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# 32 pages of beginner-friendly songs Covers intonation & tonguing basics Standard notation for easy learning It's Recorder Time

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## Summary

> 🎼 Unlock your inner musician—one note at a time!

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## Key Features

- • **Compact & Clear:** 32 pages of concise, easy-to-follow standard notation.
- • **Perfect Parent-Child Duo:** Includes duets to spark shared musical moments and bonding.
- • **Performance-Driven Learning:** Master intonation and tonguing through familiar, engaging songs.
- • **Comprehensive Intro to Recorder:** Covers basic music theory and chromatic notes for a solid foundation.
- • **Effortless Beginner Progression:** Step-by-step method designed for total novices and kids alike.

## Overview

It's Recorder Time is a beginner-focused instructional book featuring 32 pages of standard notation, designed to teach intonation, tonguing, and basic music theory through familiar songs. Ideal for children and absolute beginners, it includes duets for shared play and covers the soprano recorder’s first octave with simple, accessible pacing.

## Description

desertcart.com: It's Recorder Time: 0038081001999: Alfred d'Auberge, Morton Manus: Books

Review: perfect book for a kid new to music - I bought this for my son (7 years old) and I to learn the recorder together. This is a BEGINNER book, and when I say beginner I really mean it. Although I’d never played the recorder before, I used to play trumpet and I blew through this thing faster than you can say “soprano.” That said, for my son, it’s been absolutely great. The pacing is perfect for the typical total beginner, maybe a little fast for my 7 year old son who had zero musical experience. It never gets complicated and I think it only goes up to D and I think only one sharp and one flat if I recall correctly. It does a good job of introducing new concepts and musical markings. You literally don’t need to know ANYTHING about music and you will do fine with this book. The song selection is very good and all the pieces are very short. For an adult they might get boring, but for a child the short song lengths are great because your kid won’t get bored. There are a good number of duets you can play with your child as well which always sparks excitement for my son. Again, this is best for someone with no musical experience or is a child. If you have any experience playing a music instrument, you’ll plow through this book pretty quickly and I’d recommend a book with a faster pace for the first octave and more in-depth songs. But if you have a kid you just bought a recorder for, this book is PERFECT.
Review: A great book for beginners - This book is a great introduction to playing the recorder. It has a very useful explanation of the different types of recorders and their keys (Sopranino, Soprano/Descant, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Big Bass). The music is written for the most well known type of recorder beginners learn first (the Soprano or Descant pitched in C rather than F) and is a good introduction to any type of recorder. The fingering is baroque and a handy 2 octave, chromatic chart for the Descant recorder is at the back of the book which serves as a great reference. The content covers basic music theory for beginners and the notes learned span the first lower octave (including Bb and F#). A great book to get started with. Has some well known easy tunes and they are a nice selection that won't annoy the neighbors. Well worth the price.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #239,529 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #19 in Recorders (Books) #1,477 in Music Instruction & Study (Books) #2,662 in Songbooks |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,710) |
| Dimensions  | 8.75 x 0.5 x 12 inches |
| Edition  | unknown |
| ISBN-10  | 0882848143 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0882848143 |
| Item Weight  | 4.8 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 32 pages |
| Publication date  | June 1, 1968 |
| Publisher  | Alfred Music |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ perfect book for a kid new to music
*by C***C on February 19, 2019*

I bought this for my son (7 years old) and I to learn the recorder together. This is a BEGINNER book, and when I say beginner I really mean it. Although I’d never played the recorder before, I used to play trumpet and I blew through this thing faster than you can say “soprano.” That said, for my son, it’s been absolutely great. The pacing is perfect for the typical total beginner, maybe a little fast for my 7 year old son who had zero musical experience. It never gets complicated and I think it only goes up to D and I think only one sharp and one flat if I recall correctly. It does a good job of introducing new concepts and musical markings. You literally don’t need to know ANYTHING about music and you will do fine with this book. The song selection is very good and all the pieces are very short. For an adult they might get boring, but for a child the short song lengths are great because your kid won’t get bored. There are a good number of duets you can play with your child as well which always sparks excitement for my son. Again, this is best for someone with no musical experience or is a child. If you have any experience playing a music instrument, you’ll plow through this book pretty quickly and I’d recommend a book with a faster pace for the first octave and more in-depth songs. But if you have a kid you just bought a recorder for, this book is PERFECT.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great book for beginners
*by T***L on December 23, 2012*

This book is a great introduction to playing the recorder. It has a very useful explanation of the different types of recorders and their keys (Sopranino, Soprano/Descant, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Big Bass). The music is written for the most well known type of recorder beginners learn first (the Soprano or Descant pitched in C rather than F) and is a good introduction to any type of recorder. The fingering is baroque and a handy 2 octave, chromatic chart for the Descant recorder is at the back of the book which serves as a great reference. The content covers basic music theory for beginners and the notes learned span the first lower octave (including Bb and F#). A great book to get started with. Has some well known easy tunes and they are a nice selection that won't annoy the neighbors. Well worth the price.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good book for beginners
*by R***4 on August 16, 2019*

Clear simple directions for playing. Shows where the fingers go, shows which holes to cover to make which note. Basic directions for learning music. Each lesson has familiar music. Really nice chart of all of the notes that the recorder is in the back. Only thing I didn't like is that the lessons don't extend to covering most of the upper register notes nor most of the of accidentals. You have the chart to show this to you and you end up either getting another book (don't know which yet), or learning those on your own using other music you have available. (I play other instruments, I do have other music to use in figuring this out, so I'm going that route.)

## Frequently Bought Together

- It's Recorder Time
- Essential Elements for Recorder Classroom Method - Student Book 1: Book Only
- How to Play the Recorder: A Beginner’s Guide to Learn to Play the Recorder with Follow Along Audio Examples (Woodwinds for Beginners)

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