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1 the Yamaha dvantagetm Recorder Plus Musicianship from Day One by Sandy Feldstein and Larry Clark TM Welcome to The Yamaha dvantagetm Recorder Plus This method ill teach you to play the recorder by having fun singing and playing your favorite songs. fter learning to play the recorder, you may ish to learn to play a band or orchestral instrument. To help you make your choice, The Yamaha dvantagetm Recorder Plus Method includes information about many instruments. The optional CD accompaniment for this book is recorded by a great band. The CD ill also give you an example of ho your instrument should sound, as ell as the other instruments you might like to play. It ill also provide hours of enjoyable play-along experiences. (CD available separately.) Have a great time making music. The instruments of today s band and orchestra are divided into four INSTRUMENT FMILIES. The WOODWIND FMILY (not all are made of ood), the RSS FMILY, the PERCUSSION FMILY and the STRIN FMILY. Throughout this book e ill take a closer look at some instruments from each of the families. dvantage Practice Date Teacher ssignments/oals Student Notes/Questions Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun. pproval Layout Engraving: Mark Ralston Musical/rts Consultants Inc 65 leecker Street, Ne York, NY Copyright 2003 by PlayinTime ProductionsTM, Inc. International Copyright Secured. ll rights reserved including performing rights. WRNIN! this publication is protected by Copyright la. To photocopy or reproduce by any method is an infringement of the Copyright la. nyone ho reproduces copyrighted matter is subject to substantial penalties and assessments for each infringement. Printed in the U.S.. Is a registered trademark of Yamaha Corporation of merica ISN xxxx-x

2 2 dvantage Recorder Plus Theory Introduction to Music Theory STFF Music is ritten on a five line staff. eteen each line there is a space. line 5 line 4 line 3 line 2 line 1 space 4 space 3 space 2 space 1 t the beginning of each staff there is a clef. The treble clef encircles the second line hich is the note and is sometimes called the clef. MESURE ND R LINES Music is divided into measures by bar lines. Double bar lines end a piece of music. measure bar lines double bar TIME SINTURE t the beginning of a piece of music there is a time signature. It tells you ho many beats are in each measure and hat note gets one beat. = four beats in each measure 4 = a quarter note gets one beat a half note or rest gets to beats a hole note or rest gets four beats

3 dvantage Recorder Plus 3 Right Side Hand Vie etting Started Left Side Hand Vie Front Playing Vie Hold the bottom or bell of the recorder ith your right hand. Cover the top hole in the back ith your thumb and the first (top) hole on the front ith your first finger. Put the tip of the mouthpiece in your mouth and lightly blo. To start each note say Tu. You are no playing your first note: 1 Notes Play Rest Play Rest Your First Note Half the Time Play Rest Play Rest The First Quarter Play Rest Play Rest

4 4 dvantage Recorder Plus Notes Side Vie Front Vie To play, keep your thumb and first finger don. Cover the second hole in the front ith your second finger. 4 Your Second Note Play Rest Play Rest The Second Half Play Rest Play Rest The Second Quarter Play Rest Play Rest

5 dvantage Recorder Plus 5 Notes Side Vie Front Vie To play, keep your thumb and first to fingers don. Cover the third hole in the front ith your third finger. Front Vie Theory Repeat Sign. o back to the beginning and play again. 7 Your Third Note Play Rest Play Rest 4 4 Repeat sign The Third Half Play Rest Play Rest The Third Quarter Play Rest Play Rest

6 6 dvantage Recorder Plus ll Three Notes Side Front Side Front Side Front 10 When moving from to to, your second finger covers the second hole and then your third finger covers the third hole. Moving Don 4 4 Play Rest Play Rest Play Rest Ó Ó Listen to the sound. When you put your fingers don, the sound goes don or gets loer. 11 When moving from to to, your third finger comes up and opens the third hole and then your second finger comes up and opens the second hole. Stepping ack Up 4 4 Play Rest Play Rest Play Rest Ó Ó Listen to the sound. When you lift your fingers up, the sound goes up or gets higher. 12 Play Don and Up

7 Rhythm dvantage Recorder Plus 7 Shape Note Music Note Note Name = = hole note = = half note = = quarter note 13 Play the beginning of these familiar songs ritten ith shape notes folloed by music notation Hot Cross Hot Cross uns uns Hot Cross uns. Count: Hot Cross uns Hot Cross uns Merrily We Roll long Mer - ri - ly e roll a - long, roll a - long, roll a - long. 4 Count: Mer - ri - ly e roll a - long, roll a - long, roll a - long..yamahaadvantage.com

