
Explore how to hold and play the soprano recorder, learn simple songs, read sheet music, and practice notes and scales using a piano or synthesizer.
Explore the soprano recorder’s construction across plastic, wood, ceramic, and metal, and how air travels through the whistle area, back thumb hole, and finger holes to produce sound.
focus on the basics of sheet music by learning notes and accidental switches, such as c and f, for the soprano recorder, while timing is not covered.
Learn three basic soprano recorder practice songs with variations, including piano accompaniment and an arrangement, so you can jump in and play by listening and following along, boosting your musicianship.
Learn to play the soprano recorder and perform a joyful melody through basic fingering, breathing, and tone production techniques.
Play the scale again with trills to produce a fluttering, vibrato-like sound by alternating notes back and forth until you feel it.
A recorder is such a magical instrument. It is so simple but can produce some amazing and relaxing sounds. It is simple in design and simple in its fingering. If you have ever thought of learning any woodwind instrument like flute, oboe, saxophone, or clarinet, then learning the recorder first may give you a huge head start when you learn these slightly harder instruments. Recorders are inexpensive and small you can bring it anywhere and not be worried about it breaking or getting stolen.
In this course we are going to go over the basics of:
Holding your recorder
Playing notes
Breathing
Music fundamentals (basic)
Just right in and start learning how to play this wonderful instrument.