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Music Development

Art
Music Appreciation
Music Lessons
Music Quizzes
Scots Sang
Songwriting
Stirling Schools

Welcome to the Tolbooth’s online music-making resources!
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Songwriting Challenge – Using Photographs
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Songwriting challenge – Aleatoric Music
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Ukulele – Lesson 1
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Ukulele – Lesson 2
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Ukulele – Lesson 3
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Quiz #1 – popular music & music theory
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Intro to DIY music culture
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Backing track – Indie Rock
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How to use the Indie Rock backing track
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Songwriting challenge – Writing a song from your corner of the world
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Songwriting challenge – Writing lyrics
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Digital music-making – Lesson 1
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Digital music-making – Lesson 2
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Digital music-making – Lesson 3
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New music discovery – Euros Childs
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Scots Sang – Nursery to Primary 3
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Scots Sang – Primaries 4 to 7
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Backing track – Pop Ballad
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How to use the Pop Ballad backing track
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Keys/Piano – Lesson 1
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Keys/Piano – Lesson 2
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Keys/Piano – Lesson 3
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Songwriting challenge – Writing a vocal melody
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Backing track – Electronic/Dance
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How to use the Electronic/Dance backing track
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Songwriting challenge – The Alphabetter Boogie
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Quiz #2 – Pop Music
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TCMP Schools Outreach songs
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Exploring rhythm in popular songs
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A Brief History of Music Formats
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Songwriting challenge – 30 words, 3 chords
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Quiz #3 – Becci’s Big Disney Quiz!
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Playlist challenge – Peaceful/Relaxing music
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Songwriting challenge – Free writing
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Songwriting challenge – Complex rhyme schemes
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Chanter – Lesson 1
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Chanter – Lesson 2
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Chanter – Lesson 3
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Backing track – Hip hop
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How to use the Hip Hop backing track
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Digital music – making beats out of household objects
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Recycled percussion – My Shaker
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Playlist challenge – Alternative music
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Using a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) – Lesson 1
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Using a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) – Lesson 2
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Using a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) – Lesson 3
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Playlist challenge – Piano songs
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Bass guitar – Lesson 1
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Bass guitar – Lesson 2
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Songwriting challenge – ‘Cafe’ chorus
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New music discovery – Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5
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Music ‘Royalties’ – how musicians get paid
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Cover songs and ‘authenticity’
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Women in Scottish music scenes – Jo Mango
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How DIY recording technology revolutionises music
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The story of hip hop and hip hop in Scotland
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The story of Britpop
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Guitar – Lesson 1
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Guitar – Lesson 2
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Guitar – Lesson 3
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Women in the Music Industry
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Campfire song #1 – ‘Stand By Me’
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Campfire song #2 – ‘Three Little Birds’
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Write your own Protest Song
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ARTi-play #1: Photo Montage
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ARTi-Play #2 – Animal Drawing
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ARTi-Play #3 – Imaginary Animal
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ARTi-Play #4 – Flowers In Bloom
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Hearing Sounds
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Seeing Sounds
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A Made Up Scale
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Play Your Kitchen
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The Alphabet Song
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Auld Lang Syne
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ARTi-Play #5 – Pattern: Repeat, motif, overlap
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ARTi-Play #6 – Numbers Abstract Tonal
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ARTi-Play #7 – Drawing: The face, features close-up, tones, light, shade
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Scots Sang – Robert Burns
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ARTi-Play #8 – Papier-Mache Head
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#1 Songwriting Crash-Course: Lyrics
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#2 Songwriting Crash-Course: Song Structure
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#3 Songwriting Crash-Course: Chords
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#4 Songwriting Crash-Course: Rhythm
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#5 Songwriting Crash-Course: Melody
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#6 Songwriting Crash-Course: Recording
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#7 Songwriting Crash-Course: Digital Distribution
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The Ballad of Angus McDougal, Pt. 1
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