Boomwhackers® Sheet Music Classical Bundle by Teach Simple

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What's inside this resource

Twenty-three classical melodies — including Fur Elise, Minuet in G, the Can-Can, Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2, the Toreador Song, Beethoven's 7th, Canon, Symphony No. 5, the Radetzky March, Jupiter, Twinkle Twinkle, Ode to Joy, and the William Tell Overture among others — are each arranged as short Boomwhackers color-tube sheet music, with a matching slide deck provided for classroom display. A product description found in the file explains that pieces are transposed for easier play and notes that pieces using accidentals require chromatic Boomwhackers or Octavator caps. The trademark notice confirms Boomwhackers is used with permission from Rhythm Band Instruments, LLC; most individual piece files themselves carry only a title and arranger credit (several to Marybelle Music), with no visible measures of notation text.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Play a two-part Boomwhackers color-tube arrangement of a classical melody as a class ensemble.
Follow a displayed slide to match tube color to pitch while playing along with a classmate group.

Teaching tips

Play a recording of each original classical piece before rehearsing the Boomwhackers arrangement so students recognize the source.
Check that chromatic Boomwhackers or Octavator caps are on hand before assigning pieces noted as using accidentals or a high E.
Use the matching slide deck to display the color-coded part while the class plays, since the description notes the slides are meant for this purpose.

Skills covered

Boomwhackers ensemble performance — students play color-coded tube parts in time as a class ensemble.
Melody recognition — students connect a Boomwhackers arrangement to its classical source melody by ear.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

What extra equipment might I need to play some of the arrangements in this bundle?

The included product description notes that pieces using a high E or accidentals call for more than one octave of Boomwhackers or Octavator caps, plus chromatic Boomwhackers, beyond the standard color-tube set the arrangements are otherwise built around.

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Core concepts

music performance
classical music
Boomwhackers

Topics

Boomwhackers music sheet music notes

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