Resources
Websites: shares available websites that will expand your music knowledge
Societies: links to music educational societies’ websites
Afro loops: discover the instruments of Africa
South African stories and songs: shares an archive of four volumes of Venda ngano. Most narratives are presented in their original Tshivenda as well as translated English form. They include transcriptions of chants and songs, as well as links to recordings of performances. Masara Oral Arts Project (MOAP): Musical Arts in SA: Resources and Applications, North-West University
The Orff Schulwerk Society of South Africa
Atlas of Eurhythmics
Kodály Society of South Africa
The South African Society for Music Teachers
Discovering the instruments of Africa, we introduce you to some of the continent’s best-loved instruments – how they’re made and played, how they sound and a bit about their history. So – if you don’t know your marimba from your mbira, this podcast is for you.
South African short stories for kids
Information video: Tshivenda songs, musical games and song stories
Tshivenda songs, musical games and song stories: Venda lashu
Tshivenda song stories: The flamboyant rooster
Tshivenda stories: The girls in the Baobab
Venda ngano narratives
Lesson 1 – Fundamentals of Music
Lesson 2 – Qualities of Sound
Lesson 3 – How Sounds are Made
Lesson 4 – Musical Instruments
Lesson 5 – Block Notation
Lesson 6 – Beat & Rhythm
Lesson 7 – Rhythm in Staff Notation
Lesson 8 – Pitch in Staff Notation
Lesson 9 – Ledger Lines
Lesson 10 – Tonic Solfa Notation