Ms. Littlefield's/Ms. Pugliese's Recorder Ensemble Tuesdays period 3
Students in this section of third grade recorder have been studying the following concepts:
1) Correct Posture/Playing Position for playing the recorder:
a) Sitting up tall with back away from chair
b) using the left hand on top (even if the student is right handed) ** only exception to this is if they have limited use of their left hand due to medical injury.
c)using the fleshy part of their fingers to cover the entire hole (if any part of the hole is uncovered the sound produced will be squeaky.
2) Developing Good Tone Quality
a) Students have learned that they must only take a tiny portion of the mouthpiece into their mouth- taking too much mouthpiece will produce a squeaky tone.
b) Students have learned that in order to produce a beautiful tone they only need to blow into their recorder at the volume level of a "WHISPER" ... overblowing will produce a squeaky loud harsh sound.
c) Students have also learned that if they do not cover the holes completely it will produce a squeaky sound.
3) Music is a language ...
Several components to reading music...
a) Rhythm- students have learned how to recognize and count and clap the following rhythms quarter notes, half notes and whole notes (rhythms tell students how long or short to play each note)
b)Letter Names & the Staff-
-Students have learned that the Staff is made up of five lines and four spaces.
- Recorder reads from treble clef which tells the order of the musical alphabet on the staff.
- The musical alphabet only has seven letters : A, B, C, D, E, F, G and then the letters repeat.
4) Spring Music
Students are continuing their recorder studies and started their first spring concert piece " Lightly Row"
They have learned the notes "High C, & High D" in addition to the letters B,A,G that they previously learned.
They have also been introduced to "time signatures" and a new rhythm of "Eighth notes"
A copy of the notice that went home about concert dates, concert attire and other concert information is available for download:
Students in this section of third grade recorder have been studying the following concepts:
1) Correct Posture/Playing Position for playing the recorder:
a) Sitting up tall with back away from chair
b) using the left hand on top (even if the student is right handed) ** only exception to this is if they have limited use of their left hand due to medical injury.
c)using the fleshy part of their fingers to cover the entire hole (if any part of the hole is uncovered the sound produced will be squeaky.
2) Developing Good Tone Quality
a) Students have learned that they must only take a tiny portion of the mouthpiece into their mouth- taking too much mouthpiece will produce a squeaky tone.
b) Students have learned that in order to produce a beautiful tone they only need to blow into their recorder at the volume level of a "WHISPER" ... overblowing will produce a squeaky loud harsh sound.
c) Students have also learned that if they do not cover the holes completely it will produce a squeaky sound.
3) Music is a language ...
Several components to reading music...
a) Rhythm- students have learned how to recognize and count and clap the following rhythms quarter notes, half notes and whole notes (rhythms tell students how long or short to play each note)
b)Letter Names & the Staff-
-Students have learned that the Staff is made up of five lines and four spaces.
- Recorder reads from treble clef which tells the order of the musical alphabet on the staff.
- The musical alphabet only has seven letters : A, B, C, D, E, F, G and then the letters repeat.
4) Spring Music
Students are continuing their recorder studies and started their first spring concert piece " Lightly Row"
They have learned the notes "High C, & High D" in addition to the letters B,A,G that they previously learned.
They have also been introduced to "time signatures" and a new rhythm of "Eighth notes"
A copy of the notice that went home about concert dates, concert attire and other concert information is available for download:
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