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Establishing a recorder
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Primary teacher music resource developed by The Arts Unit
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Establishing a recorder
The recorder - an instrument of mass instruction
The recorder - an instrument of mass instruction
Getting your students recorder ready!
Festival of Instrumental Music 2019
Watch the introduction video as Susan Sukkar - Arts Coordination Officer discusses the aims and objectives of this resource.
Introduction
Duration: 00:53
Why start a recorder ensemble?
Why start a recorder ensemble?
The recorder is an accessible and beautiful instrument which can be used as a springboard to music literacy and a foundational instrument for all other woodwind instruments such as flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and saxophone. It is cheap and lends itself well to group tuition.
Music education aids a sense of well-being. It enhances emotional and cognitive development and encourages socialisation and creativity.
Playing the recorder requires the learner to perform, listen and compose. It may be used to introduce all the concepts of music including pitch, beat, rhythm, tempo, structure, tone colour and dynamics as well as music reading skills, fully aligning with the Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus.
About this resource
About this resource
This teacher resource provides a series of tools that can be used to assist you with the establishment and smooth running of your school recorder ensemble.
This resource can be used in sequence or you can select the buttons or links below to go to the sections of interest to you.
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Third-party content attributions
Third-party content attributions
Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus, © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2006, copied under s113P, accessed .
Festival of Instrumental Music, 2019, photographer: Anna Warr.
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