MY RECORDER BOOK Name ClassTABLE OF CO! TS PAGE Cover Page 1 Table of Contents 23 The History of the Recorder 45 Parts of the Recorder 6 How to Hold the Recorder 7 How to Play the Recorder 8 How to Practice the Recorder 9 Recorder Fingering Chart 10 Names of the Lines and Spaces il of the Treble Clef Staff Let’s Begin 12 The NOTE B 12 1. Just B 12 The NOTE A 12 2. Just A 12 The NOTE G 13 3. Just G 13 4, Put Them Together~In the BAG! 14 5. Hot Cross Buns 14 6. Hot Cross Buns Variation 14 7. French Folk Song 15 8. Mary Had a Little Lamb 15 9. Long Legged Sailor 15 10. Nutcracker March Theme 16 11. Hot Cross Buns for 2 (DUET) 16 12, French Folk Duet 16 13. Fais Do Do-Be a Composer 17 Question/Answer 14. The Cricket’s Lullaby-EIGHTH NOTE, 18 EIGHTH REST, PICK UP NOTE, ANTICRUSIS & FERMATA The NOTE LOW E 1915. Starlight, Starbright 19 16. Lucy Locket 20 17. Salish Hand Game-SLUR 20 The NOTE LOW D 21 18. Canoe Song-SYNCOPATION 21 19. Ho Ho Watanay 21 20. Jolly Old St. Nicholas- 22 WHOLE NOTE & WHOLE REST The NOTE C 23 21. Couch Potato-3/4 time 23 22, Meet Captain C 23 23, Hush Little Baby 24 24, Hush Little Baby-Twins Duet 24 25. Miss Mary Mack 25 26. Bransle by C. Gervaise 25 27. Bransle Recorder Arrangement 26 28. Sanctus by Franz Schubert- 27 3/4 TIME SIGNATURE, DOTTED HALF NOTE & TIE 29. Hotaru Koi 28 The NOTE HIGH D 29 30. Let Us Chase the Squirrel 29 31. Ladybug 30 32. Dinah 30 33. Who’s That Tapping at the Window? 31 34, Ode to Joy-Ludwig van Beethoven 31 35. 12 Bar Blues- 32 THEME & VARIATION & ROCK & ROLL 36. Amazing Grace Duet 33 The NOTE HIGH E 34 37. Great Big House in New Orleans 34 38. Shortenin’ Bread 34 The NOTES F and Low C 39. Ah Vous Diraje Maman 35THE HISTORY OF THE RECORDER The Recorder is a very old woodwind instrument that is from the ancient family called the internal duct flutes. It has been around for over five hundred years in various forms. Despite its long history, itis often looked upon as a toy or a child's instrument. To the contrary, the recorder is a venerable instrument and should be taken seriously. Recorders of the past were mainly constructed from wood, yet many today are made of plastic. in fact, manufacturers produce approximately 3.5 million plastic recorders per year, according to Nicholas Lander's Recorder Home Page. Its mouthpiece is a plug that creates a shaped windway. However, what distinguishes the recorder from other internal duct flutes are its seven finger holes and single thumb hole, which is known as an octave vent. Although it has been traced back through artist renderings to as early as the 1300s, the recorder reached a height in popularity during the 16th through 18th centuries. Originally, recorders (and music in general) were only really available to royal courts. This changed drastically around the 1500s, when sheet music became available to wealthier commoners, and instrument makers began to produce recorders for the public. Many Renaissance composers, such as John Dowland and Ludwig Senfl, wrote music for the recorder. This music was played both in common homes and royal castles. Playing the recorder was a pastime for kings and queens. The instrument was also used in Shakespeare plays and played by famous composers Telemann, Bach and Handel. Lander claims the earliest documented presence of the recorder in North America was in 1633. By the 1700s, many composers and instrumentalists began to favor the flute over the recorder, due to the limited range of musical expression possible with the recorder. During this time the orchestra grew larger and the recorder was not able to play loud enough to be heard. After this the recorders popularity declined. By the 1900s, the recorder began to regain some popularity among classical composers and pop and rock musicians. Adventurous musicians achieved virtuosic levels of play with the recorder. Not surprisingly, it has found