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
Coleridge Primary
Orchestra
Compositions from the CLC
Fleet Primary
Brass
Camden Youth Recorder Group
Summer Term 2024
Demos
Tunes from Spring term 2024
Demos
Advanced group only
Demos
Tunes from Summer term 2023
Tunes from Spring term 2023
Demos
Tunes from Autumn term 2022
This is how it should sound when we've learnt it:
Please take a copy home, we're not
really allowed to put it on the website.
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
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.