This delightful and engaging Recorder Method "was "invented" by Barb Philipak. I have used this method for quite a few years now and the students are so pumped! Listed below are the songs that your child will practice and learn throughout the year. Also listed below is a recorder grading rubric. As always-give me a call or email me if you have any questions. www.musick8.com/rkdojo/rkdojo.tpl


Belt Song Notes
White Hot Cross Buns GAB
Yellow Gently Sleep GAB
Orange Merrily We Roll Along GAB
Green It's Raining EGA
Purple Old MacDonald Had A Farm DEGAB
Blue When The Saints Go Marching In GABC'D'
Red Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star DEF#GAB
Brown Amazing Grace DEGABD'
Black Ode To Joy DGABC'D'

Recorder Grading Rubric

4 Plays with very few mistakes and has good tone, rhythm, and tonguing.
3 Plays with a few mistakes in pitches, rhythm, and tonguing.
2 Plays with several mistakes in pitches, rhythm, or using correct tonguing.
1 Plays with many mistakes in pitches, rhythm, or in fingering a particular note, or does not use correct tonguing.
0 Plays with many mistakes in pitches and rhythm, poor tone, many starts and stops, does not use correct tonguing, and/or seems very unsure of fingerings.