its way into popular music, being used by such artists as diverse as The Beatles ("The FoolOn The Hill"), The Rolling Stones ("Ruby Tuesday") and The Clark-Duke Project (’Sweet Baby’). New techniques were developed to allow additional sonic Possibilities from the recorder, making the instrument more popular among experimental composers. Today they are found in music classrooms around the world. There are currently hundreds of recorder societies in the United States alone, according to Recorder Homepage. Founded in 1939, the American Recorder Society has chapters nationwide as welll as in Canada and 30 other countries, throughout the world. At these chapters, recorder musicians can meet, swap sheet music and polish their recorder skills. Part of the American Recorder Society's mission is to drive an increase in career opportunities for recorder musicians and teachers. THE RECORDER FAMILY (Consort) Soprano peer Alto Teor Bas Contra Bass 1PARTS OF THE RECORDER \ | MOUTHPIECE J FIPPLE SOUND HOLE, THUMB HOLE IS IN THE BACK RIGHT HAND “es = BELL a 3 o \y . o y BBtv FN RRM tgHOW TO HOLD THE RECORDER All recorders have a thumbhole in the back and seven holes down the front, Your recorder has double holes on the bottom two holes. ‘The LEFT HAND is placed at the top of the recorder, which is just below the “belly”. The left hand covers the thumb in the back of the recorder and the first 3 holes. ‘The pinkie of the left hand is never used and should be held away from the recorder. The RIGHT HAND is placed at the bottom of the recorder. The right thumb is used to balance the recorder and is placed between the 4" and 5" holes on the back. The right hand fingers cover the four holes near the bottom of the recorder. Cover the holes completely with the flat, fleshy pad of your fingers, NOT the fingertips. Fingers should be slightly curved. Fingers that are not being used to cover the holds should be held a little distance above their holes so they are ready to quickly play the next note. Hold your recorder at a 45-degree angle. Your elbows should be slightly away from your body. Make sure you sit up tall! Left Thumb ist Finger e eceslece 2nd Finger 3rd Finger tet Finger 2nd Finger 3rd Finger 4th FingerHOW TO PLAY THE RECORDER How to Place the Recorder In Your Mouth = Place the mouthpiece of the recorder in your mouth after saying “mmmm” making your lips cover your teeth. NEVER touch your teeth on the recorder. = Make sure not to put too much of the mouthpiece in your mouth. Only the tip of the mouthpiece should be in your mouth. * Make sure that your lips stay around the mouthpiece. Don’t open and close your mouth on each note. This will avoid air leaks. How much air? * Blow sofily but with a steady stream of air. Little air is required. * Try placing a piece of paper about 12 inches in front of your face. Blow on the paper and make it barely move. That is how much are you need for the recorder. REMEMBER!!! There are only 2 mistakes you can make~ 1) Not covering the holds completely 2) Blowing too hard ‘What to do with your tongue~ To make a good clean sound on your recorder, you need to practice tonguing. At the beginning of each note, make the sound “doo” with your tongue so that the note sounds nice and neat. The sound should start and finish perfectly evenl ‘You do not want your sound to look like this lp What is REST POSITION? Place the mouthpiece on your chin. You are ALMOST in playing position. This is how you practice PRACTICE STEP NUMBER 2.HOW TO PRACTICE THE RECORDER RECORDER PRACTICE STEPS ~Don’t make noise, Make MUSIC! JUST DO IT! 1. Point to the music and say the names of the notes in the correct rhythm. = 2. Say the note names and move the fingers to match the note fingering in rest position (SEE 3. Play the song!!! Hint: Make sure you are completely comfortable with each step before you go to the next step.