Songs library
The repertoire is the curriculum. Lessons teach you the technique; the music teaches you the rest.
Browsing rather than working in order? Start with Hot Cross Buns (beginner), The Water Is Wide (lower-intermediate), or Handel HWV 360 (advanced).
The four books
- Book 1 · Beginning alto recorder
- Sixty pieces, grades 1–2. From B·A·G down to low C and well into the second octave: folk songs, classical themes, Renaissance dances.
- Book 2 · Early intermediate
- Seventy pieces, mostly grades 3–4. High E, F♯, B♭: Handel’s Larghettos and complete Telemann, Bach and Vivaldi movements, alongside Playford dances and world folk.
- Book 3 · Late intermediate
- Fifty-three pages, mostly grades 5–6. Two-octave range and ornamentation: complete Baroque sonata and Bach recorder parts, Handel and Vivaldi movements, Van Eyck settings, dance companions and English collections. Complete parts marked advanced need further preparation.
- Book 4 · Advanced
- Fifty-six pieces, grades 7–8 and beyond. Full chromatic range: complete Baroque parts and Mozart’s Rondo in a sourced upper-line adaptation.