Transcript STUFF TO KNOW ABOUT PLAYING AND TESTING

STUFF TO KNOW ABOUT PLAYING AND
TESTING
• POSTURE - Band SLANT (Sit up,Listen, Ask and answer
questions, Nod your head, Track the Teacher), Rest Position
and Playing Position
• HANDS - Left hand top and Right hand bottom
(recorder and almost ever wind instrument requires the left
hand to be at the top, it does not matter if you are right
handed, it may take practice, but the right hand is needed
to play notes on the bottom of the recorder.
• BREATHING - backwards “whoa” or the wind tunnel
• TONGUING - say “Too” or “Tah”
• FINGERS - “Leaks make squeaks.”
(Cover the holes with the pads of your fingers NOT the tips.)
RECORDER KARATE BASICS
1. History of the Recorder
2. How to Play the Recorder
3. How to Count Rhythms
4. How to Read the Notes
5. Fingering Charts
Posture on the Recorder
Rest Position- recorder on lap
Playing Position- recorder in hands
Hand Position
Correct Hand Position
Incorrect Hand position
• Anything that does not look
like the picture to the left.
• Holding the bottom of the
recorder with your left
hand.
• Placing any hand on the
mouthpeice or the bottom
piece (away from the holes)
• Holding the recorder (while
playing with only one
hand!)
Performance Waza
Four-Step Process for playing the
recorder, which looks like this:
1. Clap and say the rhythm.
2. Speak the names of the notes.
3. Sing the names of the notes.
4. Play the notes, with the correct
rhythm.
on the recorder.
How We Count Rhythm Notes
Note Name
Beats
Count
Say
Quarter note
1
1
tah
Quarter rest
1
1 count of silence
Eighth note pair
1
1&
Ti-ti
Eighth note
½
“1” or just “&”
ti
1½
1-2
Tum-ti
Half note
2
1& 2&
To-o
Half rest
2
2 counts of silence
Dotted half note
3
1-2-3
Whole note
4
1-2-3-4
Whole rest
4
4 counts of silence
Dotted quarter
note
Rhythm Symbols
To-o-o
To-o-o-o
Pitch- the sound a note makes in
music
Recorder Karate Belt Test Rubric
The following skills must be demonstrated in order to pass out of a song:
• _____ Students must read the music from the staff and be able to name all the
notes.
• _____ Proper breath support – breathing from the stomach, not the chest.
• _____ Proper tonguing – using the tongue to start the sound of each not instead
of puffs of air
• _____ Left hand plays on top, right hand on bottom.
• _____ No more than 3 mistakes throughout the piece.
• _____ Receive no behavior consequence on a belt test day of an Infraction or
Improvement Zone.
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Password: Rubric
Measure 1
2
To-o to-o
Tah
tah
3
to-o (sh-sh) to-o
tah
tah
tah
4
to-o
tah
to-o (sh-sh)
tah
tah
Pitch- the sound a note makes in
music
Mini Lesson
Basic Techniques
1. Rhythm-a pattern of beats or
counts in music
•
= 2 counts or beats
2. Breath Mark-take a quick
breath right before the next
note
Pitch- the sound a note makes in
music
Mini Lesson: Eighth –Note
• Notes can be upside-down
• 1 Eighth-note by itself is only ½ of a beat
• Eighth-notes are usually beamed (connected)
together
• The 1st Eighth-note is the number
the 2nd Eighth-note you say “and”
An easy way to count each Eighth-note is to say “ti”.
Tah to-o tah tah
To-o
to-o tah tah to-o
tah tah
to-o tah tah tah ti - ti tah tah tah ti - ti
ti - ti
tah
tah
ti - ti
to-o
tah