ttn pean i stannic oR anaes cnent meer amused iunciniarneatriiiaasicae aA Music Fundamentals ‘Music is written on a staff consisting of five lines and four spaces. You count the lines and spaces of a staff starting from the bottom. There is a treble clef at the beginning of each staff in your recorder book. ‘Sometimes the treble clef is called a G clef because it circles the line for the note G on the staff. = = Notes on + ines Notes in Spaces The music alphabet has seven different note names: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Here are the notes of the treble clef statf. ‘The staff is divided into small segments called measures. Bar lines divide the staff into measures. A double bar line means the end of a piece or section. as Measure Bar Lines Double Bar Line Sounds in music are called notes. Silent beats in music are called rests. In most cases: In most cases: © = Whole Note = four beats = = Whole Rest = four beats d= Halt Note = two beats = =Half Rest = two beats = Quarter Note = one beat 2 = Quarter Rest = one beat I) = Ean Notes +1 = Eighth Rest = one-half beat (Iwo notes share one beat) Note: Index ofall songs, exercises, and CD tracks appears on page 47.Playing the Note B 1 Speak the rhythm of the notes before playing each exercise. Playing the Note A Remember to whisper the syllable “too” or "deo" foreach note, 53Playing the Note G | | Playing B, A, and G Repeat Sign Go back to the binning ad play again Ree. Hot Cross Buns English ‘eoteien, Hot cross buns, Hot cross bus. One & pen-ny, WO a pon-ny, Hot cross buns. na, Au Claire de la Lune te Tisten to the professional recorder player on Track 2. —Time gignature Suo Gan Merrily We Roll Along oS Buns Cross Hot Can you tell how this melody was designed? Ico the melody of "Hot rose Bune” inverted (turn the ‘opposite direction). To create harmony, play “Bune Cross Hot" while a fried plays “Hot, Grove Buns Quarter Note Quicketep Aimelda Half Note Hop Amel Wale’ “The secret fs Sof. (Always remember to blow gently in order to produce a good tone) [ the s.iss.bape permeate Triple Meter Practice Almeida How many dotted half notes are in this pece? ey Wacky Waltz iaae Arnelle Lou The Frog — ‘oto menn ons RMEMASUE. sega trd How many quarter eet are in"The Frog"? Almelda Steps and Skips Stop-ping, step-ping, down the line, Skip-ping, skip-ping, feels so fine! Good News! Atican-American Spiritual Good news! ‘Char - jot’s com - in’, Good news! Char - o's com - in’, Good news! Char fot's com = in’, don't leave me be - hindtEighth Note Encounter ( 2 beats per measure denen oie ectes ohare aver) Almeida Lucy Locket ‘Traditional/Adaptod La - ey Lock - et lost her pock - et, Kit = ty Fish - er found it Not pen = ny was there init, On - ly rib = bon “round it How many sete of eighth notes aren “Lucy Locket"? coy Hop Old Squirrel eid le dum dee. Hop old squirrel, eld = le dum, eid «le dum, Hop old squirrel, Hop old squirrel, ede dum, eid = le dum, Gan you find any measures that are exactly the eame? Hop old squirrel, eid’ - Je dum dee. its Mary's Busy Lamb Tioten tothe professional recorder player om Track Ameida What makes thio melody sound eo "busy"?Name the notes below and fillin the correct fingerings on the recorders. All Aboard! Alenia i so fine. Chatta-noo-gachoo choo, Pig-gy-back line, _—Sil- ver Streak, Il-lienois Cen-teal, Santa Fe, Sea-board Coastline, slic- ing through the day! SL MONE HEN RRUCODLE NE Aine ‘iil, Down at the Station jon, ear-ly in the morn-ing, See the lo-co-mo-tives all in a row. Left hand at the top! Hear the sta-tionmas - ter, calling all the en-gines, AM a-boardl Off they got LH att.10 Not all muole begins onthe fret beat of a masoure, Natee that occur before the Frer messure are called plck-up noten. See Long-Legged Sailor Pickup Notes: \ LHave you ose, oven