‘Your recorder is a Baroque recorder. Your notes will match the same notes on the piano. Your LEFT HAND goes at the top of the recorder, and is used to cover the thumb hole at the back of the recorder, and the first 3 holes on the front of the recorder. Your RIGHT HAND goes at the bottom of the recorder. You use your right hand to cover the four holes at the bottom of the recorder. The circles on the fingering chart represent the holes on the recorder. When the circle is filled in, you cover the hole. When half of the circle is filled in, you cover half of the hole.NAMES OF THE LINES AND SPACES OF THE TREBLE CLEF STAFF PLEASE MEMORIZE WELL! LINE NoTEs: [_— SPACE NOTES: THIS MAY HELP: TO REMEMBER THE NAMES OF THE LINES JUST SAY ~Every Good Boy Does Fine TO REMEMBER THE NAMES OF THE SPACES JUST SAY~SPACE rhymes with FACE. + PRACTICE ON YOUR HAND STAFF (Remember to start with your little finger~bottom of the houseLET’S BEGIN.........0006 Whisper this pattern: doo doo doo doo doo.....doo.... When you say doo, your tongue lets the air out. This is called tonguing. You should blow your recorder the same way, connecting the separate notes. THE NOTE B Cover the hole in the back of your recorder with your left thumb, and also cover the top hold of the front of your recorder with your pointer finger. This is the note B. We call this thumb, 1. 1. Just B 0 THE NOTE A Cover the hole at the back of the recorder with your left thumb, and cover the top 2 holes in the front of your recorder with your pointer finger and middle finger. This is the note A. We call this thumb, 1,2. [9 2. Just ATHE NOTE G Cover G. See the picture. Can you figure it out? We call this thumb 1, 2, 3. ve 4. JUST G v AHALF NOTE J =2beat AHALFREST = = 2 beats 4, PUT THEM TOGETHER~IN THE BAG! v Bis the first note BB OB A is for 2 fin-gers don't you see? isas G this i en-sy as one two thee. B A G5. HOT CROSS BUNS (Circle the time signature and write the missing letter names in the spaces under each note.) BAG GGGG B 6. TRY A HOT CROSS BUNS VARIATION-(Just change the rhythm sometimes. Name your variation i.e. “Sticky Rolls”. We will play our music in Rondo Form. MORE IN STORE.............08 7, FRENCH FOLK SONG (circle the repeat sign and fill in the missing notes. Be careful to have a letter for every note.)> wi 8. MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB (Circle the time signature and fill in the missing notes. Do you hear a note that might need to be changed some day?) BAGA B__ aA__ B__ BAGA B__ A_BA G 9, LONG LEGGED SAILOR (Try to sing and finger the words of the song at the same time, then sing the letter names as you finger the notes. Try to note write the note names under the notes.) BBAG BH AG10. NUTCRACKER MARCH THEME (Circle the 3 eighth note/triplet pattern. DO NOT write the note names under the notes.) Gol C4] 3 3 MUSIC FOR 2 (DUET) ll. HOT CROSS BUNS FOR TWO (Can you see where the I" part and the 2" part have the same note? Do they ever have the same rhythm at the same time?) ‘oprano Resorder 1 soprano Recorder a “3 , 12, FRENCH FOLK DUET (Circle the repeat signs. Are they on both parts?) soprano Resorder 1 soprano ResorderBE A COMPOSER~Create your own question and answer. QUESTION AND ANSWER PHRASES in music are short pairs of phrases that together form a complete musical idea. The QUESTION, or the beginning phrase, begins the idea but leaves it unfinished. The ANSWER phrase repeats some fo the rhythmic and melodic material in the question but always ends with a more final feeling (Always end on do.) Fais do do it a good example of this. 13. FAIS DO DO (Play this song and find the 2 phrases.) Question Answer . ‘YOUR TURN~ Now, YOU Answer the Question~ Question Answer14, THE CRICKET’S LULLABY y soproo Resoder pal ‘promo Recorder 2 8.Ree.L ape ik = et sings is | A> ay cg 8. Res.2 S.Res. S.Reo.2 EIGHTH NOTE= { EIGHTH REST= » An EIGHTH NOTE takes