Introducing the Recorder and Music Theory, Book 1, 150 pages
See also:
- Book 1 Introducing the Recorder and Music Theory
- Preface
- Teacher’s Supplement
- Music Theory Introduced
- Sample Pages
- Audio Downloads
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Table of Contents (selections)
Unit 1 – Three-note Melodic Range
- Playing by ear
- Fingering on your recorder for these songs
- Improvising
- Taking dictation
- Sight-reading
- Transposing
- Recorder technique
- Ensemble playing
- Learning about music theory
- Notation
- Steps, skips, and repeats
- Scales
- Half steps and whole steps
- Harmony and texture
- Phrase and form
- Rhythm and meter
- Worksheets
Unit 2 – Pentatonic Melodies
- Playing by ear
- Taking dictation
- Improvising
- Transposing
- Recorder technique
- Sight-reading
- Notation on the G Clef
- Sight-reading on the G Clef
- Learning about music theory
- Recorder technique – five-note pentatonic scales
- “Major”
- “Minor”
- Ensemble playing repertoire
- Limited range
- Extended range
- Worksheets
Unit 3 – Diatonic Melodies – Five-note Range in Major and Minor
- Playing by ear
- Taking dictation
- Improvising
- Notes in the D Major and D Minor scales
- Transposing and distorting
- Notes in four new major keys
- Notes in four new minor keys
- Spelling and drawing five-note diatonic scales
- Recorder technique – five-note diatonic scales
- Sight-reading
- Ensemble playing
- Learning about music theory
- Metrical counting and beat patterns
- Ensemble playing: repertoire
- Worksheets
Unit 4 – Diatonic Melodies – Eight-note Range in Major and Minor
- Playing by ear
- Taking dictation
- Improvising
- Transposing and distorting
- Creating parallel minor scales
- The keyboard
- Building major scales on the keyboard and on the treble staff
- Sight-reading major pieces with the seventh note of the scale
- Sight-reading major pieces with the sixth note of the scale
- The bass clef
- Sight-reading major pieces with the whole scale, Do to Do
- Learning about music theory
- Notation on the grand staff
- Drawing major scales on the grand staff
- Drawing minor scales on the grand staff
- Key signatures for major scales on the grand staff
- Sight-reading major pieces with the whole major scale, So to So
- Repertoire
- Worksheets
Additional Practice Worksheets and Crosswords