Learn Recorder for Christmas: a step-by-step introduction to the recorder for Adult Beginners and Refreshers based entirely on Christmas music. - Softcover

Oosthuizen, Amanda; Oosthuizen, Jemima

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1705588255 ISBN 13: 9781705588253

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

Learn Recorder for Christmas is a clear, no-nonsense approach to learning the recorder for Adult Beginners and Refreshers based entirely on Christmas music. It includes 36 traditional Christmas Carols arranged for Descant (Soprano) Recorder with tunes and exercises to enable rapid learning arranged in 21 progressive lessons. Each lesson includes a Warm-Up, Technical Exercises, and Christmas music, with music theory (using UK musical terms - crotchets, quavers etc.) presented on a need-to-know basis. Soundtracks and lyrics to the carols are available free to listen and download on our website.

This book is ideal for complete beginners, and those who would like to refresh their recorder skills. The tunes and exercises have large, easy-to-read musical notes with plenty of fingering charts to help you on your way.

Includes: Away in a Manger; Carol of the Bells; Carol of the Drum; Coventry Carol; Deck the Halls; Ding Dong, Merrily on High; Fum, Fum, Fum; Gaudete; Gloucestershire Wassail; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Good; King Wenceslas; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, In Dulci Jubilo, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, In the Bleak; Midwinter; I Saw Three Ships; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; Jingle Bells; Joy to the World; O Come All Ye Faithful; O Come, O Come Emmanuel; O Little Town of Bethlehem; O Tannenbaum; Once in Royal David’s City; Pat-a-Pan; See Amid the Winter’s Snow; Silent Night; Sussex Carol; The First Nowell; The Huron Carol; The Holly and the Ivy; Twelve Days of Christmas; We Three Kings; We Wish You a Merry Christmas, and While Shepherds Watched.

More coming from The Ruby Recorder very soon. Look out for our solo, duet, trio and ensemble music arranged for different playing levels and for mixed instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe, Saxophone, Recorder, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, French Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass, Mini-bassoon, Tenoroon, Guitar etc. We have a spectacular variety of duet books, a gargantuan selection of festive books (including Christmas, Valentine’s and Halloween!), theory puzzle books for very young recorder players and even downloadable playalong and backing tracks and sheet music on our website. Just visit http://WildMusicPublications.com

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Testimonials

Hi there - I'm just emailing you to tell you how much I love your Oboe duet books, especially the vast range of Christmas music! I have all of them!
I'm an oboe and double bass teacher (I know!) based in Dublin, and I am very much a Christmas enthusiast. I'm known among my students for wearing Christmas socks 365 days a year (they've checked!!)
I've taken on some double bass students this year, and I'll be buying your double bass Xmas duets to play with them. Given the brilliance of the oboe books, I'm really looking forward to it. Many thanks and keep up the good work! Eimear

Hi there! I have been wishing for a long time there was such a thing as instrument specific theory books, and now I've found them. I intend to get your whole selection of flute books- they are excellent. I just wanted to tell you how great I think your books are! xxx Janine

The children are loving the books! Particularly my little violinist who needs a fair amount of encouragement to get practising but he’s so excited about Christmas that I can’t stop him sight reading his way through the carols...!! Clare

May I say how pleased I was to find that you now produce a piano accompaniment to go with the flute/clarinet parts. Now that I have the piano part it will make our playing even better. Many thanks. Sylvia

Your music books are great for beginners and improvers and the duet books are very well constructed. Ellen

I am loving your books. Jessie

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1705588255
• ISBN 13: 9781705588253
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80