8 8 dvantage Recorder Plus dvantage Performance Hot Cross uns Traditional Hot Cross uns. Hot Cross uns. One a pen - ny to a pen - ny Hot Cross uns Merrily We Roll long Traditional Mer - ri - ly e roll a - long, roll a - long, roll a - long. Mer - ri - ly e roll a - long, o er the deep blue sea u Cl De La Lune French Folk Song Sing this lit - tle French song, on - jour means hel - lo. Sing this lit - tle French song, on - sóir means good - bye.

9 dvantage Theory dvantage Recorder Plus Fingering 9 Name the note and color the holes that are covered to play the notes indicated. Dra a line to connect the symbol ith its name. Matching ame Whole Note Quarter Note Half Note More Matching Dra a line to connect the musical example to its name. Music is divided into these. Double bar line This tells you there are four beats in each measure and a quarter note gets one beat. 4 4 This shos the end of the music. Measures Time Signature

10 10 dvantage Recorder Plus Notes C C Side Vie Front Vie To play C, keep your thumb on the hole in the back and cover the second hole on the front ith your second finger. Front Vie 18 C 4 4 Scale Song Do Ti La Sol, Don the scale and back a - gain Don by the Station Traditional Don by the sta - tion ear - ly in the mor - ning.. See the sta - tion mas - ter toot toot off e go. 20 dvantage 4 4 Composing Composing Fun Finish this song by adding a friend s name in measures one and to. To complete the melody, add one note that you have learned in measures four and eight. dd your name as the composer. Friendship Song y Hel - lo -, hel - lo -, I m your friend. Friend - ship, friend - ship our great friend - ship ill not end.

11 Notes dvantage Recorder Plus 11 D D Side Vie Front Vie To play D, lift your thumb off the hole in the back and cover the second hole on the front ith your second finger. Front Vie 21 Minor Mood 4 4 D. C D C D move your thumb to play Oats and eans and arley ro merican Folk Song Oats and beans and bar - ley gro, Oats and beans and bar - ley gro, You nor I nor an - y - one kno ho oats, beans and bar - ley gro. 23 dvantage Everyone: / 4 Rhythm Rap n Rhythm dd the bar lines, clap the rhythm then sing the rap. Mu - sic is such irls: / fun to play, oys: irls: ith re - cord - ers oys: ev - ry day. I play high. I play lo. I play fast, and I play slo.

12 12 dvantage Recorder Plus o Tell unt Rhody Traditional o tell unt Rho - dy. o tell unt Rho - dy.. o tell unt Rho - dy, the old gray goose is dead. ood King Wenceslas Traditional Carol ood King Wen - ces - las looked out, On the Feast of Steph - en,. When the sno lay round a - bout, Deep and crisp and e - ven Ode to Joy Ludig van eethoven When e sing this mel - o - dy, our hearts are filled ith joy - ful - ness. Sing it loud and sing it strong, this mel - o - dy by ee - tho - ven.

13 dvantage Recorder Plus Lightly Ro erman Folk Song Light - ly ro, light - ly ro, o er the shin - ing aves e go; Smooth - ly glide. smooth - ly glide, on the si - lent tide. Let the ind and a - ters be min - gled ith our mel - o - dy, Sing and float, sing and float, in our lit - tle boat. dvantage Meet The Instruments 28 The FLUTE, hich is made of metal, is a member of the oodind family and plays the high notes in band and orchestra music. The flute is played by bloing across the open hole in the mouthpiece, much like you might blo across the top of a bottle to make a sound. The that goes into the instrument vibrates to produce the flute sound. To play sounds (notes) that are higher or loer, you release or depress the keys..yamahaadvantage.com

14 14 dvantage Recorder Plus Rhythm Eighth Notes ura Lee Folk Song 1 Πquarter rest 2 s a black - bird in the Spring, Neath the il - lo tree. Joy - ous - ly I heard him sing, of his u - ra Lee. Jingle ells James Pierpont Jin - gle bells, Jin - gle bells, Jin - gle all the ay! Oh hat fun it is to ride a one horse o - pen sleigh! Hey! Jin - gle bells, Jin - gle bells, Jin - gle all the ay! Oh hat fun it is to ride a one horse o - pen sleigh! 31 Count the beats and clap the rhythm, then sing the rhythm / 4 ΠQuarter Rest

