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Welcome to Yamaha Music UK's education community, Yamaha Education Friends
- connecting people who teach or contribute to music education, all around the UK and in the Republic of Ireland, at all levels and in all kinds of settings.
While we have areas for general discussion/sharing on general music education topics, we are developing specific focus areas, which include: jazz, improvisation in general, contemporary classical music, composing (and teaching it) and music technology.
Further info about Yamaha Education and Yamaha Education Friends is available from: Bill C Martin.
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Music education professionals, join FREE to see community-only content and take part in discussions and competitions.
Yamaha Jazz Experience
Our major UK-wide 2009-2010 jazz education project, working with secondary class/instrumental teachers who are skilled musicians but who have little or no experience in improvising, kicked off with a series of 1-day workshops around the UK, in March & April 2009, and culminates in competition for ensembles in the 11-19 age group, with a final event at Cheltenham Jazz Festival in May 2010. Join us and be cool!
Register on this site and go to the Jazz Experience page for more info, impro practice advice and the 2009-2010 competition details.YES Magazine
YES Goes Online
We publish our music education magazine, the Yamaha Education Supplement, twice a year and send printed copies, free, to around 5000 heads of music in secondary schools and other key decision makers in music education.
We get regular requests for copies of YES, which exceed our print run. So we've now published YES online, so everyone can read the latest as well as back issues. And it won't cost you a penny! Please share the link with anyone you know who is interested in music education.
Overtone Impro
For more information improvising with vocal overtones (prompted by Derek Barnes' article in YES, Summer 2009) try the following:
- Google overtone singing
- David Hykes' Harmonic Choir
- Stockhausen's Stimmung
- Frank Perry on overtone singing, Tibetan bowls and bells
- Bill C Martin's improvised vocal overtone piece, Va-oona
Recording a Piano
If you read Chris Irvine's excellent article in YES (Summer 2009) on recording an upright piano, Yamaha Education Friends members can watch the video of this in action.
'Yamaha Download' Podcast
Hosted by BBCR2's Richard Allinson, this free podcast will appeal to all budding rock musicians. It features all that's new at Yamaha, with reviews, interviews with world-class artists, hints and tips and our 'Band For A Grand' competition that showcases new band talent with £1k of equipment up for grabs!
Download it from iTunes or from www.yamahadownload.co.uk
Pocketrak CX Recorder
- Record pupils' performance and progress
- Record instrumental lessons to help with later practice
- Track the development of group compositions
- Capture audio samples for music technology projects
- Record rehearsals
- Pocket-sized audio notepad for recording your ideas, as they happen
- Gathering audio evidence for assessment
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