Resource Bank: Music teacher skills videos

A collection of teacher skills videos presented by Dr Liz Stafford, an expert in music education with over 20 years teaching experience. The videos cover a range of musical skills and techniques including tempo, rhythm, reading staff notation, dynamics, composing and improvising, and more, helping teachers get the best out of the Kapow Primary Music scheme.

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Music: Composing and improvising skills KS1

This Music video introduces the basics of teaching composing and improvising to KS1 pupils. It explains how to guide children …
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Music: Composing and improvising skills LKS2

This Music video introduces the core principles of teaching composing and improvising in Years 3 and 4. It explains how to …
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Music: Composing and improvising UKS2

Having mastered the basics of creating music, children learn to include the interrelated dimensions of music to create a particular effect and compose across variety of music genres. This video explores how to develop composition and improvisation skills in Years 5 and 6. Building on their previous …
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Music: Dynamics (all key stages)

This Music video introduces the concept of dynamics—how loud or soft music is and how that changes over time. Learn simple ways to teach terms like
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Music: Notation KS1

This Music video introduces graphic scores as an accessible way to explore notation in primary music. It explains how to use symbols and pictures to represent musical …
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Music: Percussion instruments (all key stages)

This Music video introduces percussion instruments and how to use them effectively in the primary classroom. It explains the difference between tuned and untuned …
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Music: Pitches (all key stages)

This video explores the musical concept of pitch—how high or low a note sounds—and how to teach it effectively in the classroom. You'll learn how to clarify common confusions between pitch and volume, and gain practical strategies to help pupils understand, demonstrate, and use pitch vocabulary …
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Music: Pulse and rhythm (all key stages)

This Music short video explains the difference between pulse and rhythm, two essential musical concepts often confused by pupils. You'll explore how to describe and …
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Music: Staff notation 2 – KS2 – Rhythm and note duration

Staff notation is a way of writing music down and the English national curriculum requires that staff notation is taught, alongside other notations, at Key stage 2. Learn how rhythm and note duration is written and how time signatures, pitch and performance direction are shown in staff notation.
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Music: Singing KS1

Learn how to teach singing with confidence using a combination of ‘copyback’ and ‘patterning’ techniques to develop an enjoyment of singing in your pupils.
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Music: Singing LKS2

This video offers practical tips for leading singing activities with Key Stage 2 pupils. It explores common issues like reluctance to sing and difficulty matching pitch, and provides strategies to encourage participation and build vocal confidence. It also includes advice on supporting children with …
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Music: Staff notation 1 – KS2 – What is staff notation?

Staff notation is a way of writing music down, and the English national curriculum requires that staff notation is taught, alongside other notations, at Key Stage 2. This video introduces what staff notation is, how to read staff notation and how to use a clef.  
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Music: Structure in music (all key stages)

This Music video introduces the concept of musical structure, or form, and how it organises sections within a piece of music. It explains common structures such as …
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Music: Tempo (all key stages)

This Music video explores tempo—the speed of the music—and how to introduce it to pupils. It includes strategies for …
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Music: Staff notation 4 – KS2 – Pitch and clef

This Music video explores how pitch is represented in staff notation. It introduces the use of the treble and bass clefs, explains the position of notes on the stave, …
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