DK's How to Play the Recorder is a highly visual and user-friendly guide for anyone learning to play the recorder on their own, and it is also a perfect companion to recorder lessons. The book is structured in a way that challenges readers without overwhelming them. Notes are clearly introduced at appropriate stages with specially selected musical pieces that provide context and a sense of achievement. A range of useful hints and tips offer additional guidance and encouragement.

"Aimed at complete beginners, children can easily follow the clear and simple diagrams and photos to learn their first notes, play fun tunes and gain confidence playing their first recorder! This great beginner's book also provides a great introduction to reading and playing music, includes a fun pull-out Wall Chart to help with practice, and will have kids playing their first tunes in no time." --P. [4] of cover.

Teach yourself how to play recorder with our easy recorder lessons for beginners. ***Comes with online access to free recorder videos and audio for all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score and recorder animation for easy music learning.*** "Excellent material! I have used this book with beginners from 5 years to 15! Highly recommended!" - R. Martins, Norman OK Progressive Beginner Recorder contains all you need to know to start learning to be a great recorder player - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson recorder tutorial. Suitable for all ages and all brands of recorders. No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the recorder is required to teach yourself to learn to play recorder from this book. Teach yourself: • How to play recorder • How to play the recorder notes and recorder scales in four major keys and three minor keys • All the fundamental breathing techniques of recorder playing • How to read music notes for recorder • How to read recorder rhythms required for beginner recorder songs • Practical recorder theory for learning how to read recorder music for beginners • Recorder tips and recorder tricks that every player should know when learning recorder • Shortcuts for how to learn the recorder fast by getting the most from recorder practice sessions Contains everything you need to know to learn to play the recorder today. Features include: • Progressive step-by-step easy beginners recorder lessons written by a professional recorder teacher • Easy-to-read recorder fingerings and recorder music • Full color photos and diagrams • Recorder finger chart • 90 recorder exercises and popular easy recorder songs for beginners in classical recorder, jazz recorder, blues recorder, rock recorder, traditional and folk recorder styles (includes recorder notes for Jingle Bells and Ode to Joy recorder style) Beginner recorder lessons have never been this easy for anyone who wants to learn how to play the recorder, fast. LearnToPlayMusic.com's recorder lessons for beginners are used by students and recorder teachers worldwide to learn how to play recorder. For over 30 years, our team of professional authors, composers and musicians have crafted recorder lesson books that are a cut above the rest. We offer a huge selection of music instruction books that cover many different instruments and styles in print, eBook and app formats. Awarded the 'Quality Excellence Design' (QED) seal of approval for eBook innovation, LearnToPlayMusic.com continues to set the standard for quality music education resources.

Written for easy recorder, this book and recorder pack gives you everything you need to start playing today! The book features big, easy-to-read notes, a beginner's guide to playing the recorder, and a clear, simple introduction to reading music. Includes a red recorder. Seven themes from the first four Harry Potter movies are included. Titles: Double Trouble * Fawkes the Phoenix * Harry's Wondrous World * Hedwig's Theme * Hogwarts Forever! * Hogwarts' March * Nimbus 2000.

A great introduction to the fundamentals of Recorder playing and understanding music. All examples sound great and are fun to play. Covers a variety of styles including Classical, Jazz, Blues, Pop and Rock in four major and three minor keys. Includes an interactive CD & DVD.

Recorder From The Beginning: Pupil's Book 1 (2004 Edition) is the full-colour revised edition of John Pitts' best-selling recorder course. The eight extra pages in Book 1 have allowed for some new tunes and rounds, whilst retaining the well-known favourites that have helped to make the scheme such an enduring success. This is the book we all learned from as children and is still, successfully, teaching today's youth how to play the Recorder.