15 Rhythm Ó half rest dvantage Recorder Plus Musicianship Tempo: Slo, Moderately Slo Jingle In Eighths James Pierpont Jin - gle bells, Jin - gle bells, Jin - gle all the ay! Oh hat fun it is to ride a one horse o - pen sleigh! Hey! Œ Jin - glebells, Jin - gle bells, Jin - gle all the ay! Oh hat fun it is to ride a one horse o - pen sleigh! Compare this version of Jingle ells to the one on pg Moderately 4 4 Half Rest Ó Over My Head Œ frican-merican Spiritual O - ver 4 my head, I hear mu - sic in the. Œ Œ Yes o - ver my head, I hear mu - sic in the. Ó Œ O - ver my head, I hear mu - sic in the. Ó Œ Œ Œ Ó There must be a heav - en some - here. Yeah!

16 16 Theory dvantage Recorder Plus Rhythm Tie three beats in each measure quarter note gets one beat Dotted Half Note Moderately 4 arcarolle Jacques Offenbach France is home to the great com - pos - er ho rote the.. tie hold note for six beats ar - ca - rolle France. is home. to the great com - pos - er Mis - ter Jacques Off - en - bach. Solve the riddle and fill in the name of the song Moderately The Song Sandy Feldstein Larry Clark Here is a rid - dle, the an - ser s not fid - dle, but is the. Πname of a ood - ind. It s made out of met - al, sounds. ΠΠhigh as a lute. Of course it is a.

17 dvantage Recorder Plus Moderately Love Somebody Traditional Love some - bod - y! Deed I do! Love some - bod - y! No guess ho? Love some - bod - y! Have you guessed? You re the one that I love best! 37 Fill in the name of your favorite day of the eek. Write your name as the composer. 3Moderately 4 The Days of the Week y Mon - day, Tues - day, Wednes - day, Thurs - day, Fri - day,. Sat - ur - day, Sun - day... ll the days are fun, but I like best. dvantage Meet The Instruments 38 The CLRINET, hich is made of ood, is a member of the oodind family. The clarinet is played by bloing across a reed made of ood (cane), hich is attached to the mouthpiece. The reed vibrates and sends the vibrations through the instrument to produce the clarinet sound. To play sounds (notes) that are higher or loer, you release or depress the keys..yamahaadvantage.com

18 18 dvantage Recorder Plus Notes F F Side Vie Front Vie To play F, you add the right hand. There are to fingerings for F. Just adding the first finger of the right hand is okay; but if you also add your third and fourth fingers, the note ill sound more in tune. Skipping to and from F requires movement of fingers in both hands. Practice this exercise sloly before playing oodbye, Old Paint. 39 F 4 4. ΠΠoodbye, Old Paint Slo ΠΠmerican Folk Song ood - bye, Old Paint, I m leav - in Chey - enne. ood - bye, Old Paint, I m leav - in Chey - enne. I m leav - in Chey - enne. I m. off to Mon - tan! ood - bye, Old Paint, I m leav - in Chey - enne.

19 dvantage Recorder Plus 19 Notes E E Side Vie Front Vie To play E, keep your left hand don and add fingers one and to of your right hand. 41 e sure your fingers completely cover the holes. 4 4 EE. 42 Solve the riddle and fill in the name of the song. 4 4Moderately The Dixieland Œ I m a ood - en ood - ind ho makes sound ith a reed. Ó I m in ev - ry Dix - ie - land set, my name s the. Play each line separately, then play as a duet. Moderately 4 Rockin Recorder (Duet) Sandy Feldstein Larry Clark Prac - tice this song both in and out of school. Rock - in Re - cord - er is real cool!. Rock - in Re - cord - er, rock - in the blues. You kno Rock- in the Re - cord - er is real cool!

