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Find a cup to tap along to Nathan Evans's Sea Shanty.

*Challenge using two cups* - try using your left hand to play the red dots and your right hand to play the blue dots at the same time!

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Glasgow’s annual folk, roots and world music festival, Celtic Connections celebrates Celtic music and its connections to cultures across the globe.

From 15 January – 2 February 2021, due to the ongoing global pandemic, the festival will be delivered digitally for the very first time. Over 100 musicians will be streamed onto screens around the world for 19 days of exclusive concerts, workshops, and free events.

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If you would like some Scottish music so you can learn to play on a specific instrument at home e.g. piano, violin, please send me a message on Twitter @MrsE_Music

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Enjoy singing along to this wonderful song from the movie 'Brave'.

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BRAVE | TOUCH THE SKY | LYRICS ON SCREEN UPDATED | HD

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Design and create a poster (or Pic Collage) about a Scottish musician and you should include at least 5 interesting facts. You can use the worksheet attached to help you get started.

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Dance - 'The Highland Fling' by The Wiggles

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Dance - 'The Highland Fling' by The Wiggles

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The Wiggles - Kids Songs and Nursery Rhymes

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The Highland Fling 🎶  Scottish Nursery Rhyme with The Wiggles

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Read the names of the rhythms out loud and clap the rhythms as you play.

Crotchet - "tea" = 1 clap
2 Quavers - "coffee" = 2 short claps
Rest - "rest" = hold your hands still

Once you can clap along, find an object at home that you can use as a percussion instrument or your own instrument and play along!

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Auld Lang Syne [Easy Mode] - Rhythm Play Along

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Research and choose a musical instrument that is used in Traditional Scottish folk music e.g. bagpipes, accordion, fiddle, and find out all about it.

You can print off the research sheet or copy the questions and create your own poster or presentation.

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Coulter's Candy (Ally Bally Bee)- From the TwinkleTrax album "Scottish Children's Songs"

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Follow the pictures and play the body percussion sounds along to the music.

Click on the link below and open it in a new window for the video to work. Remember you can change the speed of the music by choosing a different playback speed on the Settings of the YouTube video.

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Read the names of the rhythms out loud and clap the rhythms as you play.

Crotchet - "tea" = 1 clap
2 Quavers - "coffee" = 2 short claps
Rest - "rest" = hold your hands still
Minim - "minim" = clap once and hold your hands together for 2 beats (boxes)
Semibreve = clap once and hold your hands together for 4 beats (boxes)

Once you can clap along, find an object at home that you can use as a percussion instrument or your own instrument and play along!

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Auld Lang Syne [Intermediate Mode] - Rhythm Play Along

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Celtic Connections - 24th or 31st January @ 10.00am

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Celtic Connections - 24th or 31st January @ 10.00am

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Celtic Connections 2021

Claire’s Music Club is run by former BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year Claire Hastings.

This is for children aged under 5 years old and their families, the sessions are fun and interactive and include songs, rhymes, dancing and stories with some Scottish favourites along the way.

Check out the link for more information (Please note that this is a free session which runs live on Facebook).

https://www.celticconnections.com/event/2/claires-music-club

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Claire's Music Club is run by former BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year Claire Hastings. Aimed at under 5s and their families, the sessions are fun and interactive and include songs, rhymes, dancing and stories with some Scottish favourites along the way.

Come and join in the fun for free live on Facebook!

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Claire's Music Club is run by former BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year Claire Hastings. Aimed at under 5s and their families, the sessions are fun and interactive and include songs, rhymes, dancing and stories with some Scottish favourites along the way. Come and join in the fun for free live on Facebook!

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Donald where's your troosers? - Body Percussion

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Donald where's your troosers? - Body Percussion

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Follow the pictures and play the body percussion sounds along to the music.

Click on the link below and open it in a new window for the video to work. Remember you can change the speed of the music by choosing a different playback speed on the Settings of the YouTube video.

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Enjoy singing along to this wonderful song from the movie 'Brave'.

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One of my favourite Scottish songs about three crows sitting on a wall.

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Traditional Tunes for Tiny People - Three Craws

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This is a socially distanced performance by Carluke Primrose Orchestral Flutes.

