Recorders Dance and Sing: Lower Intermediate Level
Level Description
Music selected from the Grade 4 and 5 books
Descant/Tenor Range: low C to high C.
Treble Range: low F to high F
Keys: to three sharps and three flats. Other chromatic notes over the full two octave range may occur as accidentals
Time Signatures: Time signatures as for Foundation level plus six/four, twelve/four and three/two
Note values: Note values as for Foundation level, plus more extended use of semiquavers, quaver triplets and their rests
A wider variety of ornaments, including some trill fingerings, will also be taught, as appropriate to period and genre
Music selected from the Grade 4 and 5 books
Descant/Tenor Range: low C to high C.
Treble Range: low F to high F
Keys: to three sharps and three flats. Other chromatic notes over the full two octave range may occur as accidentals
Time Signatures: Time signatures as for Foundation level plus six/four, twelve/four and three/two
Note values: Note values as for Foundation level, plus more extended use of semiquavers, quaver triplets and their rests
A wider variety of ornaments, including some trill fingerings, will also be taught, as appropriate to period and genre
After purchasing the tutorial, you will receive an email with a link to a page where you can watch the video and download plain and marked-up PDFs of the music. Mary will send this to you within 48 hours of receiving your order, depending on her schedule – unfortunately it is not possible to offer an automatic 'on-demand' service at the present time.
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Stanley – Allegro Andante: Preview
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Stanley – Allegro Andante
£13 A charmingly elegant movement from John Stanley’s 6th Solo for flute, which provides recorder players with a lovely addition to our repertoire from the early classical period. Plenty to enjoy, no really difficult passage-work to negotiate; so the focus is on developing poised, elegant articulation; and neat finger work which enables the ornaments (simple or fuller) to remain light and graceful. Due to offering two levels of ornamentation this tutorial is a little longer than usual – why not start with the simple but effective option, then progress to the more complex ornaments when you feel ready? Recorder Practice Book: Grade 5 Treble |
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Couperin – Canaries & Double Part 1: Preview
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Couperin – Canaries & Double, Part 1: Descant or Tenor
Part one: £10 | Package of both tutorials: £15 These tutorials look at a poignant Canaries by Francois Couperin, together with its Double variation. Part 1 looks at the overall style and introduces playing inegale, but uses just a few, simple ornaments. Part 2 introduces more complex ornamentation, based on Couperin’s original, so is more authentic but requires a higher degree of dexterity. Whether you stay with the simpler version or add the extra ornaments, our goal is to transport us back to the supremely mannered world of Versailles during the reign of Louise XIV. In this preview I demonstrate the simpler, Part 1 version the first time round, but use the Part 2 ‘Suggested Performance’ score on the repeats. I have absolutely loved exploring and playing this Canaries, I hope you do too. Recorder Practice Book: Grade 5 Descant or tenor |
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Telemann – Aria: Preview
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Telemann – Aria 6 from Partita No. 1: Descant or Tenor
£10 A light-hearted, slightly quirky movement from the first of Telemann’s Six Partitas. This ‘Aria’ suits the descant really well but also fits the tenor just fine. The focus is on accurately playing a duplet rhythm across a 3/8 bar; also practise methods to help you neatly negotiate an extended passage of continuous semiquavers whilst playing in two flats. Recorder Practice Book: Grade 5: Descant or Tenor |
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Ezra Read – Golden Hours: Preview
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Ezra Read – Golden Hours: Treble
£10 A boisterous ‘barn dance’ from the Edwardian music hall. It may be in the Grade 4 book, but up-to-tempo this could also provide a fun work-out for more advanced players. The focus will be on developing a cheeky, tongue-in-cheek interpretation; swinging the dotted rhythms, negotiating some easy key changes and a brief introduction to one or two ‘special effects’, including the ‘wah-wah’! Recorder Practice Book: Grade 4 Treble |
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Two Playford Dances: Preview
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Two Playford Dances – Black & Grey; The 29th of May: Descant or Tenor
£12 A longer tutorial, exploring two contrasting dances from Playford’s Dancing Master. Black and Grey, is a really fun, foot stomper of a rant so plenty of articulation detail to look at here. The 29th of May is better known as the children’s hymn, All things bright & beautiful, but was originally a 17thC dance which was also used as a ballad tune. We will look at ways of producing a playing edition from these two versions of the same tune, whilst attempting to throw out of the window our aural memory of the decorous Victorian hymn tune. Recorder Practice Book: Grade 4 Descant |
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