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
Ronde
This is another old French dance, similar to Bransle.
In French, Ronde means 'round'. It's called that because it was danced in a ring or circle, holding hands.
Susato arranged and published it in the late 16th century, but the original tune is probably much older.
Ronde is also the French name for a semibreve a note which lasts for 4 beats.
Here's a version for recorder quartet (descant, treble, tenor and bass recorders).
Listen to how the descant adds fancy bits ('ornamentation') on the repeats.
Click here for the parts
Start by clapping the rhythm
Tricky bits to practice first
Do you remember this bit from Bransle?
You have to do it in Ronde as well.
You also have to do the same pattern one step higher, starting on B:
Here's another tricky bit:
It would be a good idea to practice all 3 of them now!
Look where they happen in the tune:
Once you can play these bits, the rest of it's quite easy
Extension
Try starting the first pattern on every note:
Practice it one bar at a time to start with, then see if you can join the bars together.
Start slowly, then try speeding up.
When you can do it, try it backwards!