Primary Music Magazine
Issue 3.2 Summer 2019
Top 5 Instruments to teach as a non-specialist Although ‘Wider Opps’ was originally rolled out as a Local Authority Music Service project, and now ‘WCET’ is part of the Music Education Hubs’ offer to schools in England, there’s no reason why you can’t run your own internal project, even if you’re not an instrumental specialist. Here are our top 5 suggestions for instruments to try out with your classes.
Glockenspiel A faithful staple of every primary school, the glockenspiel is so easy to play that anyone can do it! The note names are written on the bars so all you need to do is bash the right one at the right time – simple!
Recorder Another old faithful, the recorder has the distinct advantage that most teachers probably learned to play it when they were at primary school, so it’ll soon all come rushing back to them! They do get a bit icky though, so 38 best have a bucket of Milton to hand!
