Recorder Karate

Recorder Karate
White Belt
Red Belt
Yellow Belt
Black Belt
Orange Belt
1
Challenge
Bead
2
Challenge
Bead
3
Challenge
Bead
4
Challenge
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Purple Belt
Blue Belt
Green Belt
Brown Belt
© Copyright
Note: Some of the songs we do in class have been omitted due to copyright
restrictions. The CD links will not play, once again due to copyright. The
materials I use are accumulated from a variety of sources. Most of the
materials I use are public domain and are legal to publish. However, if you
would like to purchase a recorder method with play-along CD, I would
suggest the Ed Sueta recorder method books. All of the CDs I use come
from his series.
Recorder Rules
1. Follow directions the first time.
2. Do not play when you are supposed
to be listening.
3. Do your best!
AFL Recorder Learning Targets
I can read treble clef music notation and sing the
following pitches: b, a, g, e, c’, d’, d, c.
I can interpret a fingering chart and demonstrate proper
fingerings.
I can memorize and demonstrate fingerings for the
following notes: b, a, g, e, c’, d’, d, c.
I can read music and perform with proper technique the
following songs with three mistakes or less to earn
recorder karate belts at the highest possible level.
Novice Level
Hot Cross Buns
Merrily We Roll Along
Star Light, Star Bright
Proficient Level
Indian Chant
Rockin’
Canoe Song
Intermediate Level
Good Night Ladies
Jingle Bells
Ode to Joy
Advanced Level
Fun wa nia la fia
Baroque Song
Old Brass Wagon
Sourwood Mountain
In addition to playing tests, students’ performance during this unit will be measured by one
Smart Response test. This test will cover pitch reading, reading fingering charts, and
recorder fingerings.
Rhythm Review
Name the Symbol & the Number of Beats
quarter note
1 beat
dotted quarter note
1 ½ beats
eighth notes
½ beat each
eighth note
½ beat
half note
2 beats
dotted half note
3 beats
whole note
4 beats
quarter rest
1 beat
half rest
2 beats
Treble Clef Pitch Review
Notes in Spaces
treble clef
staff
F
A
C
E
Remember: Face rhymes with Space.
Notes Around Lines
treble clef
staff
Every G ood Boy
Does F ine
Remember: Fine rhymes with Line.
How to Play . . .
• Position of Instrument
• Hand PositionLH Finger B
RH Thumb Behind Hole #4
• How to Blow
• Where to Place the Instrument in Mouth
• Let’s Play our first note- B
• Tonguing
• Let’s Play A
• Mix it Up- Play A & B
• Let’s Play G
• Mix it Up-Play A, B, & G
• Let’s Learn Our First Song!
Hot Cross Buns
CD #2
White Belt
English Folk Song
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
Memorize
your
fingerings
Fingering Charts
B, A, G
Merrily We Roll Along
CD #4
Yellow Belt
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
French Song
CD #3
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
Memorize
your
fingerings
Fingering: E
Star Light, Star Bright
piano acc.
** Have your right hand ready.
Seat your fingers down to E.
--mezzopiano, medium soft
Orange Belt
--breath mark
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
French Song
piano acc.
** Have your right hand ready.
Seat your fingers down to E.
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
Memorize
your
fingerings
Fingering: C
Indian Chant
CD #8
Purple Belt
mf --mezzoforte, medium loud
American
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
Rockin’
CD # 10
Blue Belt
mf --mezzoforte, medium loud
Omitted due to copyright restrictions. 
Sueta
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
Polka Dot Polka
CD #11
Sueta
Omitted due to copyright restrictions. 
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
Memorize
your
fingerings
Fingering: Low D
Syncopation
syn
-
co
-
pa
Canoe Song
piano acc.
** Have your right hand ready.
Seat your fingers down to D.
Green Belt
Canadian
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
Indian Dance
CD #30
** Have your right hand ready.
Seat your fingers down to E.
American
mp----mezzopiano, medium soft
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
Name the Note
& the Number of Beats
Dotted half note
3 beats
Good Night Ladies
CD #36
** Have your right hand ready.
Seat your fingers down to D.
Brown Belt
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
Memorize
your
fingerings
Fingering: High D
Rain, Rain Go Away
CD #12
mp --mezzopiano, medium soft
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
Jingle Bells
CD #15
Red Belt
Pierpont
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
Dotted Rhythms
=
=
dotted quarter note
eighth note
tim
=
1 ½ beats
=
re
½ beat
Ode to Joy
CD #49
** Have your right hand ready.
Seat your fingers down to D.
Black Belt
Beethoven
4-A
4-B
4-C
5-A
5-B
5-C
Challenge Songs
Memorize
your
fingerings
Fingering: Low C
Fun wa nia ala fia
piano acc.
syn - co - pa
** Have your right hand ready.
Seat your fingers down to D.
1
Challenge
Bead
5-A
5-B
5-C
Ornaments
Music from the Baroque and Classical
periods often contain many different types
of ornaments.
trills—rapidly play from written note to one note higher.
turns—play written note then, one note higher, written
note and then one note lower, back to original note.
grace notes—rapidly play first note resting on
second note.
mordents—play written note, then rapidly one note
higher, then back to original note.
Baroque Recorder Piece
piano acc.
2
Challenge
Bead
Baroque architecture was filled with ornaments and
decorations as was the music of the time period.
5-A
5-B
5-C
Old Brass Wagon
#45
** Have your right hand ready.
Seat your fingers down to D.
3
Challenge
Bead
> --accent, play a little louder.
5-A
5-B
5-C
Sourwood Mountain
#46
** Have your right hand ready.
Seat your fingers down to D.
4
Challenge
Bead
5-A
5-B
5-C
Memorize
your
fingerings
Notice: Many fingering charts will be have a slightly different
format. This chart has the thumb hole on the opposite side.
CB
4
Orange Belt
Challenge
Bead
Challenge
Bead
Orange Belt
1
1
Challenge
Bead