How to Play the Recorder

Description

How to Play the Recorder is a highly visual and user-friendly guide for learning to play the recorder independently, and also a perfect companion to recorder lessons. Designed to educate without overwhelming, How to Play the Recorder is carefully structured to challenge readers a little at a time. Notes are clearly introduced at appropriate stages, alongside specially selected musical pieces that provide context and a sense of achievement. A range of useful hints and tips offer additional guidance and encouragement throughout. Written with an expert music consultant, How to Play the Recorder also introduces key points of music theory, helping increase general knowledge of music and note reading as practical proficiency grows. 2 Contents 4–5 Introduction 6–7 Your recorder 8–9 Recorder family 10–11 Starting to play 12–13 Reading music 14–15 Time signatures 16–17 Breathing 18–19 Tonguing 20–21 Hand positions 22–23 The note B 24–25 The note A 26–27 The note G 28–29 Good technique 30–31 High C 32–33 High D 34–35 Tied notes 36–37 Long and short notes 38–39 Practice tunes 40–41 Low E 42–43 Low D 44–45 Making music 46–47 The note F# 48–49 Low C 50–51 F natural 52–53 Scales 54–55 Duets 56–57 High E 58–59 Get practising 60–61 Showtime 62–63 Fingering chart and Glossary 64 Index and Acknowledgements