ev- or in your long - fogged lle? Seen 4 in my long - keg - ged life, Seen No, T've never, nev - en, nev - or 2 — S566 — ot = + og: leg ged sal, -sor~=wth, «= slong - siege. wile? wre teh 1 fea sal Sor with tong = eg = gedit Old MacDonald Begin by singing the con, ad then play the recondorn the measures Incated, ee here, ‘Qld MacDonald had a farm, aurea Neigh, neigh ic 2Onthisfarmhehada horse, E D.C.al Fin neigh, neigh there Vere a neigh, there a neigh, ev ~ “ry-where neigh, neigh Bullet Train ‘aya tenpo gare with thi eco hy staring very slot ar aradualy peeing p20 fst tempo. Ait Tre music tem for gradual getting faster Io acceleranda ome WANA TRLEIENSUEDE, Agenaor Playing the Note C 3: ‘Work for very schique as you change flngerings a ry emooth techniqus as you change fingerings from B to C. Perform ‘iba three times Pay/Sing/Play. Juba ' Ju - ba this and © Ju - ba that, Ju - be chased a yel - low cat, | Bhs be up md = ta dom, f= be fom ning a= som Triple Meter Trip Aimeida ‘SmonwannenenrnieNOWUEC Mmgretanna Humpty Dumpty “Tradilonal/Adapted Hump - ty Dump - ty ston a wall, Hump - ty Dump - y had a great fall All the King’s hors - es and all the King’s men had soram = bled exes for breakfast 8 - gain,2 Recorder Reminders ‘Abmelde Left hand at the top, Not much in your mouth, Cool air tthe north and = = + =] == SS SSeS Se aS hot aie to the south. Back-bone nice and straight, Use a gen tle tone, Make your melo - dies as sweet as if they had been sungt oon inanoson neo, Aad ‘What do you think theres mean In measures 3 and 4: "Coc! alto the north and hot air tothe south”? (Gee ansner on page 22, nhen you learn the rote E) GF Mande oS, Hallelujah Chorus ® @) LUstento the prfessiona recorder player on track 1 am Oh. the... grand old Duke of York, he had ten thou~sand men, He marched them up the top ofthe ‘hill, and he marched them down a = Ob, and when you're up, you're up, and when you're down, you're down, But whenyow're on - ly half-way up, you're neither up nor down!Playing the Note D “The felonng plece 6 aroun, hich creates harmony. A run isa melody payed by performers Who ate playing the same pce bu otarting at diferent nes, Eroy singing and playin es round et Lady Come Gy 1 [2] Englioh La - dy come, Can't you see? John. fall off the white oak tree, Almelda Expanding Intervals Harmonious Buns Flay this high harmony ne while a friend plays “Hot Cross Buns" on pag 6. ‘imei Hot eross buns, Hot cross buns, Ones pen-ny, two a pen-ny, Hot cross buns. 13 ‘Teeth never touch! (Put a very small amount of the head joint into your mouth) T. never T.14 The Escalator Ridving up the es-ca-la-tor to the top, Rid-ingdown the ¢s- ca la-tor, then we stopt Jelly in the Bowl Almeide Jel-ly in thebow!, jel-ly in thebowl. Wib-ble, wob-ble, wib-ble, wob-ble, jel-Iy in the bow. Lightly Row German Light - ly sow! Light = ly row! O'er the glass - y waves. we gp, Smooth - ly glide! ‘Smooth - ly glide! On the si= dent tide, Let the winds and wa ters be min = gled with our mel - @ = dy, Sing and float! Sing and float! Tn our Ht = eae. ure pattem that occurs three times inthe place? Jingle Bells James Plerpont Jin = gle bells! Jin = gle bells! fin'- gle all the way! 1 Om, what fun it isto ride in. a one = homeo - pen sleigh Jin = gle bells! Jin + gle best Jin = gle all the way! Oh, what fun it isto ride in 8 one horie 0 + pen sleigh,18 Aura Lee ® - ‘As the black - bird inthe spring, “neath the wil - low tee, Sat and piped «Tear him sing, sing of AU a Lee. See, ® ® Sounds of Autumn LUsten to the professional recorder player on Track 24. Aimeids Lewvesare fal-lingdown, shades of red andbrown, Cool windsswirl a-round, _gen-tle autumn sounds. spitte, Wy Pop! Goes the Weasel AL . round the. «cob = BL e's bench, mon = key chesed the wee : sel Mon key thought "twas all in good