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Unit 1 – Introducing the Recorder and Music Theory (Review)
Playing by Ear | Repertoire | Improvising |
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Green Gravel, p. 1 | German Folk Song, p. 9 | I Had but Fifty Cents, p. 3 |
The Birch Tree, p. 1 |
Unit 2 – Major Melodies with Tonic Harmonies
Playing by Ear | Repertoire | Improvising |
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Row, Row, Row Your boat, p. 31 | Sumer Is Icumen in, p. 35 | Epigram, p. 33 |
Unit 3 – Major and Minor Melodies with Tonic and Dominant Harmonies in Root Position
Playing by Ear | Repertoire | Improvising |
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Shoo Fly, p. 69 | Variations on The Irish Washerwoman, p. 77 | Dream Song, p. 71 |
Hey, Ho Anybody Home? p. 69 | Zepperl Polka, p. 78 |
Unit 4 – Major and Minor Melodies with Tonic and Dominant Harmonies in Inversions
Unit 5 – Major and Minor Melodies with Tonic, Subdominant, and Dominant Harmonies in Inversions
Correction to page 68
My students and I found a typo on page 68, the Unit 2 Crossword Puzzle. Download the corrected one here:
Crossword_Unit_2_Page_68_Corrected.pdf
See also: Sample Pages