recorders
Wee Willie Winkie
Lyrics (Folk song) Wee Willie Winkie, run through the town,Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown.Rapping at the windows, Crying through the locks,“Are the children in their beds? It is eighth o’clock!” Game All students stand in a circle, holding hands …
Ally Bally
Lyrics (Scottish folk song) Ally Bally, Ally Bally Bee,Sittin’ on your daddy’s knee,Greetin’* for a wee pennyTo buy some Coulter’s candy. *greeting = crying (source) See also Scottish folk songs songs about family songs with half notes recorder DEF#GABD’ songs …
Way Down South
Lyrics (Traditional chant) Way down South where bananas grow, Grasshopper stepped on an elephant’s toe. Elephant cried with tears in his eyes, “Pick on somebody your own size!” See also chants EGA recorder songs songs with sixteenth notes (or available …
Oy Chanukah oy Chanukah
Lyrics – Transliteration (Jewish folk song, Yiddish) Oy Chanukah oy ChanukahA yontif a sheyner,A lustiker a freylekherNisht do nokh azoynerAle nakht mit dreydlech shpiln mir,Frishe heyse latkes, esn on a shir. Geshvinder, tsindt kinderDi Chanukah likhtlech on,Zogt “Al Hanisim”, loybt …
Hop Old Squirrel
Lyrics (Folk song) 1. Hop old squirrel, eidledum, eidledum… 2. Jump old squirrel… 3. Run old squirrel… 4. Hide old squirrel… Game Formation: Students sit on the floor in a circle. Verse 1 – One student is the “squirrel” (“It”) …
Recorder patterns
I use these patterns for warm-ups with recorders. Then the students use these patterns to write their own pieces of music. Practice these patterns and tell students to use them as guides to composing their own original compositions. Visuals (See …
Gobble Gobble
Lyrics (Melody B. Thompson, Lyrics Anonymous) The turkey is a funny birdIts head goes bobble-bobble;And all he knows is just one word,And that is gobble gobble! Other Poems to use with so-mi Fat Turkey’s Song Oh, gobble, gobble, gobble,Fat turkeys, …
Recorder fingerings
Recorder Fingering & Staff Visuals (See downloads at bottom of page. Each number has a corresponding button.) 1 2 3 3 See also Recorder Fingering Assessments recorder songs & resources treble clef visuals Fingering / Staff Visuals (printable …
Why use recorders?
Reasons to Use Recorders* A melody instrument – with the ability to sustain tones. Many of the other Orff instruments don’t hold those half and whole notes. Helpful for those students who can’t match pitch or are uncoordinated with mallets. …
Hole in the Middle of the Sea
Lyrics (Folk song) There’s a hole in the middle of the sea,There’s a hole in the middle of the sea,There’s a hole, there’s a hole,There’s a hole in the middle of the sea, There’s a log in the hole in …
