A little breath.
A little music.
Learn to play recorder, one clear note at a time. Free lessons for soprano and alto, from your first sound to your favourite sonata.
Start with your first soundNeed an instrument? Choose your recorder.
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Three notes can make a song.
Listen to a slow practice version of the opening of Hot Cross Buns. You will learn these fingerings in your first three lessons.
Your first few visits
Keep it short. A few comfortable minutes are enough to begin. Move on when your sound feels steady.
- Find your sound
Get comfortable, seal the holes and make one gentle, clear note.
- Let two notes talk
Move one finger and listen to a little melody take shape.
- Play your first tune
Add a third note and put them together in a familiar song.
Find a comfortable place to begin
Already play a little? Choose by what you can do today. It is always fine to revisit an earlier lesson.
- Absolute beginnerStart here if you are new, or would like to rebuild the basics.
- Early beginnerYou can play simple tunes and move comfortably through your first scale.
- Lower intermediateYou can read simple rhythms and are ready to explore more keys and ornaments.
- Upper intermediateYou play in several keys and want more fluency, range and Baroque style.
- AdvancedYou are comfortable across two octaves and ready for complete sonatas and demanding repertoire.
Play something you love
Folk songs, Renaissance dances and Baroque sonatas, with notation you can hear and fingerings you can check.