Grade 1Beginning Recorder

A Parent’s Guide for Teaching Soprano Recorder

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Table of Contents

Reading Music: A Brief Introduction .................................................................... v

Fingering Chart ............................................................................................................ xi

Part 1: Introducing Notes

Introducing the note B .............................................................................................. 1

1

2

Introducing the note A .............................................................................................. 2

3

4

5

6

Introducing the note G .............................................................................................. 4

7

8

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Introducing the note C ............................................................................................... 9

9

10

Introducing the note D .............................................................................................. 11

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12

Part 2: Additional Songs

Songs Using All the Notes You Have Learned ................................................... 15

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Beginning Recorder!

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STAFF

12

34

5

12

34

CLEFTREBLE CLEF

A B C D E F G EE F

F G G A

E F G A B C D E F

NOTES

whole notehalf note; a half note

quarter note; a quarter noteeighth note

2 4

8

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whole note

half note

quarter note

eighth note

sixteenth note

-.

.

RESTS

BAR LINEMEASURE

bar line

bar linemeasure measure measure

whole rest

half rest

quarter rest

eighth rest

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TIME SIGNATURE

-

-

4

1-2-3-4 1-2-3-41-2-3 1-2-3

1-2-3-4

4/4

4/4

2/4

1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

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1 & 2& 1 2 1 & 2& 1 2

3/4

1 2 3 1 2 3 1 & 2& 3 1 2 3

Holding the Recorder

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-

-

C C

left thumb1st finger

2nd finger

3rd finger1st finger

2nd finger

3rd finger

4th finger

left hand

right hand

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Playing the Recorder

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Fingering Chart

RECORDER

1

2

3

1

2

3

4

LEFT HA

ND

RIG

HT H

AN

D

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Fingering Chart Grade 1 Beginning Recorder

How to Use This Book

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Introducing Notes

Introducing the Note B1. Exercise for B

2. Exercise for B

B

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Introducing the Note A3. Exercise for A

4. Exercise for A

5. Exercise for B and A

A

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6. Exercise for B and A

The Fork and the SpoonShari Mueller Notes B, A