The Second Book In This Series Of Books Featuring Airs And Dance Tunes Suitable For All Instruments.

American Folk Music is just right for Recorder. The are 34 songs in this collection from the lyrical beauty of Amazing Grace and Shenandoah to the rollicking good fun of Lane County Bachelor and Old Joe Clark these tunes will keep you playing and keep your listeners dancing and singing. All of the tunes are notated for soprano recorder. They can be played on recorder alone or with piano guitar or any chord instrument. Chord symbols are included with the music. The lyrics are included in the book. Lyrics can help with learning rhythm or with memorization of the melody. They allow the player to sing as well as play or to invite others to sing along. Besides they are fun. The Play-along audio files has separate channels for recorder and piano accompaniment. The audio files includes all of the tunes with Jessica Walsh on recorder and Andrew D. Gordon on piano followed by a Piano only Play-Along featuring wonderful piano accompaniments arranged by Anita Briggs. The music notation for the piano accompaniments are available as PDF files for download from the publishers web site www.adgproductions.com.

...this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken“ (Oliver James Contact Magazine)A novel and comprehensive approach to transferring from the C to F instrument. 430 music examples include folk and national songs (some in two parts) country dance tunes and excerpts from the standart treble repertoire - Bach Barsanti Corelli Händel Telemann etc. An outstanding feature of the book has proved to be Brian Bonsor's brilliantly simple but highly effective practice circles and recognition squares designed to give in only a few minutes concentrated practice onthe more usual leaps to and from each new note and instant recognition of random notes.Quickly emulating the outstanding success of the descant tutors these books are very popular even with those who normally use tutors other than the Enjoy the Recorder series.

Everybody's favourite festive songs come together in the First Recorder Book Of Christmas Tunes especially arranged for children to play even including fun pictures to colour in.Any child who has learnedthe notes of the recorder will be able to enjoy these traditional tunes. Merry melodies like Away In A Manger Ding Dong! Merrily On High and Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer are included in simple arrangements sothat they can be learned and performed with relative ease. To aid playing the fun characters give performance tips throughout that will make playing these tunes all the more rewarding. Once a new tune has beenlearned why not encourage your child to colour in the pictures however they please? This will give a fun incentive and really personalise their book of first Christmas songs.  The FirstRecorder Book Of Christmas Tunes is a brilliant introduction to the best festive favourites for a young beginning Recorder player. Children will immediately enjoy playing these songs as they are so familiar and youwill instantly get into the seasonal spirit when you hear the pretty Recorder sound playing these joyous songs.

For MORE value-packed recorder fun at your fingertips here are twelve MORE expertly written arrangements for recorder with accompanying Orff instruments percussion and piano parts and all parts are reproducible! Beginning with a variety of creative 'B-A-G' songs the melodies and rhythms gradually become more challenging as notes are added as the year goes on. And there's more! The enclosed CD provides tracks with and without the recorder part for both classroom and performance options. Keep student interest high with exciting motivating and hip tracks that accompany the simpler age-appropriate recorder parts. A winning combination!

The â??Teamâ?? series is suitable for use with both individuals or as a group tutor encouraging students to try ensemble playing from the very early stages. All of the books in the series are fully integrated allowing students using â??Team Recorderâ?? to play in ensembles with students using â??Team Woodwindâ?? â??Team brassâ?? â??Team Percussionâ?? and â??Team Stringsâ??. Team Recorder is a flexible and adaptable course ideal for beginner recorder players. The tutor can be tailored to suit the specific needs of each student. Each piece is carefully graded to ensure a logical progression at a sensible pace and students are introduced to a wide variety of musical styles throughout the book.Imaginative piano accompaniments have been provided as well as some untuned percussion accompaniments to add variety in performance. Introduces simple-part playing through the use of rounds ensemble parts for treble recorder and there are a number of duets that can be expanded into classroom orchestra or wind band performances with the use of supplementary parts. This volume includes audio downloads of backing tracks designed to add a third dimension to practice sessions or performance when an accompanist is not available. The â??Teamâ?? series is suitable for use with both individuals or as a group tutor encouraging students to try ensemble playing from the very early stages. All of the books in the series are fully integrated allowing students using â??Team Recorderâ?? to play in ensembles with students using â??Team Woodwindâ?? â??Team brassâ?? â??Team Percussionâ?? and â??Team Stringsâ??. Team Recorder is a flexible and adaptable course ideal for beginner recorder players. The tutor can be tailored to suit the specific needs of each student. Each piece is carefully graded to ensure a logical progression at a sensible pace and students are introduced to a wide variety of musical styles throughout the book.Imaginative piano accompaniments have been provided as well as some untuned percussion accompaniments to add variety in performance. Introduces simple-part playing through the use of rounds ensemble parts for treble recorder and there are a number of duets that can be expanded into classroom orchestra or wind band performances with the use of supplementary parts. This volume includes audio downloads of backing tracks designed to add a third dimension to practice sessions or performance when an accompanist is not available.

