Learn to Play Recorder

Yankee Doodle

  • Play the complete verse and contrasting chorus.
  • Keep dotted pairs and the cross-bar tie distinct.

Composer: Traditional; melody uncredited in the source

Source: The Golden Book of Favorite Songs, twentieth edition (1928), p. 8; public domain.

Original: A major up m3: soprano E4–F5; native alto F major, A4–B-flat5.

Prepare semiquavers in Lesson 25.

Notes Used: E4, F4, G4, A4, B4, C5, D5, E5, F5

Notes Used: A4, Bb4, C5, D5, E5, F5, G5, A5, Bb5

Time Signature: 2/4 · Key: C major

Time Signature: 2/4 · Key: F major

Fingering Review

Play

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Performance Goal: The chorus follows the verse without losing the pulse or reattacking the tied note.