fan. opt Goes the wen tell The Farmer in the Dell (rodited) Farm-er in the dell, farm-er in the dell, Heigh, ho the der-ry ob, farm-er in the del.Andante WA Mozart | ‘He connacte two noten of the same Pi Tongue ony a frst oboe Ha they were one Pa > When the Saints Go Marching In (inthe ey 06) sten to the professional recorder player on Track 28. Oh when the saint, gma = ing im ae How Td love to be in tha mum be — when the saints ry march = ing in Wish = 1 may, wish 1 might, have the wish TE wish to > night,ae SY Row, Row, Row Your Boat (mates) o " Row, 0%, row your boa, gent - ly down the stream. Mer-ti= ty, mer-ti- ty, mer-ri- Wy, mer-ri- ly, Whe is but ream GR Love Somebody Love some. bod - y, yes, 1 do, Love some- bod = yess I do, Love some -bod = y, yes, 1 do. Love some body, but 1 won't tell who! Bow Wow Wow (Version 1) Bow wow Wow, wose dog artihou? Lite Tom-my Tucker's dog, bow wow vow. Bow Wow Wow (Wersion 2) Bow wow wow, ‘whose dog. art thou? Little Tom-my Tucker's dog, bow wow wow. Which version of "Bow Wow Wow is more challenging? Why? Cobbler, Cobbler 1 Cob = bler, cob ~ bles, Get it done by half past twot stitch it" “up and ‘Then TH give you half "a crown, ‘See page 40 for a Hanukkah cong, My Droydl” which uses the notes G, AB, Cand D.Winter Goodbye Cobbler’s Song Turn to page 100 rein yourseltwhat D.C. al Fine means a D.C.al Fine The form of the pce ls ABA. Use your muelcal roadmap markings (repeat sign, D. Cal Fine, and Fine) to help you discover what AABA form means, Bransle de Champagne Which measures in this plece have eighth notes? Why are these measures eo challenging?=| | Technique Express Listen to the professional raconder player on Tacks 86~40. Get that ound in your head. Practice theae exercises to increase your technique. Start by practicing each plece st a ‘slow tempo: then gradually Increase your practice tempo for nger dexterity. Oc you are Lp to opeed, practice with the CD. Play thls exercise three times, getting faster nith each repetition. On the CD track, loten for the four dicks that set the tempo betweon each repettion,You sre now eady to go “south of the borer” alae tho new note E, nich uses the right hard Think of the note G aa being "the border” on the recorder. All ofthe notes above the G need cool arto produce a Peavtfal tone, but order to make your lw notes speak wall and sound pleasant, Jou mast use warm or hot lr~-thus the sayin, “ool alr north of the border ard hot alr bo the tout (See Recorder Reminders on page Yo) Be oure tose eow, warm sr when pay theoeexerleee ving tho ew note E, seiiloper the ellaie Mal when setgang enchrore Now let's practice moving frm E to other notes onthe recorder. Be sur to bow softy for each E note 3 6: Can you epot 2 melodic patter in this exercise?Starlight, Starbright (vsing the new note E) Sur = light, sar = bright, fist star see to = ight 1 may, wish Tight, have the wish «= Twith to-night, Quiet Moments Almaide osu se i 3 ee a SRR MUNERBCE RMSE Heed Engine, Engine, Number Nine Fer a concert plece, perform thio eong tres tines: Play!Sng/Play. ‘American Engine, en - gine, mum - ber nine, Go - fn’ down Chi = ca - go line, i the tin goes off the track, will “1 get my mon = ey back? Chinese Song Hot air below G. (Blow warm air for al notes below G) a Far (Glow down a tle) HA. below G.Misty Mountain Morning Tlaten to the profescional recorder player on Track 44. ronan nas auc. Mgnt Measures 3 ana 7 are very ferent from ons another, but each ls challenalng. What makes these two mesures dificut vo play? sates, & Tiptoe! ‘A dot placed above or below a nate means to play the note etaccate. Staccato means a litle shorter, or detached For more practice with staccato notes, review the foloning places and Play each quarter nove and eighth note as # they were Btaccato: Page 5 «Hot Crose Bune" Page 6 ~"uarter Note Quickstep” Page 7 “The Frea” Page It-"Juba” Page 17 -"Bow Wow Wow (eraon) Wayfaring Stranger Which two Inco of "Wayfaring Stranger” are che same? How many low E's aroin this American folk oon? ‘Almelda Almeida ‘AmericanPlaying the Note Low D Be eure to use soft, hot alr when you play low 0. Playing Low D and E 4 ofa, 6) Theme From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Ode to Jey) Setore you bean paying, the kw D* In his pace Color wth a highlghtr if you wih, Ser your thigere h postion for ow 0: then fe your ngro vo wet the hots B. Kacy ore ather fngra jist elightly above thal heles and you mi be ready when te wD eves Listen sa the profesional recorder payer en Track 42 = Dotted Quarter Note (I-V/2 beats) d= Eighth Note (V2 beat) See page 39 (Holday Express) for the song “Joly Old St, Nicholas” which slao uses low Dee Enjoy playing and singing these American folk songs. Hush, Little Baby 1, Hush,lie-tle ba = by, don't say a word, Papa's gon-na_buy you 8 mock- ing - itd TE that mockingbird don’ sing... Papa’s gonna buy you a diamond ring. that diamond iag tums brass... Papa's gonna buy you a looking glass. Itthat looking glass ges broke. Papa’ gonna bay you a billy got. [that billy goat wont pull... Papa's gona uy yous cart and Bul. [EUhat cart and ball tur over... Papa's gonna buy you a dog named Rover. if that dog named Rover won't bar... Papa's gonna buy you s horse and cat. If that horse and cart fall dow... You'l sil be the sweeies lite baby in town, sng Old Brass Wagon Circle to the left, old brass wag - on, Circle to the left, ‘old brass wag - on, Cir-cle to the lett, old brass wag - on, You're the one, my = dar. = ing What do meseureo 3, and have in common? How many low D's are In thi cong? How many low E's do you see? ene Red River Valley Fora concer piece, perform thio three times: Play/Sing/Piay From this val - ley they say you are go. - ing We will miss your bright eyes and sweet. —smile,_____ Foc they say you are, taking the sun = shine thet has bright - ened our pas for a - while. See page 16 for a reminder of how to play tied notes.a7 Scotland's Burning (1) Fertorm this piece by yourse (2) Ask a friend to Join you and play the piace ap around. For information on rounde, see page 1. o Scot land's bum - ing, Scot = land’s burn - ing, Look out, look coat, Fire! Fie! Fret Fire! Pour on wa = ter, pout. on wa = tee 6) Alouette Coton tothe profesional carder player on Track #2 French Find the measure in “Alouette” that hae the largest melodic kip. Challenge Buns Hot cross buns, Hot cross buns One a pen-ny, two 2 penny, Hot cross buns! Jungle Bells Collaborate wth a friend and create lyre for “Jungle Belo” ‘Add the folowing percussion parte to "Jungle Bells: came LLL tats DLE cape 4 Fy ‘Stop playing all percussion parts on beat | of the last messure Lo Hi Lolo Hiye < 3s Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Sptual Swing low, sweet char = i= ot comin’ for to car-ty me home, ‘Swing low, sweet char - i - of comin’ for to car-ry me home, William Tell Overture - Finale Gxt) G.Reeont / | 1 , ; : “Tongue the first note and move your fingers to the next note without tonguing. a @) Acslur ie a curved line that comnacts two notes of dierent pliches. To slur means to play without tonguing Amazing Grace Listen tothe profesional recorder payer on Tack 57, Scottish A= maz + ing grmce how sweet, the sound. ‘That | saved = @ wretch, = ke, me Lome was_ dost, at now Tim found, Was blind, but now 1 see.Find the tt and Znd endings mt the next cong. The fot time you play the piece you wl take ‘the fret ending and repost to the beginning. When you play the melady the eecond tina kip ‘the ist ending ard Jump to the 2nd ending to finish the plece eS All Night, All Day 2nd time skip 10 2nd ending