Mel Bay's Children's Recorder Method is a new recorder method which stands on its own. There is an imaginative accompaniment CD which makes even the simplest one-note exercise into an attractive experience for the young student and there are lyrics to all the songs. Large notes are used throughout and each melody is attractively illustrated. Clear and concise instructions introduce technique and notation concepts gradually. These books use many Icelandicsongs and folk songs some of which may even date from the time of Leif Eriksson! This gives the method a unique flavor and allows the introduction of many unusual melodic and rhythmic elements. The first book is based on the sixeasiest notes on the recorder and the accompaniment will help the student happily gain a firm rhythmic feeling and above all have fun while learning.

Book/Recorder Pack-Recorder Fun!? packs are the ideal way to teach yourself to play the Recorder. Each pack contains a high-quality beginner's Recorder with the feel and tuning of a pro model as well as a songbook with instructions. The Charlie Brown? Songbook features easy arrangements of 7 beloved Peanuts® tunes composed by Vince Guaraldi : Baseball Theme Blue Charlie Brown Charlie Brown Theme Christmas Time Is Here Happiness Theme Linus and Lucy Schroeder. A fingering chart is also included.

For Recorder - Beginner-Andrew D. Gordon has created 30; 12 bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line 12 measures in length designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your ownimprovisational solos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of keyboards guitar bass and drums and immediately following is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times generally between 5-8 minutes in length giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues. Audio available as download Midi Files available separately

Pack with Songbook and Instrument-Disney Tunes: Recorder Fun! makes playing the Recorder easy even if you've never played before. This complete package contains everything you'll need to get started including a high-quality beginner's Recorder with the look and feel of a pro model and a songbook with instructions and 8 Disney tunes to play. Each piece is arranged in E-Z play notation with big notes and note names and a fingering chart is included. The songbook also features fun colouring pages. Songs include: The Bare Necessities Bella Notte Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat It's A Small World Les Poissons Mickey Mouse March Supercalifragilisticexpialidociousand Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.

Americana 1865-These American melodies sound great on a soprano recorder. They also provide excellent material for developing skills in rapid tonguing extended breath-control and the playing of high notes. This collection covers many kinds ofmusic. Millions of Americans grew up singing 'Attisket Atasket' 'Put Your Little Foot' and 'Paddywhack'. Immigrants brought delights like 'First Night in America' and 'My Love Is in America'. John Philip Sousa captured theAmericana of his time in marches for all time such as 'The Fairest of the Fair' 'King Cotton' and 'Boy Scouts of America'. All across the country Americans sang and whistled 'Nine Hundred Miles' 'Gypsy Dave' and 'Pie in theSky'. Although arranged primarily for soprano recorder most of these solos can be played on tenor or alto recorder. (On the alto use 'C' fingerings.) A separate flute edition is available.

Here’s a book you’ll be pulling off the shelf for many Christmases to come. A Celtic Recorder Christmas is a treasury of 24 Irish Scottish Welsh and English holiday carols suitable for both soprano and tenorinstruments. Simple duets for two recorders a round for three and arrangements for solo recorder with guitar chords are all printed on a large easy to read staff and lavishly adorned with Celtic calligraphy. From the hauntinglybeautiful melodies of the Hebrides to the ancient airs of Ireland to the familiar Yuletide tunes of Wales England and Scotland these songs are sure to warm your heart and rouse the spirit of this giving season in a way noother music can.