Synopsis
Hear samples of the quality childrens music that Plank Road Publishing has been writing for music teachers for over 25 years.
Episodes
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Dojo Duets
12/01/2011 Duration: 04minDuets are not only enjoyable to play, but they are great teaching tools for your recorder students. For quite a while now we have had requests from teachers for duets that will dovetail nicely with recorder methods, including our very popular Recorder Karate method. With this in mind, Paul and Teresa created this collection of new, progressively more difficult duets that can be used in many ways.
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Recorder Classroom: Focus On Folk Songs
05/01/2011 Duration: 06minWith Recorder Classroom: Focus On Folk Songs, you'll find everything you have come to expect from Recorder Classroom, including our great team of writers working with all types of folk music. Songs include: "A Ram Sam Sam," "Arkansas Traveler," "Lightly Row," "Shoo Fly," "Skye Boat Song," and "Tom Dooley."
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Sing With Us The Christmas Story
29/12/2010 Duration: 09minSing With Us The Christmas Story includes: eight favorite carols ("Angels We Have Heard On High," "O Little Town Of Bethlehem," "Away In A Manger," "The First Noel," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," "We Three Kings Of Orient Are," "Silent Night," and "Joy To The World"), narration from scripture usable for as many readers as you like, arrangements appropriate for audience sing-along, reproducible vocal parts for singers and sing-along lyric sheets, Director's Handbook with playable Piano/Vocal parts and suggestions for staging and costumes, and a Performance/Accompaniment CD.
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Songs For A Merry Christmas
22/12/2010 Duration: 06minWhether you're trying to get your singers and audience into the holiday spirit or just give them something new and festive to liven things up, you'll appreciate this collection of winter holiday favorites from Music K-8 magazine. This collection includes: "Deck The Halls," "Pinata," "Noel," "Cancion De La Navidad," "Red And Green," "Christmas Wishes," and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas."
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Americans We
15/12/2010 Duration: 06minTo celebrate our nation, Teresa Jennings has crafted this patriotic revue called Americans We. Songs include: "Americans We;" "Oh, I Love America;" "March Of The Wee Americans;" "Declaration;" "One Nation;" and "American Every Day."
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Get Kids Singing Old American Favorites
08/12/2010 Duration: 06minSubscribers to Music K-8 magazine have always loved our new settings of favorite folk songs and teaching songs. Songs in this collection include: "Aiken Drum," "There's A Hole In The Bucket," "Down By The Riverside," "Down In The Valley," "The Crawdad Song," "Chasin' The Crawdad!," "Yankee Doodle," "Get On Board," and "Old Brass Wagon."
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O, What Is Figgy Pudding? - Singles Reproducible Kit
01/12/2010 Duration: 01minDid you ever stop to think how very odd some traditional carol lyrics are, such as figgy pudding and partridges in pear trees? That's the essence of this lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek carol. (from Music K-8, Vol. 20, No. 2)
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Rules For Christmas - Singles Reproducible Kit
17/11/2010 Duration: 01minEach part in this partner song is fairly simple, but still musically interesting and engaging for the singers. When you combine them, the outcome is jazzy and sophisticated. (from Music K-8, Vol. 20, No. 2)
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Hip Hop Turkeys - SRKs/ Announcement - About Singles Reproducible Kits (background music is "A New Day")
10/11/2010 Duration: 02min"Hip Hop Turkeys" will make you smile, or gobble, as the case may be. (from Music K-8, Vol. 20, No. 2) Second half of the recording is an announcement about our Downloadable Singles Reproducible and Convenience Combo Kits.
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Fa La La & Ho Ho Ho
03/11/2010 Duration: 02minThe concept is simple: Give a group of instrumentalists and kazoo players snippets from popular Christmas tunes, with each phrase ending in a vocal duel of "fa la la" and "ho ho ho."
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Carols For Young Voices
27/10/2010 Duration: 07minThis collection of Christmas carols features the following titles: "Angels From The Realms Of Glory;" "What Child Is This?;" "Good King Wenceslas;" "The Wexford Carol;" "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel;" and "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen."
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A Holiday Of Music
13/10/2010 Duration: 01minThis very jubilant song is the perfect way to open the revue, though you can certainly use it in other ways as you prefer. It's uplifting, happy, and easily reminds us that music is a wonderfully unifying common bond we all share during the holidays. (from Music K-8, Vol. 21, No. 2)
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Goober Peas
06/10/2010 Duration: 48sNot only have we had a number of requests for this tune, but this is an ideal time to make it available as this school year will see the 150th anniversary (2011) of the beginning of the American Civil War (April 1861). (from Music K-8, Vol. 21, No. 1)
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Ten Big Pumpkins
29/09/2010 Duration: 01minThis easy-going swing tune is just the ticket for singing about that scary season without ever actually mentioning Halloween. (from Music K-8, Vol. 21, No. 1)
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We'll Figure It Out
22/09/2010 Duration: 01minEvery day of our lives brings with it obstacles to overcome, problems to work through, issues that shape our general approach to the hurdles we encounter. "We'll Figure It Out" is a character song with a positive message of perseverance and the determination to rise above our difficulty, disadvantage or handicap, rather than simply giving up. (from Music K-8, Vol. 21, No. 1)
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My Vampire Buddies
15/09/2010 Duration: 01minSeems like you can't swing a bat without hitting a vampire these days. Not ones to ignore popular culture, we couldn't resist inventing our own contribution to the cause with this tongue-in-cheek "buddy song." (from Music K-8, Vol. 21, No. 1)
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Bless Our Troops
08/09/2010 Duration: 01minA hymn-like piece like this one really needs no explanation. The sentiment is universal. For that reason, we would like to make it available to anyone who wants to use it. So while it is included in this issue of Music K-8, we are also putting it on our web site as one of our exclusive free songs. Feel free to share it with your students, other teachers, your community, and so forth. (from Music K-8, Vol. 21, No. 1)
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Jazz
01/09/2010 Duration: 01minThe song is in unison so that you can focus on the lyrics and style. It talks about what jazz is from the standpoint of history. It also touches on some of the elements that make it jazz, like swing and improvisation. Any of these elements are great jumping off points for you to go deeper, if you wish. (from Music K-8, Vol. 21, No. 1)
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Whacky Old St. Nicholas (The Ho Ho Ho Song) - Singles Reproducible Kit
21/07/2010 Duration: 01minYour audience is sure to recognize this fun parody of a very familiar song. And your students will have lots of fun performing it. Our arrangement is flexible enough to suit any size group.