Book-Recorder Playing In Colour

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Here is a comprehensive series of tutors for Descant recorders which contains over 200 child tested and approved tunes ranging from the simplest folk songs to emanding studies and incorporating music from earliest times to modern jazz. There is ample material at each level ensuring that each stage is secure before moving onto the next. the specialist recorder teacher can pick and choose throughout the books as the needs of individual pupils dictate, but series has been specifically designed for the non-specialist class teacher who finds him - or herself required" to teach the recorder. Such class teachers will find the books easy to follow and easy to stay at least "one jump ahead" of their pupils. The National Curriculum was constantly borne ine mind during the writing of these books making them ideally suited to today's recorder teaching in schools. With a minimum of regular practice players cannot fail to make progress!

Book 1 gets the child going on the recorder in the most attractive and enjoyable manner-the notes are introduced in colour - B is Green, A is Red, G is Blue... etc. LEarning music couldn't be easier! The book inspires learning and motivates the most reluctant child! The final 20 pages are devoted to converting the coloured notes into normal black notation in a way which maintains and builds confidence. The book contains 78 tuneful tunes, 48 with words, from all parts of the world. They include Hymns for Assembly, Christmas Carols, Part Playing and Rounds. Gordon Davey's attractive and witty drawings adorn many pages.