Recorder Foundation

Recorder Foundation

Recorder Foundation

Recorder Foundation

This familiar nursery rhyme has been given a cheeky accompaniment to enable
older children to play a young child’s tune without losing their pride! Divide the
class into two groups: one plays while the other provides the Baas – swap parts
when the tune repeats. Everyone plays the last bar.
Notes used: G, A, B
Key: G major
Time signature: 4/4
Note values: semibreve, crotchet
Rest values: semibreve rest, crotchet rest
Anything else? Baas!

Use tambours or tambourines to play the accompaniment to this piece. Look at
the 16 bars as a 2-bar intro and four 4-bar phrases: rst and third phrases are the
same and simple; the second phrase is a little harder; the fourth phrase is more
dicult. (You could divide players into three/four groups.)
Notes used: G, A, B
Key: G major
Time signature: 4/4
Note values: dotted minim, minim, crotchet
Rest values: whole bar rest, crotchet rest
Anything else? untuned percussion accompaniment

An introduction to 3/4 that includes gently swaying from side to side. The bar
immediately after the swaying is deliberately empty to allow students to get back
into a good playing position. The piece is in three sections (8 bars each): while
students are learning it you could divide the class into three groups, one to play each
section. Look at the piece in four bar sections, and ask students whether any two
section of music are the same (bars 5-8 are the same as bars 29-32).
Notes used: G, A, B
Key: G major
Time signature: 3/4
Note values: dotted minim, crotchet
Rest values: whole bar rest, crotchet rest
Anything else? swaying gently from side to side

Recorder Repertoire

Recorder Repertoire