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How to play the recorder : a step-by-step guide / Lisete da Silva.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2015Edition: First American editionDescription: 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1465435484
  • 9781465435484
Subject(s):
Contents:
Your recorder -- Recorder family -- Starting to play -- Reading music -- Time signatures -- Breathing -- Tonguing -- Hand positions -- The note B -- The note A -- The note G -- Good technique -- High C -- High D -- Tied notes -- Long and short notes -- Practice tunes -- Low E -- Low D -- Making music -- The note F# -- Low C -- F natural -- Scales -- Duets -- High E -- Get practicing -- Show time -- Fingering chart and glossary.
Summary: "DK's How to Play the Recorder is a highly visual and user-friendly guide for anyone learning to play the recorder on their own, and it is also a perfect companion to recorder lessons. The book is structured in a way that challenges readers without overwhelming them. Notes are clearly introduced at appropriate stages with specially selected musical pieces that provide context and a sense of achievement. A range of useful hints and tips offer additional guidance and encouragement."-- DK website.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 788.36 D111 Checked out 07/12/2024 33111008192847
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

How to Play the Recorder is a highly visual and user-friendly guide for learning to play the recorder independently, and also a perfect companion to recorder lessons. Designed to educate without overwhelming, How to Play the Recorder is carefully structured to challenge readers a little at a time. Notes are clearly introduced at appropriate stages, alongside specially selected musical pieces that provide context and a sense of achievement. A range of useful hints and tips offer additional guidance and encouragement throughout. Written with an expert music consultant, How to Play the Recorder also introduces key points of music theory, helping increase general knowledge of music and note reading as practical proficiency grows.

Includes index.

Your recorder -- Recorder family -- Starting to play -- Reading music -- Time signatures -- Breathing -- Tonguing -- Hand positions -- The note B -- The note A -- The note G -- Good technique -- High C -- High D -- Tied notes -- Long and short notes -- Practice tunes -- Low E -- Low D -- Making music -- The note F# -- Low C -- F natural -- Scales -- Duets -- High E -- Get practicing -- Show time -- Fingering chart and glossary.

"DK's How to Play the Recorder is a highly visual and user-friendly guide for anyone learning to play the recorder on their own, and it is also a perfect companion to recorder lessons. The book is structured in a way that challenges readers without overwhelming them. Notes are clearly introduced at appropriate stages with specially selected musical pieces that provide context and a sense of achievement. A range of useful hints and tips offer additional guidance and encouragement."-- DK website.

Ages 6-9.

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