half of a quarter note beat, just as an EIGHTH REST does. When a time signature has a 4 on the bottom and eighth note or rest receives a half beat. A common use for an eighth rest is for a short pause before and eighth note PICK- UP. Another work for pick-up is ANTICRUSIS. Another new sign in this song is the FERMATA (above the word bright). The fermata has you hold the note longer than the normal value for more expression.OUR NEW NOTE~LOW E Can you figure it out the new note? Can you find it in your fingering chart? Remember to relax your wrist so that your fingers will stay straight. b 15, STARLIGHT, STARBRIGHT (Circle the time signature. X out the key signature.DO NOT write the note names under the notes. Play this in unison and then in a round. You might want to try it with rhythmic and melodic ostinati too!) Stor = light star = bight, fist ctor see to = ihe Wen 1 mmy wih Tit, have the with 1 wth to - sige16. LUCY LOCKET (Circle all you new E notes. Don’t forget to repeat. Can you play the song while playing the game? Play this in unison and then play it in a round.)) Lu = cy Lock-et lost her pock = et, Kit = ty Fach er found it 17. SALISH HAND GAME collected by Stewart (Practice both parts and then play the duet with the class, then with a partner. Learn the song and then we will play the game.) pra Resorder 1 ~ Se = A SLUR isa line that connects 2 notes. When you see a slur, the first note is tongued but the next note(s) are not. Just change the fingering without using your tongue to play the note 20OUR NEW NOTE LOW D~ 18. CANOE SONG-Canadian Indian Canoe Paddling Song (Fill in the missing note names below. Can you tell which note has been changed for the recorder? Circle the note that is different from the song we know. We might want to add an Indian Drum and rattles with this song. ) EE DE BRO AGERE On the words “My paddles keen and bright” you will notice a new rhythm pattern, how do you say that rhythm? We call the feeling of this rhythm pattern SYNCOPATION. You will feel the second note stand out more. 19. HO HO WATANAY-Iriquois Folksong (Circle the repeat sign and the new note D. Don’t write the note names under the notes.) 2120. JOLLY OLD ST. NICHOLAS (To play part 2 you will need to learn the note F#. Do you want to take the ‘oprane Recorder 1 S Rect In the above song, you can see a new rhythm note. Find the WHOLE NOTE. The note gets 4 beats and looks like a hole in the ground. 22OUR NEW NOTE C This is a new time signature. It means there are 3 beats in each measure and the quarter note gets one beat® You might feel like a peg legged sailor when you play this. (Look at the fingering chart to find out how to play C.) , 21. COUCH POTATO (Fill in the missing note names. What tempo would you use to make it sound like a couch potato? Circle the time signature & see note below.) 22. MEET CAPTAIN C (Fill in the missing notes.) 2323. HUSH LITTLE BABY (Try to practice without writing the names under the notes.) Huch t-tle ba - by don't say a word, Mama's gon-na buy you a mock-ing bird ee 1 that mocking bird don't sing. ——-Ma-mals gon-na buy you a din-mond ing 24. HUSH LITTLE BABY-TWINS VERSION (DUET) (Review the melody earlier in the book. Practice the new part 2 and play with the class or with a friend.) 2425. MISS MARY MACK (This is a African American children’s street game. After you learn the piece, we can play the game. Watch out for the rests!) Miz Ma-ry Mack, Mack, Mack, all drescod in black, ack, bck with ° sive buttons, buttons, attoas, all down her ach, back ack, 26. BRANSLE by C. Gervaise (Find 2 or more percussion ostinatos you think would enhance this song. We will notate your sounds and add these to the arrangement.) pao Recorder a Bransle French Dance Music of the 16th Century Claude Gervaise Treoth Compovd of te Renaisance Ped Bo 1528 2527, BRANSLE-RECORDER ARRANGEMENT ore soya Recor RAISE S