Introduction About Trinidad & Tobago A short history of steel pans Steel-band instruments Classroom replacements Playing techniques and notation Teaching techniques Hot Hot Hot (Soca) Banana Boat Song (Calypso) Amazing Grace (Calypso) One Love (Reggae) Crazy in Love (R&B) Composing a calypso piece
Mike Simpson is the musical director of Inspire-works, who provide world-music workshops to around 40,000 students each academic year. They have also led INSET sessions for many music services, local authorities and national conferences.
"This series has been written by a genuine expert who has thorough knowledge of his subject and shares this with the reader in a lively, enthusiastic and passionate way. I have never found any books before that are so clear in explaining the fundamentals of these world-music genres, and doing so in a format based around practical, relevant and achievable tasks is even more remarkable. I can see these books becoming one of those series that every music teacher will have either read or heard about in years to come." Matt Allen, Head of Music, Chessington Community College, Kingston "The detail in the books is considerable, but the layout ensures that a novice to these styles is not swamped in information. The series' versatility as an aid to the beginning teacher (or even non-specialist), or to those who have been delivering these topics since the first stirrings of the National Curriculum, should make it an essential resource for every school." Helen Tierney, AST and Head of Music, Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, Barnet "These books present comprehensive, idiot-proof and enjoyable guides to a range of world-music styles for use in the classroom. The cross-curricular links and simple techniques for adapting common classroom instruments will be of particular value to those keen to teach world music. The short and easy-to-follow video clips make teaching and learning the music a straightforward process for the busy music teacher. Everything has been thought of in these resources." Angela Roy, Leader of Music and Creativity, St Alban's Church of England Primary and Nursery School, Holborn
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