Pick of the day resources

We want to help you keep making music from home during this Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, so on social media we're sharing a resource and a song for you to play and sing along with, every Monday to Friday.

Search for our hashtags #PickOfTheDay and #ShowMustGoOn and find us on Facebook, Instagram @suffolk_musichub and Twitter @suffolkmusichub.

Open the links below to find the resources we've shared so far. This list will be updated every week.

Week 1 - 30 March 2020

Resources

The Hall of the Mountain King by BBC Ten Pieces

Body percussion sessions on YouTube by Beat Goes On

Quizzes, games and lessons with Music Tech Teacher

Create patterns with Pentatonic Sound Sequencer

Songs

'Ain't no mountain high enough' Sister Act version

'Wonder' by Naughty Boy ft. Emili Sande

'From now on' by Hugh Jackman and the Greatest Showman cast

'Count on me' by Bruno Mars

Week 2 - 6 April 2020

Resources

Household items Samba Party with Mr Scullins on YouTube

Activities on 'Carmina Burana' by Orff from BBC Ten Pieces

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra live streaming Strauss Ein Heldenleben on YouTube

Bring the Noise - musical ideas to try at home with BBC Teach

Download parts and recording your playing for the Jess Gillam Virtual Orchestra

Songs

Sing along to Hakuna Matata from The Lion King on YouTube

Watch and sing to O Fortuna from Orff's 'Carmina Burana' on YouTube

Shallow by Pentatonix on YouTube

Sing along to I Wanna Be Like You from The Jungle Book on YouTube

Can't Stop The Feeling by Justin Timberlake on YouTube

Week 3 - 13 April 2020

Resources

Chrome Music Lab 'Experiments' makes learning music more accessible, fun, and hands-on!

Theory Rocks takes you through tones and semitones on YouTube.

Myleen's Music Klass daily music-making from 10am to 11am on YouTube.

Play and sing along to the African folk song Che Che Koolay on YouTube.

Learn chords and lyrics to a range of pop songs for Guitar with Guitar Down Under.

Songs

Sing along to 'Hakuna Matata' from The Lion King on YouTube.

'This Is Me' rehearsal with Keala Settle from The Greatest Showman on YouTube.

Tune in to The Voices Foundation daily singing assemblies at 1pm.

Sing along to 'Three Little Birds' by Bob Marley on YouTube.

Explore Handel's 'Zadok The Priest' with BBC Ten Pieces.

Week 4 - 20 April 2020

Resources

Sing In Class have generously made their song packs free to download during the Coronavirus outbreak.

Watch a live performance on Facebook every Wednesday at 11.30am by Music In Felixstowe.

Kiddley show you what musical instruments you can make with household objects.

Perform, compose and learn with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group's online resources.

Tune in to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's Friday Night Club on YouTube.

Songs

Watch and sing along to The Rogers Family play 'What Makes You Beautiful' by One Direction on the piano.

Sing along to 'Hall of Fame' by The Script on YouTube.

Learn a song a day and try the associated activities with Out of the Ark at Home.

Sing along to 'Revolting Children' from the musical Matilda on YouTube.

Sing along to 'A Million Dreams' from The Greatest Showman on YouTube.

Week 5 - 27 April 2020

Resources

Find your old pots and pans to play along to Mozart's 'Alla Turca' on YouTube.

Learn 'The Cup Song' from Pitch Perfect on YouTube.

Create your own music notation with the free software MuseScore.

Learn all about beat, rhythm and pitch with First Thing Music.

Explore rhythm with Bernstein's 'Mambo' from West Side Story with BBC Ten Pieces.

Songs

Sing along to 'You Gotta Be' by Des'ree on YouTube.

Sing along to 'The Cup Song' with Anna Kendrick from the film Pitch Perfect.

Sing along to 'Champion' by Fallout Boy on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Everything Is Awesome' from The Lego Movie on YouTube.

Tune in to 'Sing on the sofa' fun singing workshops with the English National Opera on YouTube.

Week 6 - 4 May 2020

Resources

Improve your listening skills with ABRSM Aural Trainer Lite app.

Compose your own Dr Who theme with electronic and found sounds with BBC Bitesize.

Learn body percussion with Ollie Tunmer from Beat Goes On on YouTube.

Watch the graphic score as you listen to the first movement from Beethoven's 5th Symphony on YouTube.

Learn 'The Stevenson Rap' with Visual Musical Minds on YouTube.

Songs

Learn how to sing Acapella 'Price Tag' by Jessie J on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Fired Up' from Disney's Zombies on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Brave' by Sara Bareilles on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Try Everything' by Shakira from the film Zootopia on YouTube.

Sing along to 'I'm Still Standing' performed by Taron Egerton from the film SING on YouTube.

Week 7 - 11 May 2020

Resources

Catch up with the National Youth Choir of Scotland's daily singing and rhythm sessions.

Watch the Rogers Family play Ed Sheeran's 'Castle on the Hill' on piano on YouTube.