Can youd tenon ED eythn paterno? Pay thom hon outing tay shoo sown, | OG Rhythin pies igontepie tes cater ecb na Gena ai by Geers Corn LI got hy - thm 17 got m= sic 21 got dais = ies im green pes ~ tare — 1 got my RAP) who. could ask for an = y-thing more os The Lion ep nd Reset by Sree Sleeps Tight sa relay are wim = 0 - weh- 0 - wim 0 - weh- 0 + 0+ Wek - 0 - wim = 0 = woh - 0, Ltn the jun ~ gle, the mighty jun ~ le, de M = on sleeps. to-night 2.tn the, Vil - lage, the peaceful l= ge, the Ii = on skeps™ to-night nthe jon - gle, the migh-1y jun = gle, the ti - on sleeps t0- night. athe Vil lage, the peace-fol W'- Spe, the |S on atepe fo might Chorus: DS& (repeat this line first time and on DS.) Wee 7 ooh wim = 0 = woh ritard. Ooh___ ee-ooh Wim = 0 - woh Ooh, 7 i Spletual 29 tthe T. = Don’t forget the tongue! (Be sure to tongue each note that does not have a tie or slur marking)AIIFs each mesure are played a0 Fh Using the New Note F# 4 Concentrate while playing tho exercise lo very difficult to change from Ft E qulekly. BE a : ey When the Sainte Go Marching In (Oh, when the saints —__ go march ing in_______ oh, when the an, es The Wedding March Wagner tera o ‘See pave 39 (Holday Express) for the song "Good King Wenceslen which uses FAWhen a sharp sign (ff placed on the F line at the beginning of each Iie of music, iis caled the key elgnature. ‘The kay signatures placed on each staf to remind you to play kay etait, erael SY Yankee Doodle pean "a3 Fl, Yan - Kee Doo - dle went to town, tid - ing on pos oye Stuck 2 fea - ther in his. cap and called it smacs & = moo How mary Fte are in the song "Yankee Doodle"? Use a highlighter to mark each one. ote 2 oa American Skip to My Lou Flics in the but-ter-milk, choo, fly, shoot! Flies inthe butters shoo, fy, shoo! Flies in the but-ter-milk, shoo, fly, shoo! Skip to ‘my Lou, my dar ing Low, Lou, skip tomy Lou, Lov, skip tomy Lov, Lo, Low, skip to my Lov, Skip 10 my Lou, my dar “sing, Raa ‘Oy The Water Is Wide Listen 10 the professional recorder player on Track 66, Scottioh The wa-ter is wide T can-not cross o'er And neither have Buildme a boat the wings to fly. that ean oar = ry —— v0, and we will go, my truefriendand_ 1. ‘See page 4 (Holday Express) for the cong "Hanukah Night” which uses the nots Fl 31Express etites, Enjoy playing and singing these American folk songs, which use the new note FA Down in the Valley Forfa this ploce these times: Play!Sing/Play Down in the val = dey valley 90 low Hang your head 0 - ver, hear the wind blow. Pee LO, Home on the Range Oh, geome ome, where the buf - fa - fo, roam. Where the doer andthe an = te + dope play Where sol - dom is heard, a dis ~ cour = ag - ing word, andthe skies rent coud sy all day. Polly Wolly Doodle ‘Oh, 1 went downSouth, for to see my Sal, sing-in’ Pol-ly Wol-ly Doo-dle all the day. My Sal, she is a spank-y gal, sing-in’ Polly Wol-ly Doo-dle all the day, Fare thee well, foro thee well, fue thee well, my fair = fay. For I'm soin' to Lou-si-a-ma, for to see my Su-sy-an-na, singin’ Pol-ly Wol-ly Doo-dle all the dy.Shortnin’ Bread i = Basement Bune a Base - ment buns, ‘base - ment buns, Slow,hot sir will help you play the base ~ ment buns. Merrily We Roll Along {inthe key oF)Using the New Note F Hot Cross Buns Revisited Au Claire de la Lune {inthe fey off) Lucy Locket (in the key of) sy 7 Locket lost her pocket, Kitty scherfound i. Not a penny was there i, on-ly sib-bon round it pores <3) Taps “1 Got Rhythm" on page 28 and "The Wedding March” on page 20 alco vse the 3 rhythm,it re =r sees 9 z =: SS == Satis a129g 2 944 99149814 9.497 al if : mae CTE =a] ° ° ° ° [ [ee ele o@ Cfo Dies ere eanerr | a Cie Ue see ara | Cie (seer seret | (s Ove | Cie Tees & “a1eIS 2 O43 30 S830U 942 40} SGuLJeBuLy 3304109 ay? UI 1113 ‘MOIEG SJapsOIe4 9y3 BuISA CTs CTS Te