You are Going to
Learn to Play the
Recorder!
This is B On the Staff
This is A on the Staff
This is G on the staff
Proper Hold
This is the proper way to hold the recorder.
This is too high.
This is too low.
Cover the Holes Completely
It is important to completely cover the hole with your finger!
If you don’t, air will escape and you will squeak.
This hole is completely covered
and no air can escape.
This hole has a small place
where air is escaping.
If you are covering the holes correctly you will see small round
“bubbles” on your fingers.
Proper sound production
There is a correct way to blow into a recorder.
•First, you should blow GENTLY. Think about blowing bubbles.
Listen to this sound produced correctly.
Listen to this sound that is not produced correctly.
Can you hear the difference?
Music is written on the Staff
This is a staff
4
3
2
1
5
4
3
2
1
This is a Treble clef
Always Count Bottom to Top!
Say the Musical
Alphabet
ABCDE FGABCDEFG
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
It has seven letters and just starts over again!
The staff is made up of five lines
These lines are labeled
E
G B
D F
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
The staff has four spaces.
These space notes are labeled
F
A
C
E
Letters on the staff
E
D
C
B
A
G
F
E
D
F
They’re in alphabetical order!
What note comes before E on the first line?
Whole
note
Half
notes
Quarter
notes
Eighth
notes
Sixteenth
notes
You just played your first song!
The song is
“HOT CROSS
BUNS” and the
whole thing
looks like this:
Click here to
hear the whole
song:
Hot
cross
buns!
Hot
cross
buns!
One a
Hot
pen - ny,
cross
two a
buns!
pen- ny,
This is C on the Staff
This is D on the Staff
Jingle Bells
New Note!
The dotted half note!
The dot
. adds half the value of the
note.
= 2
Half of 2 is 1
2+1 = 3
= 3
This is E on the Staff
Recorder Fingering:
T* - L1,2,3 – R1,2
(*T = Thumb)
(L = Left Hand)
(R = Right Hand)
This is D on the Staff
Recorder Fingering:
T* - L1,2,3 – R1,2,3
(*T = Thumb)
(L = Left Hand) (R = Right Hand)
Congratulations!
You have learned a lot!
Now you can go play your song for
your teacher and parents!