Ms. Kasper's Music Pages - Recorder Resources

Recorder Karate!

This slideshow has all of the songs we are learning to earn our karate belts. There are usually two options for each color belt and students may learn whichever they prefer. To earn a belt students must play the song with the correct notes and the correct rhythms. The recordings in the slideshow can help you. Please DO NOT test if you aren't completely ready to play for me. I won't pass anyone onto the next level until they show me they are ready. You WILL have to work for your belts.

Students may test in 3 ways:

Play the song for me during our class time
Come to school at 8:10 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Fridays to practice and play before school begins
Record a video of yourself playing the song and share it with me by email (awesthaver@longmeadow.k12.ma.us)

Recorder Karate Book 1 with options

Duets - two players play two different parts at the same time.

These are twist belts -

White/Black - The Robin Yellow/Black - The Streets of Laredo

Orange/Black - Country Dance Green/Black - Scarborough Fair

I am certainly not Mr. Gray but he has put together an extensive and excellent collection or recorder playalong videos for beginners as well as for more advanced players. We'll use some in class but I encourage you to check them out on your own!

Music with Mr Gray

The Robin.pdf

Please ask your child to play for you and encourage them to practice at home. They can access recordings of songs we've done in class by going to recorderdojo.com and entering the user names and passwords listed in the boxes below. It will definitely help them to be better players if they play with the music/recordings. Their written music is in the files as well so they don't need their folders at home (unless they need the letter names written in for their notes).

GAB Practice

EGAB Practice

DEGAB Practice

Recorder Karate Book

This is the original Recorder Karate book for white, yellow, orange, purple, red, brown, and black. Remember that "Jingle Bells" has replaced the "When the Saints" for the blue belt and "Who Has Seen the Wind" has replaced "It's Raining" for the green belt.

You can access the Recorder Karate Dojo to hear all of the songs and accompaniments. Go to recorderdojo.com and enter the following information:

user: karate pw: rubric

Pages coming ASAP!

This is the Recorder Karate 2 book which contains all of the songs to earn Black Belt Degree beads plus a good number of extra songs for fun.

You can access the Recorder Karate Dojo to hear all of the songs and accompaniments. Go to recorderdojo.com and enter the following information:

user: karate2 pw: blackb3lt

Pages coming ASAP!

This is the Recorder Karate Dojo Duets book which contains some of the songs to earn twisted belts. The first four duets come from another book and are only available in class for now.

You can access the Recorder Karate Dojo to hear all of the songs and accompaniments. Go to recorderdojo.com and enter the following information:

user: duets pw: dojo4fun

Pages coming ASAP!

This is the Recorder Karate Dojo Duets 2 book which contains some of the songs to earn beads for your twisted belts. There are several other songs which come from another book and are only available in class for now.

You can access the Recorder Karate Dojo to hear all of the songs and accompaniments. Go to recorderdojo.com and enter the following information:

user: dojo pw: du3ts2

Recorder Club 2020

Recorder Club 2023

Recorder Club

This slide show above has all of the music we'll be working on in Recorder Club this spring. It also has recordings you can play along with. This is a great way to practice playing the correct rhythms with a steady beat!

Check your fingerings for new notes on the chart to the right.