Those notes, and more, are learned in the intermediate volume, Beyond the Nine-Note Recorder Method.įinally, instruction is expanded to include high C and D in Parts 8 and 9 of the Nine-Note Recorder Method, when students are competent enough to handle the instrument with less physical contact. Beginners should only learn the easiest notes to experience success B flat and low C are two very difficult notes, causing frustration. Those methods which use F natural must also teach B flat (and you thought F natural was tricky!) and low C (which makes producing low D look easy and is quite a stretch for little hands).

F Accelerator Linkage Carburetor Spring Tab F marked Ford GPW Willys MB. Completely avoiding F natural, only F sharp is presented in The Nine-Note Recorder Method. Swann SWDVR-84100H DVR8-4100 8 Channel 960H Digital Video Recorder with 1TB HDD. Going down to E and D keeps more contact with the instrument, whereas high C and D have very little contact with the instrument causing a loss of control.Īfter thoroughly learning these 5 notes by playing many pentatonic songs, students have developed familiarity with the recorder, more dexterity, and more confidence. Students must be taught to aim their air stream low and to blow softly, as over-blowing will produce the tone an octave higher. The fingering is easy simply add the 3rd finger. By introducing low E as the next note, right-handed students more accepting of the correct hand placement. Right-handed youngsters resist playing recorder with the left hand on the top because they want to use their dominant hand. This involves the right hand very early in the course. In The Nine-Note Recorder Method, low E is presented next. It is important with this note to make sure that your fingers are covering the holes. Your Right Thumb will support the recorder as it does when you play G, A and B. 2 - Right Ring Finger covers the 6th hole (Both Big and Little holes) 3 - Right Pinky covers the holes on the foot joint. (doesnt matter what note, G for C recorders & C for F recorders. 1 - Right Index Finger covers the 4th Hole. Other instructors believe that the logical choice after B, A, G is to go down. play long, doesnt matter if you over blow. Another big drawback is that students who continue with recorder must re-learn in the Baroque fingering system to play in an ensemble. However, German recorders are not in tune. Some instructors choose German-fingered recorders rather than Baroque recorders to avoid the challenging F fingering. On soprano recorder, F is tricky to finger: forked (fingers 1, 3 and 4) for F natural or bunny-ears, or long horns, (fingers 2 and 3) for F sharp. Those who think going up to high C and D should be taught next have their reasons. High F on Recorder If we want to play a high F on recorder we have to plug the openings, or better said, the holes: With our left hand the one, two and three and also the back hole which we will have to cover only a part, about the half With our right hand we will cover the fourth and sixth hole. But the debate rages over whether the next notes learned should be higher or lower. There is no question that recorder instruction begins with B, A, and G.

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