eae ooTommy Had a Brother ‘Tommy had abroth-er, his name was Ti-ny Tim, he puthim in thebath-tub to see if he couldswim. He rankup all the wa-ter, he ate up all thesoap. He ied to eat the bathtub, but it wouldn't go down bis throat! gene, Camptown Races Make sure you take the repeat at the end of the second Ine, To where do you go back? ee Take Me Out to the Ballgame Take me out to the ball © = game, ake me out the crowd. Buy mesome peanuts and crack - er ~ jeck, 1 don’t care if I never get beck,oh it's root, root, root for the home team, if they don’t win i's shame_____For its one, wo, three strikes, you're out at the old bal gamet___| eo GX Kookaburra 37 Australia Keo-ka-bur-ra sits in the old gum tee. Met-ty, mer-ry king of the bush is he | Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Koo-ka~bur-ra, fun your life must bel ES Puff, the Magic Dragon gage ard eonatd pon Puff themag - ie dmg - on, lived bythe sea, and | frol-icked_. in the autumn mist in a land called Hon- a - lee. Puf the mag = ic dag = on, lived bythe sea, and frol-icked_ in the’ au-tumn mist in a end called Hon - a - lee sanyo iia Ho ee Ea Samco. Hymn From Finlandia LUotgn to the profeselnal reconder player on Track 76 J. Sibelius Use the cushions, (You must place your fingers flat over the holes, using the cushions of your fingers. Using just the tips of your fingers, rather than the fatty pads, will cause leakage and wrong notes) icet French Folk Song French Find che eight notes of the descending C ecale In this plece. (Descending means moving in a dowrward direction) ‘American SS Lil Liza Jane ‘There's a gal in Bal ~ ti - more, rn ne She's the one that 1 a-dore, LM Li = za Jane, On, Bobs a Lil Li + ma Jane, on, B= H+ za, Lil Li- mm Jane, otis ® The Bluebells of Scotiand aeey Jolly Old St. Nicholas Jol = y, old St. Nich = 0 - tas, Jean your car this. way, Don't you tell a sin = gle soul, what I'm going to tay. Chvist mas eve is, com = ing soon, now you dear old man, Whis - per what you'll bring tome, tell me if, you cant Find ovo lines that ars the earns in ‘Joly Od St, Nicholas” ees ‘@Y Stapclitiene Good King Wenceslas Good King Wen - ces = las looked out, on the feast of Ste phen, When the snow lay ‘round 8 = bout, deep and crisp and even Bright - ly shone the moon that night, tho’ the frost was, cru a When + poor man came in st, gabe'ing win-ter of How many Ff ae in"Good King Wenceslas"? ihn, ey We Wish You a Merry Christmas We with you a mer= ty Christ - mas, We. wish you a mer = ry Christ - mas, We wish you a mer-ry Christmas and a hap - py New Year!“Wy My Dreydl 1 have a iit- tle drey-di, made it out of clay, ‘And when it's dey and ras dy, oh drey- dl Twill play. On, drey dl, drey- dl, drey- dh made it out of clay, Oh, droy-dl, drey-dl, drey-4l, oh drey-dl_ Twill play “Tip for advanced playere: Ty fingering 8 another way. This Pngering i eepecialy helpful ht measures 9 and 10. nn : ® & Joy to the World Usten to the profesional reconer payer on Track 65 GF Mande! Joy tothe world, the Lord is come! Let earth we: exive, bee King, _______ Let evry heart, pre = pare him room. ‘And eav'n and a - tue sing, and. heav'n and na - ture \ sing, and. hea’, and —heav'n,_— and mate,| ( i oO a AND A SPECIAL HOLIDAY TO YOu! Happy Birthday to You wised seta a oma conv ene oon sn ROUEN Find the fermata In Happy Blrthlsy to You" See page 12 fora reminder of what his eymbel means “1Got Rhytho’ on poge 29, "The Wedding March” on page 30, and "Tapa" on page 24 aloo use the £3 rtytho. it's 6) Hanukkah Nights Latent the professonalreconler player on Tack BD. mein fl Fine Hian-ukekab, Han-uk-kah, —fes-- val of lights, Han-vk-kah, Han-uk-kab, many spe-cial nights. D.C. al Fine : cae ip colseea dues seeceinet tarts joc te war Fort sno, 2a > eS bate mir 22 ing’ the hee = dom “Song Th