Strike up the classroom ensemble! Easy to teach and fun for the students to perform various musical styles.
Ten Pieces for Early Music Readers in a Variety of Styles + Backing Tracks
Use as a Jumbie Jam song book or in an ensemble combining with other G2g Classroom Ensemble Song Books.
- G2g Classroom Ensemble – Ukulele Accompaniment Book 1 (5540)
- G2g Classroom Ensemble – Hand Drum Accompaniment Book 1 (5541)
- G2g Classroom Ensemble – Teacher Book 1 (5538)
Available as a single book or classroom value 12 pack 12th Book Free!
G2g Classroom Ensemble is simple tunes for the Jumbie Jam Steelpan along with accompaniment parts for Ukulele/Chording, Hand Percussion, plus Backing Tracks - expand your ensemble while still having the solid base of a backing track. Perfect for teaching fundamental musical concepts in the classroom through performance. Utilize as concert performance pieces or to progress in the practice room.
The series is available as 4-book set, classroom sets (with instrument options) or can be purchased separately. Books include:
- Teacher Book 1 - includes parts for all instruments
- Jumbie Jam Steelpan Melody Song Book 1
- Ukulele Accompaniment Book 1
- Hand Drum Accompaniment Book 1
The goals and approach – Provide students the opportunity to explore more musical styles while having fun and developing their reading skills. Early music readers will be empowered to play through the first pieces and challenged as they progress in the book. Starting with simple quarter & eighth note rhythms and only three musical phrases to learn, progressing into whole & half notes, double stops, rolls, and more musical navigation challenges.
Piece List : Styles
1.Mrs. Sandy Sunny Toes : Calypso
2.Core: Hip-Hop
3.Wind Up: Cha-Cha
4.The Steadfast Stone: Rock
5.Lemmings: Pop/Rock
6.Weather Wishing: Jazz Waltz
7.Floating Lotus: Reggae
8.Smile Like You Mean It: Soca
9.Dust Storm: Cinematic
10.Build It Back Better: Alternative
Teachable Concepts & Reading Charts
- Treble Clef/Note Names
- Time Signatures
- Barlines/Double Barlines
- Quarter Notes/Rests
- Eighth Notes/Rests
- Half Notes/Rests
- Whole Notes/Rests
- Tied notes
- Multi-Measure Rests
- Sharps/Flats
- Octaves
- Scale Degrees
- Repeat Signs
- Rehearsal Marks
- Double Stops
- Rolls
- Improvisation
- Fermatas
- Pickup Measures
- D.S. al fine
- G Major Scale
- Many more!
About the Author
Jordan Morrison is an active composer, arranger, educator, and performer. As an educator, he has taught in public schools, private schools, non-profit programs, and private studios. He has taught a wide variety of music courses including Jazz Band, Marching Band, Steelband, Concert Band, Rock Band, Orchestra, Choir, General Music, World Music, Music Theory, Audio Production, Music Composition and much more. Jordan has had the opportunity to serve by training and mentoring hundreds of teachers and thousands of students throughout his career. As a composer and performer, Jordan has enjoyed a wide array of wonderful and strange opportunities. These range from a stadium performance for a bowling conference to composing the music for two seasons of a live soap opera, performing in a giant outdoor tent for a Motorcyclist Revival, and leading a virtual drum circle for people with cochlear implants. He currently lives just outside of Nashville, TN where he works as the Music Education Director at W.O. Smith Nashville Community Music School.
Free audio files provided as a download at time of purchase.
