The Music Lesson Box whiteboard teaching package includes:
Each presentation is broken into lesson size units. When you click on the button on the opening page you go directly to your chosen unit. The units and specific content for each presentation are:
1. A set of PowerPoint based presentations covering all lesson topics shown below. Perfect for introducing the core content and for revision. Includes unique Lesson Box features to create a lesson to suit each class. Activity buttons reveal starter tasks, discussion points, unit recap, class activities and extension tasks. All content can be changed live without closing the presentation. Select talking avatars to give extra information and generate discussion. Keyword definitions revealed and linked to printable vocabulary worksheets. Store your lesson plans within the presentation. Make full use of the mass of integrated sound files.
 2. A linked set of Revise and Test presentations to reinforce and assess learning that now include: A narrated video summary of each topic to use prior to the test. PowerPoint based formal tests with printable question and answer sheets. Change and save to match each teaching group or student.
3. A fully licenced network or VLE version of both the above products. Perfect for anywhere learning even on mobile devices.
 plus flash tutorials, full support, full site licence. All elements can be customised (even the avatar input)

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The Content of the Music Products.
Each presentation is broken into lesson size units. When you click on the button on the opening page you go directly to your chosen unit. The units and specific content for each presentation are:

1. Music for Dance
 This presentation covers an introduction to music for dance, what makes music suitable for dance, dance features, examples of music for dance all with sound file examples and instruments with interactive sounds attached including disco with the instruments commonly used in disco music, Bhangra , native North American, electronic dance music, Samba, Pavanne and Galliard, Waltz, Salsa and Swing.
2. Music around the World
This presentation includes styles of music, where in the world quiz with sound files for the students to match, interactive world music map linked to music styles around the world including English folk, punk, Gamelan, Traditional Indian, Hip Hop, Minyo, Aboriginal Australian, Reggae, Latin American, African and North West Native American all with embedded sound files and examples.
3. Story of the Blues
This presentation includes what is blues? how did blues start? characteristics, instruments used, the 12 bar blues and the blues scale with interactive sound file example, improvisation, cal and response, lyrics, Delta blues, Chicago blues, British blues, and legacy of the blues. All with sound files as examples interactive notes etc.
4. Music Notation
This presentation includes an introduction to the stave, clefs, ledger lines, treble clef, bass clef, note lengths, silences, key signatures, sharps and flats, time signature. All with sound samples and interactive notes and music to use as you wish to illustrate the content.
5. Music Theory
This presentation includes the pitch of a sound, the 12 notes, tones and semi tones, sharps and flats, octaves, scales, major scale, minor scale, pentatonic scale, keys, chords, beat and tempo, and expression.  All illustrated and explained with playable interactive keyboards scales and notes as appropriate.
6. Musical Instruments
This presentation includes an introduction to musical instruments, how instruments make sound, how to categorise instruments, woodwinds, brass, strings, percussion, a test to see how well your students can categorise some instruments, the drum kit, parts of an electric guitar and how it works, types of voices, the orchestra and conducting. All with sound file examples and  interactive instruments that play samples when clicked.
7. Songwriting
This presentation includes sound file examples and use a specific example to illustrate song structure throughout. The presentation covers why we write songs, styles, sections, hook riffs, song structure including an intro, the chorus, the verse, the bridge etc, arrangements, writing lyrics and the title.
8. Recording and Performing
This presentation includes the studio, effects with sound examples, changes in recording, computer technology, building a song, performing live, microphones, feedback, guitars and amplifiers, on tour, arranging a tour. This presentation also has sound files embedded to illustrate points.
9. The Music industry
This presentation includes recording history, birth of the music industry, music styles, steps in development of a recording artist including getting heard, promoting, organisation of the the record business, indie labels, marketing merchandising and image, where the money is in the industry and where the money from sales goes and the recipe for success.