Children's Recorder Method Volume 2

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 youngstudent,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 manyIcelandicsongs 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 bookcarries onwhere the first left off, introducing F-sharp and B-flat and includes some duets.

• 1. Fun German folk song Sharps/ F sharp
• 2. Old Man Noah Bellman Bellman C for common time
• 3. Lullaby from Poland Polish folk song Anon. duet in thirds
• 4. Bird on the Seashore Icelandic folk song Anon. fermata
• 5. Polly-Wolly-Doodle American folk song Anon. slurs
• 6. The Troll in the Hole Icelandic folk song Anon. long notes/half rests
• 7. Poor old Grimm Icelandic folk song Anon. mixed time sigs.
• 8. Icelandic Lullaby Icelandic folk song Anon. dotted quarter note
• 9. Love and Hate M.J.C. Thorarinn Eldjárn D / opposites
• 10. The Cuckoo French song Anon. echo dynamics/volta
• 11. London’s Burning English round Trad. 4-part round playing
• 12. Shake your Left Leg Out German song Anon. articulation, dance rhythms
• 13. We are Three Tin Soldiers unknown Anon. eighths and sixteenths/bugle call
• 14. Ode to Joy Beethoven Schiller symphonic music, increasing dynamics
• 15. Marching, Marching Danish song Anon. ostinato, speech rhythm
• 16. Little Birds up in the Tree Icelandic round Anon. 3-part round
• 17. Hi, Hi, Ho! German folk song Páll J. ´Ardal vivace / discordant accompaniment
• 18. The Bridge of Avignon French folk song Anon. tenuto, staccato
• 19. Ten Little Fingers Anon. Anon. arpeggio, practice
• 20. Stop your Crying Icelandic folk song Anon. phrasing, legato
• 21. Pass the Secret all Around Icelandic folk song Anon. musical game
• 22. The Silver Moon French folk song Anon. dolce, soft gentle fairytale
• 23. The Moonstones Hungarian folk song Anon. cantabile, modal harmony
• 24. Colors German folk song Anon. playing ostinati
• 25. If I were a Singer von Weber Páll J. ´Ardal famous composer, upbeats
• 26. The Boatbuilder Swedish folk song Anon. accents, anacrusis
• 27. The School Bus Anon. Anon. scherzando, humor in music
• 28. The Butterflies folk song Anon.
• 29. Sleeping Beauty Danish children’s song Anon. interpreting different moods