20 20 Notes dvantage Recorder Plus D D Side Vie Front Vie To play D, add the third finger of your right hand. Theory 1st and 2nd Ending nd time Jolly Old Saint Nicholas 44 4Moderately 4 Traditional Carol 1. Jol - 2. Christ - ly mas old Eve Saint is Ni - com - cho - ing las, soon; lean No, D. Don t you his - per tell hat a you ll sin - bring gle to soul me, hat tell I m me going if to you your you 1. ear dear say. this old 2nd time ay! man, 2. can. dvantage Rhythm 45 dd the bar lines, rite in the counts, clap, sing and play. / 4 3 Œ ŒŒ dvantage Meet The Instruments 46 The SXOPHONE, hich is made of brass, is a member of the oodind family. Like the clarinet, the saxophone is played by bloing across a reed made of ood (cane), hich is attached to the mouthpiece. The reed vibrates and sends the vibrations don through the instrument to produce the saxophone sound. To play sounds (notes) that are higher or loer, you release or depress the keys.

21 dvantage Recorder Plus 21 Lullaby Slo. Traditional Sleep ba - by sleep, sleep ba - by sleep. Your. moth - er holds you ver - y tight, she sings this lul - la - by to- night, Sleep ba - by sleep. 48 Musicianship Tempo: Fast Solve the riddle and fill in the name of the song. Speak the Rap. The Rap 4Fast / 4 Sandy Feldstein Larry Clark ŒŒ I m a ood - ind made out of brass ho s pop - u - lar in all styles of mu - sic. I be - / Œ lieve it s be- cause I pro - duce a great tone. I m the one and on - ly Moderately 4 4. Frog Song (Round). Japanese Folk Song Hip hop hip hop hip hop hop. Hip hop hip hop hip hop hop. Œ Œ Œ Œ. Ribit Ribit Ribit Ribit Sing the frog song in a round.

22 22 dvantage Recorder Plus dvantage Theory Name the Notes and Dra the Fingerings 50 dding ar Lines dd the bar lines, rite in the counts, clap, sing and play. 4 4 Œ Œ. 4 3 Œ. Œ. dvantage Meet The Instruments 51 The TRUMPET, hich is made of brass, is a member of the brass family. It is played by buzzing the lips in the mouthpiece. The vibration of the lips sends vibrations into the instrument to produce the trumpet sound. To play sounds (notes) that are higher or loer, you release or depress the valves.

23 dvantage Recorder Plus Musicianship Dynamics: f p Moderately - forte loud - piano soft eautiful ron Eyes 1.. merican Folk Song 4 3 f 1. eau - 2. here ti - are ful those beau - beau -.. ti - ti - 2. ful ful bron eyes, bron eyes, smi - ling right. in - to my ΠΠheart. ut no hy must e be so far a - part. Theory 1st and 2nd endings can be more than one measure long. dvantage Play by Ear ood King Wenceslas 53 Fast 4 4. p Fill in the missing ord. Trumpet Tune f Moderately ΠΠΠSandy Feldstein Larry Clark Play - ing the trum - pet is real hip, to make it sound your lip. ΠΠPush the valves don. Push the valves don. Play the Trum- pet Tune, yeah! 55 Moderately Happy Little Donkey (Round) C p ΠI have a don-key Hap - py is his name. I have a don-key Hap-py is his name. He is my best friend. merican Folk Song

24 24 Theory Pick-up Notes dvantage Recorder Plus Red River Valley Moderately f 3 From 4 this 1 val - ley they say you are. go - ing; ΠI ill merican Folk Song miss your bright Πeyes and seet smile; for they say you are tak - ing the Πsun - shine that bright - ens our path - ay a - hile p 4 4Moderately Jo - hann Se - bas - tian Musette Jo - hann Se - bas - tian Jo - hann Se - bas - tian Johann Sebastion ach ach, e love him.. orn died He rote the great Mi - nor Mass. dvantage Meet The Instruments 58 The SNRE DRUM is made of ood or metal. It has a drum head on both the top and bottom. It also has ire snares hich lightly touch the bottom drum head. It is played by striking the top head of the drum ith a stick. The head vibrates and sends the vibrations through the drum to the bottom head hich also vibrates, causing the snares to vibrate hich produces the snare drum sound.

25 Theory Repeat ithin piece.. dvantage Recorder Plus Moderately 4 4. p It s It s Raining, It s Pouring rain - ing, it s pour - ing, the old man is Traditional snore - ing. He ent to bed and bumped his head and didn t get up till morn - ing. It s morn - ing. When the Saints o Marching In f Moderately Traditional Oh, hen the Saints go march - ing in, Oh, hen the. Saints go march - ing in, Yes, e ll all get up and. join em, When the Saints go march - ing in. Fill in the missing ord. Play Percussion 61 Fast 4 4 f Sandy Feldstein Larry Clark When I play the sold - iers come. You kno me, I m the great snare.

