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
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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
Titanic Solo
Intro to 'My Heart Will Go On'
In the video the intro is played on a tin whistle.
This is similar to a recorder, but normally made of metal. It only has 6 holes on the front and doesn't have a thumb hole. To get the high notes on a tin whistle you just have to blow a bit harder. Like recorders they come in different sizes and pitches.
Slurs and Ties
Lots of the notes in this piece are joined together with curved lines, called slurs and ties.
join two or more different notes together. This makes the notes very legato - there's no silence in between them.
Ties:
join two or more of the same note together. This just makes one longer note.
On a wind instrument like the recorder you do them in the same way: tongue the first note, then keep blowing for the other notes under the slur or tie. For a slur you move your fingers, for a tie you don't !
1st bit:
tongue these 2 notes only
slur
tie
slur
2nd bit:
tongue these 2 notes only
slur
tie
slur
3rd bit:
slur
tongue all these notes
slur
Then you play the 1st and the 2nd bits again.
Last bit:
slur
Back to the first bit - this is fun!
portamento
We're going to do a portamento from the A to the B by sliding our 2nd finger gradually off the second hole.
By doing this we get all the pitches in between the two notes.
Complete intro
Recorder solo
With piano
Now go back to Book 2 and try the whole tune