Recorder

Focus: Pitch / Rhythm / Composition

Notes: G, A, B, C', D'

Learning Goal: You will perform a rhythmic pattern that you create using half notes (ta-a), quarter notes (ta), and eighth notes (ti-ti).

Minds On! Rhythm is an aspect of the element called duration. It is similar to beat except that it is made up of patterns of long and short sounds and/or silences. It is different than beat because beat is made up of a steady repeated pulse. Rhythm changes everything up! Can you create a rhythm? Can a rhythm sometimes sound like the beat? What do you need to do to make a rhythm when you are blowing through the recorder? What do you use to start and stop the sound on the recorder? How do you make long and short sounds and create silences when blowing through the recorder? 

Checklist: 

In order to move to the next task you will need to:

• use your tongue to separate each note when playing the recorder;

• remember to keep your beat steady and not too fast;

• create an 8-beat rhythm pattern using half- (ta-a), quarter- (ta) and eighth- (ti-ti) notes (draw your rhythm either right-side up (stems on the right), or upside down (stems on the left) like the exemplar);

• play your 8-beat rhythm on the note G, then repeat 4 more times on notes A, B, C', and D' without pausing between notes/repeats