May 1, 2014
It's time for everyone's favorite part of elementary music--what we waited all the way to fourth grade for... RECORDER! This details a first lesson for playing the recorder. The procedure for this lesson says to begin by teaching fingerings for the first three notes: G, A, and B. You can then learn "Cross Hot Buns" by starting with rhythm, then adding fingers, and finally playing all together. I think I might try to incorporate the aural learning techniques I discussed in an earlier post. I would probably teach them the fingerings and then do a call and response type of exercise. It would hopefully keep them from being overwhelmed and at the same time reinforce some great musical imitation skills.
