Let's make Tudor music
Lucie Skeaping
Paperback
(Stainer & Bell, Dec. 1, 1998)
_Let's Make Tudor Music_ was runner-up in the 1999 _Times Educational Supplement Award for Primary Music_.This publication contains 88 pages packed with ideas, including drama and dance as well as music making. The beautifully produced CD has 35 tracks for listening and for teaching. Books for the pupils _are also available..._ **An exciting new Key Stage 2 education product brings a unique role to early music in the classroom.** Produced in association with the **Early Music Network** , _Let's Make Tudor Music_ enables pupils to discover the joy of early music through a lively exploration of Tudor history and lifestyles, in the context of composing, improvising, appraising and performing targets set out in the National Curriculum.The 23 themed classroom projects contained in the Teacher's Book and Pupil's Book are filled with real Tudor songs, dances and drama, listening games and other things to do. Children and adults with no previous experience gain the confidence to be performing genuine early music in minutes, using ordinary classroom instruments, but guided by the expert, authentic performances and unique Learning Tracks contained on the integral CD.For teachers, _Let's Make Tudor Music_ contains clear and practical instructions, plus authoritative attention to detail and historical accuracy. for pupils, the lively Tudor atmosphere created in the recorded performances and illustrations gives them the chance to discover early music through the active enjoyment of participation and performance, and the exciting sounds of period instruments.Flexible in format, _Let's Make Tudor Music_ can be used in a comprehensive manner to meet Key Stage Two music targets. But its step-by-step guidance makes it no less suited to non-specialist teachers wishing to broaden the scope of classroommusical activity, and use its stimulating materials in the context of a range of curriculum subjects.![](https://stainer.co.uk/wp- content/uploads/lmtmlr.jpg)The authors, **Lucie and Rod