Hand De Hind Dew Hod Dru 4D? wt GF mp tow ad ence tort cr) Eety-bo-dy fam te Ue dance OF yo, U8 Be ae ett nb inl — Ger wp wow and dance, er-1y-bo-dy fame to We dane. OF ye [GR wp now and dance, Er ty boy Ht —— Ht came the dace, OF 9, [eX vp wow and doce, -1y-bo-dy fone to th doace (08 ye) 26DON’T FORGET! This is our new time signature % time. The top number tells us how many beats are in each measure (3) and the bottom number tells us what kind of note (the quarter) gets one beat. Watch out when you are playing, you may feel like you are a little ‘off kilter’ or maybe you will feel like you want to dance the Waltz. 28. SANCTUS by Franz Schubert (1797-1828) (Circle the % time signature. Watch out for those dotted half notes. They take up a whole measure and get 3 beats each. The dot adds half of the full value of the note to it. So instead of being a normal 2 beats for a half note, 2 + 1=3. as DOTTED HALF NOTE= J. & © A TIE is when you put a line between 2 notes to make the note longer. You can see it at the end of Sanctus. You will see a tie between 2 notes that are the same. A slur is used for 2 notes that are different. 27| FRANZ SCHUBERT, was born in Vienna in 1797. His father was a schoolmaster whose large family loved and practiced music. His father was his first teacher. Franz was composing songs and short instrumental pieces by the age of 10. He was also very good at singing and playing the violin, He became a choir boy at the Royal Chapel, but had to leave when his voice changed. When he left the choir, he helped in his father’s school, but soon left this to write music. By age 16, he had composed his first symphony! He was the greatest of all songwriters, but also composed symphonies, music for piano, and chamber music. He never made much money from selling his music, but he ha d group of friends who admired him and helped him. Schubert admired Beethoven who lived in Vienna at the same time, but he was too shy to meet him. Schubert died when he was only 31. Sanctus is from the German Mass in F. 29, HOTARU KOI-China (Try out the Orffestration® bo = tatu boi, AL + chino mi - or wa ai gaei so, Ket - chi ao ai mwa a= msi Ho, ba, fo = tasewsbai, 28OUR NEW NOTE HIGH D =p q * Left hand at the top. * Support the recorder with right thumb. he * Blow gently - “tu" 21 12 3RR 0 3 S 4 30. LET US CHASE THE SQUIRREL (Circle all the new notes C. Let’s play an Orffestration of this song@ Then you can arrange this piece. We could play the game too!) 2931.LADYBUG (Circle the time signature. Circle the new note high D. Create a new answer to the question phrase in the beginning. What reason would you give the Ladybug to leave you garden? Make sure you use G (home base) for your final note.) ee 00 32. DINAH No-one in the house but Dinah, Di-nah No-one in the house but me | know. No-oae in che houce bur Di--mah Dinah Strummin’ on the od ban = jn, 3033. WHO’S THAT TAPPING AT THE WINDOW? Who's that tap-ping at the win = dow? Whole that knocksing® at the door? Mors ~ aye tapping at the win - dow Pap = pye— Anoek-iag at he doar 34,ODE TO JOY by Ludwig van Beethoven-from the 9"" Symphony35. 12 BAR BLUES (Play it as is, then try a variation. Next turn it into Rock and Roll! 3236. AMAZING GRACE DUET (Challenge!) Soprano Recorder 1 soprano Recorder? Rag 33OUR NEW NOTE HIGH E You use the same fingering for low E except you have to half hole the thumb in the back. She the illustration here. > 37. Great Big House in New Orleans (Circle all the new High E notes) 38. Shortenin’ Bread (Write the note names under any notes you would need.) WHAT ABOUT LOW C??? 34OUR NEW NOTE F ANOTHER NEW NOTE low C | 39. NOW YOU CAN PLAY THIS SONG! WOW you know 9 notes! Ah! vous dirai-je, maman iTswinkk, tvinkl, little star) canon, 1Erastce) From Mbsica Viva - http:/'sv avive.com the Internet center for free sheet music downloads. waw.abcnotation.com‘tunes 35