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Bancalari-Medieval and Renaissance Music for Recorder is a unique assortment of 40 short pieces written for soprano/Descant recorder with suggested guitar chords. Selection include: Trouvere (Or la Truix); Estampie; LaRotta; Saltarello; Der Neve Villancico; Basse Dance (La Volunte'); Hoboeckentanz; Der Heiligen Drei Konige Aufzug; Polnischer Tanz; and more. A glossary and brief performance notes are provided.

for Recorders-The Artistic Directors of the award-winning Terra Nova Consort have been in residence at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for over ten years. This their first publication contains over 40 arrangements for recorders of RenaissanceEnglish and Scottish Country-Dance music as early as Playford and up to the present. The arrangements in this book were written and performed by Patricia O'Scannell herself an accomplished recorder player in the context of musicbeing set for dances balls and workshops and are an excellent tool for aspiring players. The settings are for two to four recorders allowing for numerous combinations of voicing depending on what the players have at hand andinclude O'Scannell's insightful comments about style and technique. The music may also be played on a variety of other instruments common to the genre and used by aficionados seeking arrangements for Scottish and Englishrepertoire to play with dancers. Written for intermediate through advanced players with some parts appropriate for beginners this collection will appeal to all serious recorder players.

British Melodies-These English Scottish and Welsh melodies are especially well suited to performance on the soprano recorder. They also provide excellent material for developing skills in rapid tonguing extended breath-control phrasing and theplaying of high notes. Although arranged primarily for soprano recorder most of these solos can be played on tenor or alto recorder. (On the alto use C fingerings.) Old favorites include Bunessan Colonel Bogey My Eyes areFully Open and a few masterpiece solos by Handel and Purcell. Among the newly re-discovered gems are Earl Grey I Wish You Would Marry Me Now Kiss Me Quick My Mother Is Coming and Small Birds Sweetly Singing. A separate fluteedition is available.

Here’s a book you’ll be pulling off the shelf for many Christmases to come. A Celtic Recorder Christmas is a treasury of 24 Irish Scottish Welsh and English holiday carols suitable for both soprano and tenorinstruments. Simple duets for two recorders a round for three and arrangements for solo recorder with guitar chords are all printed on a large easy to read staff and lavishly adorned with Celtic calligraphy. From the hauntinglybeautiful melodies of the Hebrides to the ancient airs of Ireland to the familiar Yuletide tunes of Wales England and Scotland these songs are sure to warm your heart and rouse the spirit of this giving season in a way noother music can.

Recorder/Solos. A small but representative collection of well-known and lesser-known beautiful melodies from the Balkans. The carefully-chosen melodies offer a rich enjoyable and varied book. The arrangements and otheradaptations (keys ornaments etc.) have been introduced to make this beautiful South-Eastern European music more suitable for performance on the recorder. It is recommended to repeat each piece 3-4 times because the melodies(like all folk songs in the world) are very short. A free piano accompaniment plus audio downloads are available for use with this title. Free audio files and piano accompaniment available.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning Musical Genre : Children Number of pages : 76 Mel Bay's Children's Recorder Method is a new recorder method which stands on its own. There is an imaginative accompaniment CD which makes even the simplest one-note exercise into an attractive experience for the young student, and there are lyrics to all the songs. Large notes are used throughout and each melody is attractively illustrated. Clear and concise instructions introduce technique and notation concepts gradually. These books use many Icelandic songs and folk songs, some of which may even date from the time of Leif Eriksson! This gives the method a unique flavor and allows the introduction of many unusual melodic and rhythmic elements. This second book carries on where the first left off, introducing F-sharp and B-flat and includes some duets.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning Musical Genre : Native American Number of pages : 176 This book contains 20 chapters addressing everything from the origin and design of the Native American flute to a method for learning to play the instrument and read its music. Together with the fingering exercises presented in eight lessons, a number of tunes are included for both the five and six-hole Native American flute. Old standards, indigenous music, and original compositions are presented, meeting the needs of beginning to advanced players. This useful and practical guide to the Native American flute is suitable for either individual or classroom instruction.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Series : Basic Series Number of pages : 56 This fine method for soprano (descant) recorder is a 'rote to note' approach which incorporates teaching concepts similar to those found in Suzuki and Kodaly approaches. Especially good for young children.

Media Type : Book Level : Intermediate-Advanced Musical Genre : World Music Number of pages : 48 For advanced soprano recorder or intermediate flute: 41 arrangements based on spirituals, folk songs, dance tunes, and melodies by African-American composers, plus five solos composed for this collection. Composers include Basile Barès, A. J. R. Conner, Henry Hart, Francis Johnson, and J. W. Postlewaite. Old favorites include Banyan Tree, Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, Doctor Bird, Down by the Riverside, and Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit. Includes fingering chart for high notes, performance notes, and suggestions for use with sound system and/or percussion. Supported by Internet-accessible melody-specific Historical Notes for all the solos.