Learn to Play Recorder

Home on the Range

  • Sustain every cross-bar tie without a new attack.
  • Keep three crotchet pulses through verse and chorus.

Original: Complete 2020 verse and chorus; original G major D4–D5 retained; native alto C major G4–G5.

Prepare dotted rhythms and ties through Lesson 29.

Notes Used: D4, E4, F#4, G4, A4, B4, C5, D5

Notes Used: G4, A4, B4, C5, D5, E5, F5, G5

Time Signature: 3/4 · Key: G major

Time Signature: 3/4 · Key: C major

Fingering Review

Complete melody

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Practice

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Source: Berger and Israels, The Public Domain Song Anthology (2020), CC0; melody only, original pitches.

Performance Goal: Keep the pulse steady through every sustained phrase.