Music is written on something called a Staff. A staff has five lines and four spaces.
The Recorder reads from Treble Clef. The Treble Clef sign tells us the order of the seven letters of the musical alphabet.
So far students have learned the letters B, A, and G and where they live on the staff.
Additionally, Ms. Clifford/Ms. Hourigan's class have also learned where the letter High C lives on the staff.
Notes are either "Line Notes" or "Space Notes"
The line notes in Treble Clef are E G B D F and the space notes are FACE.
To remember the line notes we think of the sentence Every Good Boy Does Fine and for the spaces we think of the word FACE .
We read the staff from bottom to the top.
The letter B lives on "Line 3", the letter A lives on "Space 2" , the letter G lives on "Line 2" the letter High C lives on "Space 3".
So far students have learned the letters B, A, and G and where they live on the staff.
Additionally, Ms. Clifford/Ms. Hourigan's class have also learned where the letter High C lives on the staff.
Notes are either "Line Notes" or "Space Notes"
The line notes in Treble Clef are E G B D F and the space notes are FACE.
To remember the line notes we think of the sentence Every Good Boy Does Fine and for the spaces we think of the word FACE .
We read the staff from bottom to the top.
The letter B lives on "Line 3", the letter A lives on "Space 2" , the letter G lives on "Line 2" the letter High C lives on "Space 3".
Rhythms- tell us how long or short to play our different letter names. They do not tell us what letter name the note is only how long to play the note.
Rhythms we have learned so far are : whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes.
Rests - are silent and last for the same value that their playable note lasts. For ex. half note - gets 2 counts of playing, half rest gets two counts of silence.
Rhythms we have learned so far are : whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes.
Rests - are silent and last for the same value that their playable note lasts. For ex. half note - gets 2 counts of playing, half rest gets two counts of silence.
A Tutorial video can be found below for learning to play and read the first three letters on the recorder B, A, and G.
Additionally, here is a link for a fun free recorder computer practice game: http://www.joytunes.com/game.php (click on the Recorder version)