Tutorials and videos for drums, guitar, bass and keyboard by Little Kids Rock.

Experiment with sounds and effects using Soundation Studio using your internet browser.

Listen to a concert or ballet, or create music of your own with the Royal Opera House.

Songs

Sing along to 'Proud' by Heather Small on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Set it all Free' by Scarlett Johansson from the movie SING on YouTube.

Sing along to 'A Whole New World' from Disney's Aladdin on YouTube.

Sing along to 'High Hopes' by Panic! At The Disco on YouTube.

Week 8 - 18 May 2020

Resources

Turn your computer keyboard into an instrument with Soundplant.

Play along to the 'Can Can' with Musication on YouTube.

Recorder players can play along to bespoke videos created by Visual Musical Minds on YouTube.

Develop your sight singing skills on YouTube.

Enjoy recordings of past concerts from the Opera de Paris, including major symphonies and operas.

Songs

Sing along to 'Best Day of My Life' by American Authors on YouTube.

Sing with the National Youth Choir of Scotland on Facebook.

Channel your inner Elsa and sing 'Into The Unknown' from Frozen 2 with Acapop! Kids on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Sing' by Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Life Is A Highway' by Rascal Flatts on YouTube.

Week 9 - 1 June 2020

Resources

Drumming without drums! Play along with DCP Drums on YouTube.

Catch up with performances from The Metropolitan Opera.

Create and beatbox to your own music with Incredibox.

Watch films and get creative with BBC Ten Pieces at home.

Challenge your rhythm reading skills with video 4 with Visual Musical Minds on YouTube.

Songs

Sing along to 'When i grow up' from the stage show Matilda on YouTube.

Learn how to sing Bobby Ferrin's 'Si Le Le' with Voces8 on Facebook.

Sing along to 'Never ever give up by Matthew West on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Go the distance' from Disney's Hercules on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams on YouTube.

Week 10 - 8 June 2020

Resources

Get creative with Inclusive Music's Bandlab starter Songwriting course for students, teachers and parents!

Take part in the #RSNOchallenge on YouTube and make your own instruments from recycled items.

Toby Davies from Trinity College London teaches a series of fun and useful videos that introduce ‘body percussion’ as a means to produce music, through an adapted piece based on The Hands and Feet Overture'.

David Bowie narrates Disney's 'Peter and the Wolf', music by Sergei Prokofiev.

Get your cups to play along to the rhythms of the Can Can with Musication on YouTube.

Songs

Learn to sing in parts with Voces8 on Facebook.

Sing along to 'Hakuna Matata' from Lion King on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Be Alright' by Ariana Grande on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Feel the Light' by Jennifer Lopez from 'Home'.

Learn the fun singing game 'Chumbara' with the National Youth Choir of Scotland on Facebook.

Week 11 - 15 June 2020

Resources

'Lyric for Strings' is by the US composer George Walker, the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Watch and listen with BBC Proms on YouTube.

Practise your rhythms using household objects with Visual Musical Minds on YouTube.

Learn the story of 'Tiddalik the Frog' with BBC Teach then try the activities afterwards.

Join in with the live, interactive sessions by the Benedetti Foundation.

Read this Classic FM article on Nina Simone and how she was inspired by Bach. Then listen!

Songs

Sing along to 'All of Me' by John Legend on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Fight Song' by Rachel Platten on YouTube.

Learn 'Clickety Clack', a song about trains, with NYCOS Creative Learning on Facebook.

Sing along with 'A Cappella Lego 5' by Voces8 on Facebook.

Sing along to 'Feeling Good' by Nina Simone on YouTube.

Week 12 - 22 June 2020

Resources

Try out the kitchen samba band challenge from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Have a go at mixing and electronic composition with the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance London.

Meet the orchestra with Albert's Band from the Royal Albert Hall.

Watch the guitar ensemble 40 Fingers play Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' on YouTube.

Explore the sounds and music of pre-historical and early Roman sites with University of Huddersfield Music Archaeology.

Songs

Sing along to 'Read All About It' by Emili Sande on YouTube.

Sing along with The King's Singers to 'If ye love me' by Thomas Tallis on YouTube.

Learn to sing 'Alice the camel' with National Youth Choirs of Scotland on Facebook.

Sing along to 'The Call' by Regina Spektor from the film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian on YouTube.

Sing along to 'Mr Blue Sky' by ELO on YouTube.

Week 13 - 29 June 2020

Resources

Music Education Whizz has a collection of 21st Century Music Education Resources - free and paid-for packages and activities for pupils 3-21.

Practice and read pulse, beat and rhythms with Nick Scott Music on YouTube.

The Music Interactive provides classroom, home and instrumental activities, apps and games for ages 4-18.

The Royal Irish Academy of Music has a collection of YouTube videos demonstrating instrumental technique, modelling study pieces and Music Theory tutorials.

Try this easy Ukulele play-along by Kookaburra on YouTube.