Grade 1 - Lesson 2b (Q4) (Introduction to Recorder & Xylophone)

Part 1

• Echo/sing each measure of Hot Cross Buns using solfege, lyrics, letter names and Curwin hand signs.

• Play Hot Cross Buns using unpitched percussion instruments: .

           B = wood
           A = metal
           G = drum

• Transfer melody to xylophones, using alternating mallets – each measure begins with right hand/mallet. 

Part 2

• Establish routines for playing recorder in class

1. Recorders stay in bags, on the floor, until instructed to get them out
2. We play as a team – be ready to start and stop with the class
3. Softer is better –we don’t play too loud or our neighbors won’t be able to hear themselves
4. If you don’t have your recorder in music class, you will use “half recorder” (body only, fingers but no sound)
5. Recorders stay in bags except when we play them in class or at home 

• Students are taught the correct hand placement: 

         “Left hand goes on top, right hand helps a lot"

• Students are taught the correct air speed

           Warm air (slow), like fogging up a window
           Not cool air (fast), like blowing out birthday candles

•  Student will learn the correct fingerings for B, A and G.

Part 3

• Practice cleaning recorders.
• Practice playing B, A and G with “just right sound.”

• Learn first three notes of Hot Cross Buns on recorder. 

• Create and play/sing an arrangement of Hot Cross Buns that includes voices, recorder and xylophone.