Learn to Play Recorder

When the Saints Go Marching In

  • Keep the dotted rhythms and ties exact.
  • Join the short closing bars to the following pickups.

Composer: Traditional; named historical reading below

Original: Boatner 1927, Spirituals Triumphant no. 33; F major

Prepare dotted rhythms and the upper register in Lessons 13–18, then ties in Lesson 29.

Notes Used: F4, G4, A4, Bb4, C5, D5, F5

Notes Used: Bb4, C5, D5, Eb5, F5, G5, Bb5

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: F major

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: Bb major

Fingering Review

Published reading

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Practice exercises

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Edward Boatner, Spirituals Triumphant (1927), no. 33; Emory Libraries, public domain in the United States.

Performance Goal: Keep the pulse through the solo and its returning chorus.