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 Fingering Chart 3

Low
D B

Low
E C

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F
High
D

High
G E

High
A F
 Welcome to the wonderful world of recorder playing.
4 Your teacher has shown you how to hold your instrument
and make a sound on the mouthpiece. Let's play our first song!


"B"
  ggg  ggg  gggg g  g 
1. Our First Note


"A"
   
2. Our Second Note

 !!! !!! !!! ! ! !

 ggg   gg g  g 
3. Three's a Crowd

 !! ! !!

  gggg !!!! gg!! g ! g 
4. Four In a Row

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 !! gg
5. A Funny Pair



 ! !   ! g ! 

 !!! ggg
6. Skate Board Sam


 gg  !!!
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 g g g g ]
7. Catch That Note



 ! ! ! ! S
8. Keep On


Blowin'

 S g g g g

 ] ! ! ! 
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
9. Our Third Note "G"
  ww w w t ww w w t
Cover the wholes tightly. Blow gently.

  
10. Couch Potato

 t S
]  t 
Whole rests get four beats of silence.

 ggg !!!
11. Puppy Dogs


 w w w  g ! w 
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28. Jingle
Bells

 g g - gg- gyw! - 

 " " " " " g g g g g ! ! g , .

     

        
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39. Yankee Doodle

  w w ! g w g ! y w w ! g 4 \

 w w ! g " g ! w F y z F 4 4

A "time signature" tells you how many

beats there are in each measure of music.

40. Little Cabin in the Wood


  y w w ! w F , y ! ! g g ! w -

 gg" g!P !!g t

y y
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A "key signature" changes

certain notes throughout When you see this key signature,
a piece of music. play all the Fs as F SHARP.


41. It's a Ringer!

  . ^ \ 4 , 4  

      
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 g g
42. Polly Wolly Doodle

  w ww g g 4 gggg "" gg ,  FF
 " """ gg ] 
! ! ! ! ! ! 
1.
 F FF \
 2." " " "
 gg!! t
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A
     

B
          

C
              

D
              

   
E       

F
    

     
        
G      

H
       
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
"High F"

 " y z
55. Hatikvah
z {z{{ ^
 ! g

 y y g " " g!g" , 

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 z
56. Slippery Slurs
yg4 "! g . y .
  \ w

 { y- "z4 !g, wg4

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    
72. Shortnin' Bread
 
  

mf
     
    
      
  
      
   


73. The Erie Canal
        
  
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   
        
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        
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