The recorder is the most accessible of the serious instruments — it asks only for your breath and your attention.
Learn to Play Recorder
Start here
- Choose a recorder — plastic is fine, even excellent.
- Hold it properly — the most common cause of squeaks.
- Begin Lesson 1 — B and A, two notes only.
Or pick your level
- Absolute beginner
- Weeks 1–12. Your first notes and simple songs — the B·A·G sequence.
- Early beginner
- Months 3–6. The first octave; phrasing and musicality.
- Lower intermediate
- Months 6–12. Key signatures, ornamentation, Renaissance repertoire.
- Upper intermediate
- Years 1–2. Articulation, Baroque style, complete sonata movements.
- Advanced
- Years 2+. Major Baroque sonatas and virtuoso technique.
- Songs library
- Over 200 pieces across four books, every one with playback and fingerings.
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