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Ukulele Resources
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Distance Learning
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Drama Club
Rehearsal CD
Accompaniment CD
Rehearsal Videos
Auditions
All State Treble Chorus
Music Room News
Music Monday Newsletters
Musician of the Month
November 2019: Buffy Sainte-Marie
October 2019: Edvard Hagerup Grieg
September 2019: Gabriela Lena Frank
Elm Street Singers
About Ms. Schorr
My Teaching Philosophy
Recorder Resources
Recorder Basics
Recorder Karate
Ukulele Resources
Fun Music Websites
Family Corner
Playing the Recorder
"I love leftovers" - keep your left hand on top and your right hand on the foot joint (bell).
All finger-holes are completely covered with flat fingers.
Pressing fingers down so that you can see little “bug-bites” when you lift them off the recorder.
Tonguing Technique: tapping your tongue against the tip of the recorder as if you are saying “Tu”.
Copy of Recorder Common Assessment
Here is the rubric I will use to evaluate students playing! To earn a recorder belt, students need all 3's and 4's.
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