Understanding the Diagrams
The numbers on the fingers show which fingers should be used to press down the keys as shown in the fingering diagrams at the bottom of the page.
How To Hold The Recorder
To learn how to hold the recorder, it is best to place your hands in position to play the note B. The first step is to cover the hole at the back of the recorder with your left thumb and cover the top hole on the front of the recorder with the first finger of your left hand. In this position, you have the fingering for the note B as shown in the diagram. Next place your right thumb on the back of the recorder lower down the body. The main role of the right thumb is to support the weight of the recorder as you play.
The Note B
Class Sessions
1- The Triplet
2- The Eighth Note
3- The Note E
4- The Note Low D
5- New Topic
6- The Dotted Quarter Note
7- Flat Signs
8- The Note High E
9- 12 Bar Blues
10- The Note Low C
11- The Sixteenth Note
12- The Note High F
13- Transposing
14- The Note Sharp (C<span class="symbolA">#</span>)
15- The Note High G
16- More About Major Scales
17- Simple and compound time
18- Glossary Of Musical Terms
19- The Note F
20- The Note C
21- The Note D
22- The Note A
23- Slurs
24- The Half Note
25- The Whole Note and Whole Rest
26- Understanding the Diagrams
27- The D Major Scale
28- Playing Your First Note
29- Keeping Time
30- The F Major Scale
31- Sixteenth Note Figures
32- Minor Keys and Scales
33- Swing Rhythms
34- Index of Fingerings
35- Duets
36- Riffs
37- Approach To Practice
38- The Octave
39- Breathing Technique
40- Key Signature
41- The Lead-in
42- Chord Symbols
43- Combining Different Articulations
44- The C Major Scale
45- First And Second Endings
46- Flat Key Signatures
47- The key of F Major
48- Where to Breathe
49- The Key of C Major
50- How To Read Music
51- Syncopation
52- The Tie
53- Relative Keys
54- Breathing Exercises
55- Other Useful Exercises