fom oti pce a AABBA Peeciacetna ae ugar ig, We Three Kings We tree kings of OH mt are Bear ifs we um vee a= fat Field snd foun = tin, moor and mountain, fol = Tow + ing yon = der sta See page WM forthe holiday song "Jrgle Bet."a Holiday Express O Come, All Ye Faithful y Auld Lang Syne Should auld ae-qusin-tance be_-—for-got_ and ney - er brought to mind? ‘Should ald ac-qusin- tance befor ot, and days of, auld lang syne? For awd. tang syne, my dear, for, © auld Tang. syne} we'll take a cup oof kind = ness yet, for days, of auld lang syne.For al of the notes you have learned on recorder, the thumb hole has lther been completely covered ct completely uncovered, To play hgh E, you must. learn anew way to use your thumbs ‘The fngering for high Ele the same as for low E, except the thumb hol 6 partialy uncovered. Bend your thumb down just a tle, pressing your ‘humbral into the hole, 20 that a very email amount of the top of the thumb hoe lo uncovered. This technique ls called venting oro sometimes caled using a half hole technique. When high Eis the highest nots in a song, can be played with the thumb hole uncovered. However, is best if you leara to vent the thumb hole for your high E Let's tars by playing some exercises with low E's and high E's When you see ‘the high E', don't change ary Prger positions, bus end the thurm down a letle unt you hear the note move up to the high E. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (boing th new note high E) Twinkle, twin = Ke, Tit = de star, how 1 won = der Up a ~ dove the world 50 high, lke a = mond win = Ke, lie estar how = T won - der Twin - ke, Vented ‘thumb hoie what yourey © @® Stratosphere Buns LUsten to the professlonal recorder player on Track 94, ‘Op Kum Ba Yah — Kum ba my Lord, kaum_ba yeh, my Lord uum ba yah, yah, + gait % Tytheatemee® This Old Man fingering. (Seepage 40) This oldman, he played one,* Ihe played nick knack my thumb with i Jauick Knack pad=dyewhack, give the dog a bone. This oldman came roll ing home, Find the high E tn thie song, Use your highlighter to markt. *yres for extra veroee If youd like to sing then ‘wo/shoe;thre/kaee; Fourdoor; fivemive;sx/ticks; i severvup in heaven; elghtgate; nine/pine;te/over again,seeenstantcnttnya wei st no tate London Bridge Lon - don Bridge is fall - ing down, fall ing down, fall - ing down. Lon - don Bridge is fall - ing down, my fair Ia - gy. Merrily We Roll Along (Upper Register) Land of the Silver Birch Land ofthe ~— sil’ = ver birch, home ofthe = bea. - ver, Where still the mighty moose, wan-ders at will, Blue lake and sock -y shore, Twill re. - sitar. a tum once more. Hi ya-ya, HI- ya, Hi~ yaya, Hi- ya, HI- ya-ya, Hi ya HE“he pogo doled Tor stadeva vo are extromoly notated and oy a calonge. Bors yu Pain? udp enc foc alow thooe steps to aouresucoee:() Chek tho ky Signature to 2g Fyou need to use FA {@) heck the poco for any musta “roacicepmarkingo" (such wo repeat signs) sur, fermatas, cy () Tap the hth of he pecs and (4) Fngo and sy the note ames beter you play ERION Musette 8. Bach EFT = sient tote: For oten on ov beat Can Can J. Offenbach Ronde (ARenalesarce Plece) T.Susato hk beat per measure Eight note acts one beat Irish Washerwoman r4a7 Alphabetical Song Index Plece Page Number cD Track(s!" Piece Page Number €b Trackis)* A Aboard Bron Long Legged Sater. 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Boerne London Be. PNGERING CHART. “8 “CD aveilable separately (BMRCD1000). Where thers are two CD tracks, the fist one Is ful performance wit the professional recorder player and the second one is accompaniment only. All other tracks are accompariment only. There ar a total of @8 CD tracks; a few pieces do not have tracks and are dasigned for students to practice unaccompanied. CD tracks are indicated throughout this book.