26 26 dvantage Recorder Plus Notes F # Side Vie Front Vie # F # To play F, lift up the first finger of your right hand. Your left hand fingers and fingers to and three of your right hand remain don. Theory 62 The sharp sign ( ) affects all F s that appear in the same measure. Moderately Yankee Doodle F # # Œ Folk Song 4 4 f Yan - kee Doo - dle ent to ton a rid - ing on a lso F # # po - ny, Œ stuck a feath - er in his hat and called it mac - a - ro - ni f Moderately # This old man, # he played one, # He played nick - nack # on my thumb, With a # # Œ. nick - nack pad - dy hack, give a dog a bone! This Old Man This old man came roll - ing home. Folk Song dvantage Meet The Instruments 64 The TROMONE, hich is made of brass, is a member of the brass family. Like the trumpet, it is played by buzzing the lips in the mouthpiece. The vibration of the lips sends vibrations into the instrument to produce the trombone sound. To play sounds (notes) that are higher or loer, you move the slide in or out.

27 Theory dvantage Recorder Plus 27 Key Signature # Keyof one sharp (F ) PlayF sasf Tinkle, Tinkle Little Star 65 # 4 4Sloly p Tin-kle, tin - kle lit - tle star, ( ) Ho I on - der hat you are, Up a - bove the Traditional orld so high, # Like a dia-mond in the sky. Tin-kle, tin - kle lit - tle star, Ho I on - der hat you are. The Victor s March 66 Fast # 4 4 f Traditional Hail! To the vic - tors, val - iant, Hail! To the con - qu ring her - oes # Hail! Hail! To our lead - ers they are the best. # Hail! To the vic - tors, val - iant, Hail! To the con - qu ring her - oes # Œ Hail! Hail! To our lead - ers champ - ions of our school. Yeah! 67 Fill in the missing ord. Moderately 4 3 f Trombone Time. Œ.. Sandy Feldstein Larry Clark The large trom - bone can not hide to change its sound you use a.

28 28 dvantage Recorder Plus Mary nn 68 # 4Moderately 4 f ll day all night, Ma - ry nn, Caribbean Folk Song Don by the # sea - shore sift - ing sand. ll the lit - tle chil - dren love # Ma - ry nn, Don by the sea - shore sift - ing sand. 69 Sloly # 4.. p. This theme e all Theme from Symphony No kno as com - posed by Jo-han-nes rahms. This 2. posed for the First Sym - Johannes rahms phon - y. dvantage Meet The Instruments 70 The VIOLIN is made of ood ith four strings attached. It is a member of the string family and plays the high notes in the orchestra. It is played by plucking the strings ith the finger (like a guitar) or by draing a bo across them. The strings vibrate to produce the violin sound. To play sounds (notes) that are higher or loer, you depress the strings at different points.

29 dvantage Recorder Plus # 4 3 f Moderately.. icycle uilt for To.. Harry Daere Dai - sy, Dai - sy, give me your an - ser # do. I m half cra - zy #. Œ p all for the love of you. It on t be a styl - ish # Œ f ut mar - riage; I can t af - ford a car - riage. # Œ. ŒŒ you ll look seet up - on the seat of a bi - cy - cle built for to. 72 Fill in the missing ord. 4 3Sloly p My string sound is high not lo. Violin Song To make that sound, I use a.. Œ Sandy Felstein Larry Clark.yamahaadvantage.com

30 dvantage Performance # # Moderately Descant 4 p Melody 4 f This lit - tle light of dvantage Recorder Plus This Little Light of Mine (Duet) DESCNT is a second melody or duet part played above the main melody. mine, I m gon - na let it shine, Spiritual 1a # Descant 2a # Melody This lit - tle light of mine, I m gon - na let it shine, 1b # Descant 2b # Melody This lit - tle light of mine, I m gon - na let it shine, let it 1c # Descant Ó 2c # Melody Ó shine, let it shine, let it shine.

31 dvantage Recorder Plus 31 Fingering Chart Right Hand C D # E F F Left Hand Thumb in back C D

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