An instruction method for descant (soprano) and treble (alto) recorder which combines progressive learning with a repertoire of folk melodies. With guitar chords.
Now includes several popular Christmas pieces. 32 traditional melodies from around the world arranged especially for two equal beginner descant (soprano) recorder players. The tunes are easiest at the start where notes range from low D to D2. The tunes become harder as the book progresses and include notes up to second octave G. All are in easy keys. Includes: Away in a Manger, Bobby Shaftoe, Cripple Creek, Deck the Halls, Hey Ho, Anybody Home, Jingle Bells, Kookaburra, Molly Malone, Matilda, O My Darling Clementine, Silent Night, Sur le Pont D'Avignon, Sweet Betsy from Pike, This Land is My Land, The Volga Boatman, We Three Kings, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Yankee Doodle and many more. Look out for music arranged for mixed instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe, Saxophone, Recorder, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Violin, Cello and Double Bass! We have a spectacular variety of duet books, a gargantuan selection of festive books (including Halloween!) and even downloadable playalong and backing tracks and sheet music on our website. Just visit http: //WildMusicPublications.com and why not follow us on Twitter @wmpublications
Recorder From The Beginning: Pupil's Book 1 (2004 Edition) is the full-colour revised edition of John Pitts' best-selling recorder course. The eight extra pages in Book 1 have allowed for some new tunes and rounds, whilst retaining the well-known favourites that have helped to make the scheme such an enduring success. This is the book we all learned from as children and is still, successfully, teaching today's youth how to play the Recorder.
Exciting, familiar music by Beethoven, Handel, Purcell, Ravel, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Debussy, Saint-Saëns and many more, arranged especially for treble/alto recorder players of around Grade 1-4 standard, starting with the easiest and adding to our 50+ Greatest Classics for Treble Recorder. Most of these melodies duplicate those in our 'Learn Recorder through Famous Classics' so if you have that book, you will not require this one. Notes range between low F and high D, a few are easier, and several go up to high F and are not intended for complete beginners. Giving a taste of the music (not the entire banquet), the shortest are just three lines and the longest an entire page. Notes are large and easy to read. All are in easy keys. Fun to play, ideal for entertaining the family, also great for sight reading practice. Includes interesting musical facts, glossary, fingering chart, and a soundtrack is free to download from the website. Pieces: Allegretto, Symphony No. 7 - Beethoven; Adagio Cantabile, Piano Sonata, Pathetique - Beethoven; Anvil Chorus - Verdi; Aquarium, Carnival of the Animals - Saint-Saëns; Arriette - Mozart; Bagatelle - Beethoven; Bolero - Ravel; Carol of the Bells - Leontovych; Chaconne - Purcell; Clair de Lune - Debussy; Colonel Bogie - Alford; Dance of the Cygnets - Tchaikovsky; Duetto Buffo di Due Gatti - Rossini; Etude, Tristesse - Chopin; Fossils - Saint-Saëns; Funeral March of a Marionette - Gounod; Funiculi Funicula - Denza; Garland Waltz - Tchaikovsky; Gavotte - Gossec; Gnossienne 1 - Satie; Hallelujah Chorus - Handel; Hornpipe - Purcell; Humming Song - Schumann; Je crois entendre encore - Bizet; Là ci darem la mano - Mozart; La Cinquantaine - Marie; La Folia - Corelli; L'Angelus - Gounod; Lascia ch'io pianga - Handel; La Réjouissance - Handel; Largo - Dvorak; Little Piece - Schumann; March Militaire - Schubert; March, Scipione - Handel; March Slave- Tchaikovsky; Minuet - Bach; Nessun Dorma - Puccini; O sole mio - Capua; Overture, Barber of Seville - Rossini; Overture, 1812 - Tchaikovsky; Panis Angelicus - Franck; Pilgrim's Chorus - Wagner; Prelude - Charpentier; Romance - Sor; Romanze, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart; Rigaudon - Purcell; Scheherazade - Rimsky-Korsakov; Skaters' Waltz - Waldteufel; Sorcerer's Apprentice - Dukas; Tales from the Vienna Woods - Strauss; Tambourin - Rameau; Theme, Danse Macabre - Saint-Saëns; Theme, Piano Concerto No.1 - Tchaikovsky;Theme, Pastoral Symphony - Beethoven; Waves of the Danube - Ivanovici; Winter, The Four Seasons - Vivaldi More coming from The Ruby Recorder very soon. Look out for our solo, duet and trio music arranged for mixed instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe, Saxophone, Recorder, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass, Mini-bassoon, Tenoroon, Guitar etc. We have a spectacular variety of duet books, a gargantuan selection of festive books (including Christmas, Valentine's and Halloween!), instrument-specific theory, and even downloadable backing tracks and sheet music on our website. Just visit http://WildMusicPublications.com and for tweets on our latest books, why not follow us on Twitter? @wmpublications