Recorder From The Beginning : Blues Rags And Boogies Teacher's Book

This fun collection of graded repertoire with accompanying CD will appeal to pupils and teachers alike. Featuring well-known tunes plus exciting new pieces by John Pitts in authentic blues, ragtime and boogie styles. Suitable for players who have reached the end of Book 1 in the Recorder From The Beginning teaching scheme. / Flûte A Bec Soprano

Pupil's Book 2-Easy duets for descant recorders ranging from Beethoven to the blues to encourage the learning of new notes and rhythms. Suitable for two players or class ensembles with piano accompaniments in the teachers' books. Ideal foruse alongside the Recorder From The Beginning tutor books.

Recorder Quartets (Playing Score)-A new collection of quartets for descant treble tenor and bass recorders by John Pitts. This varied selection of quartets includes Latin American dances hit show tunes folk and classical favourites blues and ragtime pieces and some original compositions by John Pitts. Challenging and wide-ranging the collection is aimed at the more advanced recorder group. In all the pieces all players have a chance to feature. Separate parts are availableseparately code CH65109.

Description The new full-colour revised edition of John Pitts' best-selling recorder course. Book 2 has 13 new items as well as new optional duets. Songlist A Child This Day Is Born Amazing Grace An Eriskay Love Lilt Barnyard Song Boogie Blues Botany Bay Cascadura Beguine Cherry Tree Rag Clementine Cossack Dance Descant Down In Bethlehem Fais Dodo Gavotte God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Good King Wenceslas Grandma Grunts Haul Away Joe I Like The Flowers Incey Wincey Spider Kalinka Kookaburra Kum Ba Ya La Mourisque Land Of The Silver Birch Little Red Wagon London's Burning Manx Lullaby My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean Now All The Forests Are At Rest Old Joe Clark Old Paint One More River Over The Sea To Skye Pokare Kare Polonaise Portuguese Dance Row, Row, Row Your Boat Scarborough Fair Sinner Man Skip To My Lou Tango Chacabuco Ten Green Bottles The Ash Grove The Child's Carol The Fireman's Not For Me The First Nowell The Hollow Elm Tree The Lord Mayor's Parade Tzena Unto Us A Boy Is Born Way Down South What Would You Do? Woofenbacker's Boogie Zulu Lullaby

Easy mixed duets for descant and treble recorders to play together suitable for two players or for class ensembles. The 22 duets feature a wide range of well-known arrangements including folk songs spirituals Latin Americandances blues and classical favourites as well as original pieces by John Pitts. The material is precisely graded so that both the descant and treble parts progress gradually in difficulty and range of notes. The Pupil's bookincludes guitar chord symbols along with suggestions for use of percussion instruments. The Teacher's book contains piano accompaniments for all the pieces as well as some additional pitched/unpitched percussion parts.