Learn to Play Recorder

Scarborough Fair — Whitby air

  • Play the complete Whitby street-singer’s air.
  • Join the pickup to a steady three-beat pulse.

Composer: Traditional; collected by Frank Kidson (1855–1926)

Source: Kidson, Traditional Tunes (1891), p. 43; public domain.

Original: G major down M2: soprano C4–C5; native alto B-flat major, F4–F5.

Prepare B-flat in Lesson 14.

Notes Used: C4, D4, F4, G4, A4, Bb4, C5

Notes Used: F4, G4, Bb4, C5, D5, Eb5, F5

Time Signature: 3/4 · Key: F major

Time Signature: 3/4 · Key: Bb major

Fingering Review

Play

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Performance Goal: The pickup leads smoothly into the first full bar, and the closing minim lasts two beats.