Printable Resources

Please feel free to download and print the pdfs if you think they may give you ideas on how to introduce composition into your weekly lessons.  ​Pupil's sheets can be shared freely with your students. 

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Activity Sheets

Sheet Music Starters

1. Exploring Rhythm with Animals 
This is ideal for a younger beginner. It uses rhythm as the starting point to create a song about animals at the zoo. Click on the links below to access the pdfs. 

Animal Sheet for pupils

Animal Sheet for teachers

1. What's that Lurking in the Cave?
This duet or 2 piano piece encourages beginners to explore the outer ranges of the piano and discover how to create effects. A duet is a great spring-board to improvisation or composition and playing together encourages careful listening and collaboration. The piece can be taught by rote and focuses on chromatic movement. Click on the link below to access the pdf.
Sheet Music

2. Exploring a theme - A Magical World
This is ideal for an older pupil, or for one who has some pianistic experience. Click on the links below to access the pdfs.

Magical World Sheet for pupils

Magical World Sheet for teachers