This Week - 2nd February
Friday 22nd May (it's a bit late I know - took longer than I expected...)
Ronde
- Work slowly and practice it bit by bit.
- Learn the rhythms first.
- Practice the tricky bits
- Follow the tutorial video. Keep pausing to practice, don't try to do it all at once!
- Can you play it all the way through without the letters?
- When you can play it slowly and neatly, start speeding up!
- Record yourself in BandLab - more information here.
Friday 22nd May (it's a bit late I know - took longer than I expected...)
Ronde
- Work slowly and practice it bit by bit.
- Learn the rhythms first.
- Practice the tricky bits
- Follow the tutorial video. Keep pausing to practice, don't try to do it all at once!
- Can you play it all the way through without the letters?
- When you can play it slowly and neatly, start speeding up!
- Record yourself in BandLab - more information here.
Friday 22nd May (it's a bit late I know - took longer than I expected...)
Ronde
- Work slowly and practice it bit by bit.
- Learn the rhythms first.
- Practice the tricky bits
- Follow the tutorial video. Keep pausing to practice, don't try to do it all at once!
- Can you play it all the way through without the letters?
- When you can play it slowly and neatly, start speeding up!
- Record yourself in BandLab - more information here.
1. Hand position
1. Hand position
1. Hand position
2. First 3 notes: G A B
2. First 3 notes: G A B
2. First 3 notes: G A B
This Week - 18th January / 22nd January
This Week - 26th January
This Week - 26th January
This Week - 26th January
This Week - 26th January
3. Tonguing
3. Tonguing
3. Tonguing
4. Changing notes
4. Changing notes
4. Changing notes
Brecknock & Torriano
Primary Federation
Camden Youth
Recorder Group
Coleridge Primary
Orchestra
Fleet Primary
Brass
Brass parts
Fleet Y5 / St Mary & St Pancras Y6
Camden Youth Recorder Group
SPRING TERM 2023
A big welcome back to everyone, old members and new!
If you have any friends who would like to join us, please let them know.
Send them a link to this page or download the flier:
New tunes for this term
Demos
Tunes from Autumn term
Please take a copy home, we're not
really allowed to put it on the website.
This is how it should sound when we've learnt it:
More help to come, watch this space!
Download parts here
Original version
sung by Mahalia Jackson
This is a 'sextet' with six recorder parts: descant, treble, 2 tenors, bass and great bass
Download parts here
Original version
Pitches for improvisation
Try playing over the accompaniment
This is the 'G Blues Scale' we used in the first session
For a different flavour try the 'E Blues Scale' too. You can use either, or both.
Advanced - don't panic !
Pentatonic patterns
G minor
E minor
G minor
E minor
Download parts here
Trebles, tenors & basses
The Amazon link for buying your own Yamaha 'Ecodear' treble is here.
Recommended tenors and basses:
Yamaha YRT302BII Tenor and the YRB302BII bass.
Treble Practice
Tonguing Practice
Do them over and over again. Start slowly, then gradually speed up. Use this online metronome:
Tip of the tongue
Back of the tongue
Double tongue
Archive
Music from last year
Music from spring term 2021
Piano accompaniments for 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' - aim for the medium tempo!
Music from autumn term 2021
The Flautadors
Click here for their website and listen to 'Pieces of Light' by Cheryl Frances-Hoad.