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‘Oh GOSH, there’s a Skoog loose in the Hospital’ Great Ormond Street Hospital wins innovative musical invention from the University of Edinburgh. Young patients at the renowned children’s hospital are about to get to grips with the viola-clari-banjo-flugelhorn-guitar-drum. Or the Skoog for short. (Skoog video here: http://www.skoogmusic.com/learn/demo/SkoogDoc) Invented at the University of Edinburgh the Skoog [...]

Great little video showing Skoog being used with Trabasack .  Here the Skoog player is exploring the midi tom instrument on the Skoog.   The trabasack has had a real positive impact for this pupil in terms of accessing the Skoog and giving him more independence when using the Skoog. Thanks to Duncan Edwards fro [...]

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This video of the P5 assembly performance at Glaitness school has put a smile on my face today.  Great work everyone.  This is inclusive music making in action with the Skoog sitting comfortably with acoustic instruments in a group performance.  I must say I am really rather proud.  Well done to everyone again, and thanks [...]

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Skoog the new special needs music resource in the news

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Skoog at the SLF 2010 a good time was had by all, Skoogmusic – accessible music, disability, technology.

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Skoogmusic Ltd was featured in the Times, the Scotsman and the Financial times this month.  The main topic in the articles was the great news about the University of Edinburgh’s spin out success this year.  In all three articles the Skoog team gets a special mention and in the Scotsman the article carried a large [...]

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Article about the Skoog and ecological psychology in The Psychologist – the British Psychological Society magazine

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Serious potential: The Skoog receives 5-star rating in Young and Able Magazine