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← 2.7 Descant Recorder

Posture, breath and tonguing

Creative Arts and Sports · Grade 9 · about 40 minutes

Hold the recorder correctly and produce a steady tone using gentle breath and tonguing.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. The descant recorder: parts and care
  2. Posture, breath and tonguing
  3. Fingering F, G, A, B flat and C
  4. Fingering D, E and F
  5. The technique of pinching
  6. Playing the F major scale
  7. Crescendo and diminuendo
  8. Playing a melody in F major
  9. Practising and recording a solo
  10. Performing a recorder solo