This book teaches everything you need to know to get started playing the recorder. Beginning with how to hold the instrument and make a sound, through reading music and basic technique, you'll be guided all the way to articulation, dynamics, and composing. With pieces in styles ranging from ethnic folk tunes to Renaissance dances and classical symphonic melodies, this book is a fun method for learning to play this very accessible and enjoyable instrument.
DK's How to Play the Recorder is a highly visual and user-friendly guide for anyone learning to play the recorder on their own, and it is also a perfect companion to recorder lessons. The book is structured in a way that challenges readers without overwhelming them. Notes are clearly introduced at appropriate stages with specially selected musical pieces that provide context and a sense of achievement. A range of useful hints and tips offer additional guidance and encouragement.
(Instrumental Folio). If you've been playing recorder for a little while, you are probably eager to learn some familiar songs. This book includes a wide variety of favorite songs, from pop hits and movie themes to classical melodies and folk songs. Includes: All You Need Is Love (The Beatles) * Believer (Imagine Dragons) * Carnival of Venice * Evermore (from Beauty and the Beast ) * Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) (Frank Sinatra) * God Bless America (Irving Berlin) * Hello (Adele) * I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston) * Just Give Me a Reason (Pink) * Let It Go (from Frozen )* Moon River (Henry Manccini) * Perfect (Ed Sheeran) * Roar (Katy Perry) * Shake It Off (Taylor Swift) * Uptown Funk (Bruno Mars) * and more.
Baroque & Folk Tunes For The Recorder is an unusual collection, containing over fifty pieces drawn from over 300 years of music. The selection contained in this book offer the player a sizeable scope of musical moods from lively, catchy pieces that are fun to rip through to those that are just beautifully melodic. It gathers together melodies originally written for violin or oboe, sung by trained singers and common people alike, Baroque and rag tunes, old and new tunes. Experience the joy of making them come alive again!
A well-planned, easy instruction book with graded lessons for C and F recorders separately or in duet form. Offers identical preparatory exercises for both instruments.
A great introduction to the fundamentals of Recorder playing and understanding music. All examples sound great and are fun to play. Covers a variety of styles including Classical, Jazz, Blues, Pop and Rock in four major and three minor keys. Includes an interactive CD & DVD.
Finally, a recorder book with appeal to kids that focuses on fundamentals taught through songs that young people love to play. Author Larry E. Newman (The Recorder Fun Book) created this book to be used as a first year beginning method or as a second year review and continuing book for the progressing intermediate student. The book is crammed with tons of musical examples, scales, arpeggios, songs, solos, duets and trios plus dozens of fun, kid-centered illustrations. There are play-a-long mp3s available to help motivate students and make playing fun. This book makes a great follow-up to The Recorder Fun Book since the first part of the book provides lots of review and the remainder of the book introduces new notes and concepts. With more than one-hundred pages, this book has it all.
Teach yourself how to play recorder with our easy recorder lessons for beginners. ***Comes with online access to free recorder videos and audio for all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score and recorder animation for easy music learning.*** "Excellent material! I have used this book with beginners from 5 years to 15! Highly recommended!" - R. Martins, Norman OK Progressive Beginner Recorder contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great recorder player - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson recorder tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all brands of recorders. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the recorder is required to teach yourself to learn to play recorder from this book. Teach yourself: • How to play recorder • How to play the recorder notes and recorder scales in four major keys and three minor keys • All the fundamental breathing techniques of recorder playing • How to read music notes for recorder • How to read recorder rhythms required for beginner recorder songs • Practical recorder theory for learning how to read recorder music for beginners • Recorder tips and recorder tricks that every player should know when learning recorder • Shortcuts for how to learn the recorder fast by getting the most from recorder practice sessions Contains everything you need to know to learn to play the recorder today. Features include: • Progressive step-by-step easy beginners recorder lessons written by a professional recorder teacher • Easy-to-read recorder fingerings and recorder music • Full color photos and diagrams • Recorder finger chart • 90 recorder exercises and popular easy recorder songs for beginners in classical recorder, jazz recorder, blues recorder, rock recorder, traditional and folk recorder styles (includes recorder notes for Jingle Bells and Ode to Joy recorder style) Beginner recorder lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the recorder, fast. LearnToPlayMusic.com's recorder lessons for beginners are used by students and recorder teachers worldwide to learn how to play recorder. For over 30 years, our team of professional authors, composers and musicians have crafted recorder lesson books that are a cut above the rest. We offer a huge selection of music instruction books that cover many different instruments and styles in print, eBook and app formats. Awarded the 'Quality Excellence Design' (QED) seal of approval for eBook innovation, LearnToPlayMusic.com continues to set the standard for quality music education resources.
Recorder Music through the Centuries is a compilation of three previously published volumes of recorder music by Franz Zeidler: Recorder Book of Medieval and Renaissance Music, Baroque Recorder Music and Classic Period Recorder Music. This book contains 11 recorder solos from the Medieval period, 7 from the Renaissance, 14 from the Baroque period, 10 from the Classical period, and 11 themes from well-known symphonies...53 solos!
