – Welsh (PowerPoint)
• Twm Siôn Cati – English (PowerPoint)

The Enchanted Harp

• The Enchanted Harp – English (PowerPoint)
• The Enchanted Harp – Welsh (PowerPoint)
• Can you design your own harp? – English (PDF)
• Can you design your own harp? – Welsh (PDF)
• The Enchanted Harp – Quiz Answers – English (PDF)
• The Enchanted Harp – Quiz Answers – Welsh (PDF)
• Extension – Vienna Vegetable Orchestra – English (PDF)
• Extension – Vienna Vegetable Orchestra – Welsh (PDF)