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
Schiarazula Marazula
(c. 1535 - 1582)
Mainerio was interested in astrology and magic. This got him into trouble with the religious authorities of the time.
In 1624 the people of Palazzolo in Italy were accused
of singing and dancing to this tune to try to make it rain!
How to play it
Watch the video a few times.
There are 3 things to watch:
1. A recorder player.
2. An animated recorder diagram.
3. The music.
Don't try to watch all 3 at once!
Decide which is most helpful to you.
Like 'Old Abram Brown' each phrase starts on the last (4th) beat of the bar.
We call this an up-beat or anacrusis.
The first two lines are exactly
the same as each other.
Quavers
The last two lines are almost
the same as each other.
Just the last bar is a bit different.
Practice each bit slowly to start with. Make sure the quavers in the second half are twice as fast as the crotchets.
Try to play smoothly (legato), without any gaps between the notes, except where there are breaths.
Make the notes before the breaths a bit shorter so you can breathe without going out of time.
If you find it hard to go from high E to high D smoothly, maybe try these exercises again.
When you can play both bits, watch the video again and see if you can play along.
Then go back to Book 2. Can you play it without the letters?