This recorder lesson is recommended for anyone who is in their second year of playing recorder, but if it’s your first year and you’d like a challenge, go for it!
Here we learn how to play Happy Birthday on recorder, and we also talk about what a fermata is.
Hello recorder players!
I’ve created a list of all of the different fingerings of the most common notes on the recorder.
For advanced players, you probably know most of these notes already, although there might be a few new ones to memorize (G# is probably new for most of you).
For beginners, I’ve also included an explanation about how to read these diagrams. Don’t worry about having to memorize all of these notes yet, we’ll be learning them slowly so that you don’t get overwhelmed. Of course, if you’d like to challenge yourself by learning more notes, go for it!
For everyone, I’d recommend printing out this diagram or saving it to your computer so that it is easily accessible. It’ll make learning the notes so much easier if you don’t have to keep coming back to this blog post to find them.
More songs coming soon!
Let’s learn our first 3 notes on the recorder (B, A, and G), as well as our first song!
Bonus: More weird faces by Mr. Maroney!
Grade 5/6s, here’s a challenge:
Play around on the Song Maker website, until you have a pretty good feel for how it works.
See if you can recreate the melody of “Happy Birthday” on it. (Hint: it starts with a dark green note).
This might take a lot of trial-and-error, but it’s definitely possible!
Added challenge: try adding a drum pattern to it.
Are there any other songs that you can recreate? Post the results if you want to share!
Think about what you know about sound waves (maybe you don’t know anything yet. That’s ok!)
What do you think is the difference in the sound wave between a high note and a low note? Make a hypothesis (a prediction) before moving on.
Click here and play around with the keyboard.
Click the magnifying glass and see what you notice.
What happens when you hold down a piano key?
Let’s learn some basics about the recorder!
-How to put it together
-How to hold the recorder (which hand goes where?)
-How to blow into the recorder properly
And most importantly, how to avoid having gross faces like that one down below…
Follow along if you’ve got a recorder at home!
What’s a time signature?
What does “duple meter” mean?
Click here to find out!
Challenge: After watching the video, see if you can find 2 other songs that are in duple meter, and 2 songs that are in triple meter. Comment with some of your discoveries!
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