Students who are new to playing recorder should start by practicing two things!
Reading music: Practice naming notes (Pitch Identification)
First two notes: C and A
Being able to quickly read the notes on the treble clef staff makes learning the recorder much easier!
Practice for free on musictheory.net
Practice Treble Clef Note Names Practice here
Try Challenge Mode: 1-minute timer
For advanced students: With Ledger Lines
This chart shows how to play the notes used in the black belt songs.
3rd graders just starting recorders should focus on playing only C and A correctly!
Below are the songs from white belt all the way to black belt. Songs must be passed with the teacher, in order, in order to earn each belt.
Belt order:
White
Yellow
Orange
Green
Blue (2 pages)
Purple (2 pages)
Red (2 pages)
Brown (2 pages)
Black