The music was written by two Germans: Michael Korb and Ulrich Rosever. Korb had a fascination for bagpipes and learned to play them. The tune was written for a Highland Games in Germany in 1982 and very quickly became popular in Scotland. Ben Kelly wrote the lyrics in 1990.

I love the dog listening to the bagpipes as well!

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"Highland Cathedral" - A Socially Distanced Performance by Carluke Primrose Orchestral Flutes

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Choose a piece of Scottish music (it can be any style of music e.g. traditional folk, rock, pop etc and see if you can answer the questions on the worksheet. There are lots of incredible Scottish musicians and pieces of music to choose from.

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A fun Scottish song with lots of movement too.

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Traditional Tunes for Tiny People - Jump Jim Joe

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Interview someone in your family and ask them three questions about Scottish music. Here are a couple of examples to help you:

Do you have a favourite Scottish musician, group or band?

Do you have a favourite Scottish song or piece of music?

You could write down their answers or video your interview.

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Peat & Diesel are a band from Stornoway on the island of Lewis & Harris.

Boydie is a fisherman and writes the songs.
Uilly is a delivery driver and plays the drums.
Innes is an electrician and plays the accordion.

In the song 'My Island', they list many of the islands in the Hebrides and the video shoes the beautiful scenery.

If you enjoyed this song, try listening to the first song Boydie wrote called 'Salt & Pepper'. It has some nonsense words that mean absolutely nothing! It also famously mentions Justin Bieber.

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Song - 'I'm on my way' by The Proclaimers

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Song - 'I'm on my way' by The Proclaimers

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The Proclaimers are twin brothers who live in Edinburgh.  You might recognise this song as it was used in the film 'Shrek'.

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Shrek Soundtrack   11. The Proclaimers - I'm On My Way

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This song is about feeling that you belong somewhere. It was written by a Scottish singer-songwriter called Dougie MacLean who was feeling homesick for Scotland when he was travelling and performing around Europe. Caledonia is the Latin word for Scotland.

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One of my favourite Scottish songs about three crows sitting on a wall.

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Traditional Tunes for Tiny People - Three Craws

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Song - 'Giant' by Rag'n'Bone & Calvin Harris

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Song - 'Giant' by Rag'n'Bone & Calvin Harris

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Calvin Harris is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer and songwriter. Enjoy this very catchy song!

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Rag’n’Bone Man & Calvin Harris - Giant (Live at BRITs 2019)

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A great Scottish song about a girl called Katie Bairdie who had lots of animals and loved to dance.

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Traditional Tunes for Tiny People - Katie Bairdie

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Song - 'Movin' on Up' (by Primal Scream)

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Song - 'Movin' on Up' (by Primal Scream)

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Primal Scream are a successful rock band from Glasgow. 'Movin On Up' was one of their most famous songs.

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A fun Scottish song with lots of movement too.

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Traditional Tunes for Tiny People - Jump Jim Joe

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A funny Scottish song about a pigeon who fell off a chimney.

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Traditional Tunes for Tiny People -  A doo fell off a lum

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BBC Scotland will be showing a special Robert Burns night recorded as part of the Celtic Connections Festival on Monday 25th January with performances from the BBC SSO, Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson and Robyn Stapleton. This will be shown at 7pm on the BBC Scotland channel.

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This is a Scots version of the Hokey Cokey. It’s a great way to learn the Scots names for different parts of the body. Try airm (arm), shank (leg), elba (elbow), haun (hand), hurdie (hip), fit (foot) and yer hail sel (whole self)!

These are just suggestions – you could use the Scots words that are used in your area. Children love having a chance to try out a different language.

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Shooglie Wooglie | Bookbug Song & Rhyme Library

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Follow the pictures and play the body percussion sounds along to the music.

Click on the link below and open it in a new window for the video to work. Remember you can change the speed of the music by choosing a different playback speed on the Settings of the YouTube video.

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Follow the pictures and play the body percussion sounds along to the music.

Click on the link below and open it in a new window for the video to work. Remember you can change the speed of the music by choosing a different playback speed on the Settings of the YouTube video.

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Find a cup to tap along to Nathan Evans's Sea Shanty.