The best way to learn any instrument is to have lessons from a good experienced teacher. Although happily the number of such teachers is constantly growing the recorder is still frequently taught by enthusiastic but inexperienced teachers and many players start by teaching themselves. This series of books sets out to help learners of all ages in all three situations. Experienced teachers who may choose to disregard much of the text as personal demonstration is always clearer than the written word will find exercises and fine tunes a-plenty to support their own method at each stage. The less experienced will benefit from many valuable teaching hints culled fromlong experience and may rely on the books to lead to a sound playing technique and a mastery of simple notation. Those learning by themselves - and I started in this way - are urged to work carefully and systematically through the books taking plenty of time to assimilate each point before moving on. For them without the personal model provided by a live teacher it is vitally important to listen as often as possible to fine players in person or on record so that they have in their mind's ear a clear notion of the kind of sound they would like to produce. But however they start I can only wish that all who use these books will derive as much pleasure and musical satisfaction and gain as many lasting and valued friendships as I have through this most subtle delightful and sociable of instruments. (Brian Bonsor) “...this work is likely to become a standard work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken“ (Oliver James Contact Magazine) Descant Tutors provide a sound-playing technique a mastery of simple notation and contain 570 tunes including concert pieces by Bonsor carols attractive rounds and melodies by 'early music' composers. Clear line drawings greatly assist the pupil making them especially suitable for self-instruction.

Raymond Briggs' charming Christmas story about the adventures of a boy and the snowman that comes to life is a modern children's classic. The tales popularity has been further enhanced by frequent television broadcasts of theaward-winning cartoon film The Snowman.In this music booklet of the classic theme song Walking In The Air for Recorder and Piano composer Howard Blake recreates the story in music based on the scenes fromthe film.

Beginning in 1651 John Playford released a series of dance instructions with corresponding melodies. After their initial success he named them ?The Dancing Master?. Editions continued to be published up until 1728. They incorporated traditional as well as new song themes of the day with powerful and memorable Baroque melodies.The most beautiful of these songs have been arranged here for descant or treble recorder and piano accompaniment. Included among others are ?Newcastle? ?Black and Gray? and ?Nobody?s Jigg?.The arrangements include an optional part for a second flute. The editorNikolaus Newerkla is a cembalist arranger and ensembledirector. He founded and directs the internationally-renowned early music ensemble ?Quadriga Consort?.

Also Suitable For Flute Violin And Oboe. Included Are Arrangements Of Harp Music Folksongs And Traditional Tunes. Graded In Difficulty From Beginners To Rather Advanced Works.

Dance Of The Mosquitoes by Fini Henriqués arranged for Sopranino Recorder and Piano by Michala Petri.

Huit favoris du film à succès, arrangées pour flûte à bec. Includes 'My Heart Will Go On? and: Hard to Starboard - Hymn to the Sea - Never an Absolution - Rose - Southampton - Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch - Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave. / Flûte A Bec Et Piano

'Jazzy Recorder 2' has been composed with the aim of giving players of very moderate range and ability an easy introduction to the jazz idiom. It contains further five pieces in various jazz/swing styles only slightly more demanding technically than those in Book 1 and forming a useful set of studies in different tonguings ranging from the rhythmic almost percussive tonguing needed for No.1 to the warm flowing legato appropriate to No. 4. The accompaniments are very rhythmic in order to encourage the correct interpretation of the solo part. These pieces will provide effective enjoyable and different concert/festival material for intermediate players.

Twenty-seven superb concert solos for the intermediate recorder player compiled and arranged by Sally Adams. This selection of pieces spans all styles of music from the melodies of Handel and Bach to settings of traditional folk tunes and more contemporary compositions - something for every occasion whether it be a recital concert or competition. Full Piano accompaniments are included throughout.

Descant Or Tenor Recorder-Without doubt one of the most famous operatic arias is Nessun Dorma from Puccini’s Turandot. It is also well known to many as the World Cup Theme. This edition of the work is scored for Descant or Treble Recorder with Piano Accompaniment. Suitable for Grade 2-3 standard.

Sonata in D major TWV 41:D9 - Sonata in G major TWV 41:G9-These three editions (BA 5880 BA 5889 BA 5890) each comprising two solo sonatas with basso continuo are all taken from Telemann’s famous Essercizii musici; a collection of 24 sonatas including 12 solo sonatas and 12 trio sonatas. These were moulded after Corelli’s Sonata da Chiesa and have four movements: slow-fast-slow-fast. The sonatas long thought to stem from the late 1730s are now believed to have first been published by the composer in approx. 1729. The main sources are the three part-books from the original edition of 1729.This first ever Urtext edition edited by the Bach and Telemann scholar Klaus Hofmann is taken from the Telemann Musical Works. Thecontinuo realizations are by the editor. First ever Urtext editions of these sonatasCharming works of easy to moderate technical difficultyStraight forward clear continuo realizations

Three Diversions for Soprano (or Tenor) Recorder and Piano by Alan Bullard Three short 'journeys' that are tuneful and great fun to play. They make an ideal and exciting concert item. Bullard's writing is idiomatic and smooth and the piano part is well within the grasp of competent amateur pianists.

Playing the Recorder has never been so much fun!Recorderworld is the exciting and creative new way to learn the recorder. The Teacher's Book provides simple Piano parts to accompany over 60 of the pieces in the Pupil's books 1 and 2 including all the Concert Pieces. Guitar chords are also included.

Young players of today are exposed to a variety of contemporary styles and this new series of jazzy and relaxing pieces for Recorder attempts to provide players with experience of the syncopated patterns of Jazz Rock and Pop music whilst keeping within technical bounds which will have been achieved at various grades. The Piano accompaniments are deliberately simple in order to encourage young players to act in this capacity.

This album contains eight new pieces in a variety of styles and moods. All the pieces have a fairly easy Piano accompaniment.