Issues covered: physical awareness, conscious breathing, the diaphragm, breathing exercises, breath support, sound production, vibrato, phrasing, note shaping.
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The new Essential Elements Classroom Method for Recorder is designed for today's classroom, including easy-to-use technology features that enhance the learning experience for any teaching situation. Essential Elements for Recorder is an effective tool for introducing or reinforcing general music concepts, as an introduction to ensemble performance (band, orchestra, and choir), or for individual or small group instruction. High quality accompaniments (exercises 1-57), expertly arranged for young musicians in a wide variety of styles, make practicing productive and fun.
- The book includes over 130 songs, instrument basics, music reading, duets and rounds, music history, and a fingering chart.
- The audio includes play-along tracks for lessons 1-57, tempo adjustment software that enables students to slow down the tracks while they're learning; and a start-up video that you can watch on computer to get you off to a great start!
This classroom kit includes ten student books with play-along audio and 10 single-piece recorders.
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| List | $99.99 |
For soprano recorder.
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For soprano recorder.
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Contents: Part I: How to Hold the Recorder • 1. the Right Hand • 2. The Left Hand • 3. The Lips • 4. The Fair Distribution of the Weight.
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Contents: How to Move the Fingers • 1. The Movement Itself • 2. The Right Hand • 3. The Left Hand • 4. The “Half-holes” • 5. The Left Thumb • 6. Which Fingers Do What? • 7. Table of Fingerings • 8. Exploring Combinations of Fingers.
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This recorder course by John Pitts is written for 7-11 year olds – no previous knowledge of music or recorders is necessary. It is carefully graded with clear explanations at every stage, enouraging children to develop musical skils as well as recorder techniques.
Book 2 covers five new notes and introduces some more complicated rhythms through a wealth of tunes. The full-color revised edition has 13 new items as well as new optional duets.
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Packaged with a top-quality instrument, this fabulous pack features everything beginning recorder players need! Designed to work for self-instruction, private lessons or classroom use, the book teaches all the essentials and lets players progress at their own pace. The audio includes instruction as well as 64 full demo tracks with background accompaniments to make learning easy. Students will learn:
• How to assemble and hold the recorder
• How to produce quality sound
• How to read music notation and rhythms
• And much more! Includes over 60 great songs.
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Book 1 covers the first 15 notes on the descant recorder, introducing each note with illustrations. Book 2 completes the study of the descant recorder, then proceeds to teach the treble recorder.
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Contents: About Breathing • 1. Inhalation • 2. Exhalation • 3. How to Hold the Air • About Articulation • 1. The consonants • 2. The Position of the Tongue with Single T and D • 3. double Tonguing with T and D • 4. Double Tonguing with More than Two Syllables • 5. Legato-Portato-Staccato • 6. The Consonants K and G
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Here is an exceptionally clear and easy modular approach to playing the recorder and understanding music. Ralph Zeitlin's method keeps the instruction exciting and interesting using melodies, exercises and examples as well as a generous selection of popular and famous pieces. Basic Recorder Lessons is designed to be used either in a student/teacher situation or by students on their own.
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The recorder is fortunate in having one of the richest and most varied repertoires of any instrument, ranging over the medieval, renaissance, baroque and contemporary periods. From this wealth of available material Steve Rosenberg has chosen a collection of pieces which will introduce the beginner to the world of genuine recorder music from the start. Even with limited technique he or she will be able to take part in group music making from the earliest stages.
Contents: Solos: La Mourisque (Susato) • Ungaresca (16th Century) • Philou (Praetorius) • Dance Royale (13th Century) • Duets: Canon (Tallis) • Bransle (Gervaise) • Under the Linden Tree (16th Century) • Pucelete (c. 1250) • Allemande (Gervaise) • Noel (Chédeville) • Musette (17th Century) • Canon Imitation (Purcell) • Canon (Purcell) • Bransle (Boismortier) • Ductia (13th Century) • Duo (Certon) • Ductia (13th Century). Trios: Rondella (Oldington) • Je ne me conferscery (Arcadelt) • Allemande (Gervaise) • Dance (Susato) • Under the Linden Tree (16th Century) • Pucelete (c. 1250) • Sol sol gi gi ABC (Spanish 16th Century) • Trio for Recorders (Harmonie Universal Muserre) • Minni Amor (Spanish 16th Century) • Ronde (Susato) • Pastime with good company (Henry VIII) • Ah Robin, gentle Robin (Cornish) • Trolly lolly (Cornish) • Dance (Demantius). Quartets: Bransle (Gervaise) • Belle qui tiens ma vie (Arbeau) • Putta Nero Ballo Furlano (Phalèse) • Pavane (Susato) • Allemande (Susato) • Allemande (Gervaise) • Ronde (Susato) • The nightingale in silent night (Bateson) • Sun Song (Sculthorpe). Quintets: Mr. George Whitehead, his almand (Dowland) • Mirror-pond (Rimmer). Includes a Fingering Chart.
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A book intended primarily for players who would like to attain sufficient technical ability to explore lots of repertoire. Part 1 is concerned with the basic technique of the modern treble recorder and consists of elementary graded exercises, scales and arpeggios and advanced technical studies. Part 2 focuses on the more specialized techniques of the Renaissance and Baroque recorder and also introduces avant-garde technique.
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| List | $43.95 |
This recorder course by John Pitts is written for 7-11 year olds – no previous knowledge of music or recorders is necessary. It is carefully graded with clear explanations at every stage, enouraging children to develop musical skils as well as recorder techniques.
Book 2 covers five new notes and introduces some more complicated rhythms through a wealth of tunes. The full-color revised edition has 13 new items as well as new optional duets.
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| List | $11.95 |
Book 1 covers the first 15 notes on the descant recorder, introducing each note with illustrations. Book 2 completes the study of the descant recorder, then proceeds to teach the treble recorder.
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| List | $6.95 |