Joan Martin 4 th Grade Music - 1 - Name Class
How to Play The Recorder - 2 - How to place the recorder in your mouth. Place the mouthpiece of the recorder on your bottom lip and in front of your bottom teeth. Make sure not to put too much of the mouthpiece in your mouth. Only the tip of the mouthpiece should be in your mouth. Press down very gently with your upper lip by whispering mm. This will put your mouth into the correct position. Make sure that your lips stay firm around the mouthpiece. Think of them link a rubber band around the mouthpiece- don t let any air escape! Breath and Air Pressure Blow softly but with a steady stream of air. It does not take much to get a sound. Remember, blowing too hard makes a squeaky (bad) sound. Use the Foggy Window Trick Blow warm air onto your hand like you are fogging up the bus window without your bus driver hearing you. This is how you should also blow into your recorder. As you blow into the recorder, start the breath by whispering tu. This is called tonguing. The Two Main Causes of Squeaking You might be blowing too hard or using cold air (instead of blowing with warm, gentle air!) Your fingers might not be completely covering the holes. How To Practice a Song: 1. Clap and count the rhythms (using 1-2-3-4 or Quart, Twoeighths, rest, half note ) 2. Silent Practice and say the letter names (move your fingers on the holes as if you were really playing) 3. Play the notes in rhythm. Start slow. Adapted from Recorder Karate by Barb Philipak 2002 Plank Road Publishing, Inc.
Cleaning Your Recorder 1. Make sure your name and class are written on your case with permanent marker. - 3-2. After playing, wipe the moisture from the inside of your recorder with a small piece of cotton cloth tied to your cleaning rod. DO NOT use any kind of paper products!!!!! (This includes tissue paper, Kleenex, toilet paper, paper towel, ect) This WILL fall apart and get stuck in your instrument. Mrs. Amsler WILL NOT get this out for you! (Yuck!) 3. Plastic recorders can be washed in the dishwasher or in warm, soapy water once in a while. You should always do this after you have been sick. 4. If you wash your recorder, leave it out over night on a drying rack (standing up) to dry. 5. Keep your recorder in its case when you are not playing it. Parts of the Recorder Head Joint Body Mouthpiece Foot Joint Window
How to Hold and Play Your Recorder LEFT ON TOP!!!!! RIGHT ON BOTTOM!! - 4 - Left Hand 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 T T Right Hand Hold your recorder with relaxed fingers. The pads, or fatty part of your fingers should completely cover each hole. If you are doing this correctly, you will have recorder warts on the swirly part of your fingerprint when you lift your fingers off the holes. Your instrument should be held at a 45- degree angle from your chin (see photo) http://www.dolmetsch.com/holdrecorder.jpg
First Note: E Second Note: G - 5 - Engine, Engine Star Light, Star Bright
- 6 - New Note: A Repeat Sign Tells you to go back to the beginning of the song and do the whole song a second time! Lucy Locket Acka Backa, Soda Cracker
Treble Clef Is located at the beginning of the song. This sign indicates that you are playing a treble or higher instrument. Time Signature - 7 - Is located at the beginning of the song, directly after the clef sign. The top number tells you how many beats are in each measure. The bottom number tells you what kind of note gets the beat. (4 on the bottom means that quarter notes are the beat) Treble Clef Time signature Hammer Ring A Barline is the line that separates beats into Measures. Barline Measure A Double Barline indicates the end of the song. A double barline looks like a repeat sign without the two dots.
New Note: B Extended Rest means to rest for this many measures - 8 - Dots over or under notes are called staccato and mean to play short and detached. This song can be found in Music K-8 Magazine Volume 18, No. 1, page 60
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- 10 - A Pick Up Note or Anacrusis Is a note (or notes) that comes before the first downbeat in a measure. An anacrusis is often called a pickup, pickup note, or pickup measure. A piece of music beginning with an anacrusis/pick up note will often end before the last beat of the last bar, in order to keep the number of bars in the entire piece at a whole number. Can you think of another song with a pick up note? (How about Happy Birthday or The Star Spangled Banner?) One note, all by itself (Pick up note!) It s rain - ing, it s pour - ing, the old man is snore - ing. 1-2 3 Went to bed and he bumped his head and he couldn t get up in the mor - ning. The last measure only has 3 beats, even though the time signature says it should be four. The last beat is at the beginning of the song!
Time Signature The top number tells you how many beats are in each measure. - 11 - The bottom number tells you what kind of note gets the beat. (8 on the bottom means that EIGHTH notes are the beat) First and second ending the first time you play the song, play only the first ending and then repeat back to the beginning. The second time you play, do NOT play the first ending- instead, skip to the second ending. 1. 2.
RECORDER REVIEW - 12 - Can you name these notes? Can you name the parts of the recorder? Which hand goes on top? Right or left? What instrument family does the recorder belong to? Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, or Strings?
RECORDER REVIEW (continued) - 13 - Fill in the fingerings and note names for each note. \ Practice the song below. Remember to count and clap, silent practice and say the note names, and then PLAY!
Glossary - 14 - = Quarter Note (1 beat) = two eighth notes (each one is half a beat, together they equal 1 beat) = Half Note (2 beats) = Whole Note (4 Beats) A Pick Up Note or Anacrusis- is a note (or notes) that comes before the first downbeat in a measure. An anacrusis is often called a pickup, pickup note, or pickup measure. A piece of music beginning with an anacrusis/pick up note will often end before the last beat of the last bar, in order to keep the number of bars in the entire piece at a whole number.
Fingering Chart and Note Names - 15 - Remember, to read the note names use these helpful sayings:
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