The Recorder Fun Book by Larry E Newman

The Recorder Fun Book by Larry E Newman

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The Recorder Fun Book by Larry E Newman

The Recorder Fun Book is an easy, learn-how-to-play recorder method book for students in grades K - 6.


The book includes:
  • Extra-large notation
  • Simplified arrangements
  • Letter names inside the note heads
  • Limited material per page
  • Easy to read sheet music
  • Child-centered illustrations
  • Coloring pages with original art
  • Elementary solos and duets
  • Standard Baroque fingering chart (playable on Baroque or German recorders)
  • Glossary of Musical Terms
  • Large selection of classic and time-tested songs
  • Online audio tracks for all exercises in the book

The book teaches important music fundamentals including:
  • Reading musical notation
  • Understanding basic rhythms
  • Performing with proper playing technique
  • Learning essential music theory
  • Discovering creativity and expression
  • Exploring music appreciation

Check out all our recorder books:
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  • Book of Easy Duets for the Recorder 1496106598
  • Christmas Duet Fun Book for Recorder 1541194071
  • Easy Beginner Recorder Solos with Piano Accompaniment B09L3VXG4P
  • Fifty Famous Classical Themes for Recorder 1494881357
  • Really Easy Recorder Tunes 1672557143
  • Recorder Song and Coloring Fun Book 1653272694
  • The Politically Correct Book of Holiday Songs for Recorder 1499530919
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  • The Recorder Fun Book's Big Song Book 1480292737
  • Thirty Famous Patriotic Songs for Recorder 1518750931

We know you'll appreciate the exciting teaching strategies employed by this nationally recognized music educator and author. Author Larry Newman is founder of Children's Music Workshop and Music Fun Books. He has written more than 275 books and arrangements for recorder, piano, guitar, ukulele, woodwinds, brass and percussion - including dozens of band and orchestra pieces for elementary and middle school ensembles.

The Recorder Fun Book is an easy, learn-how-to-play recorder method book for students in grades K - 6.


The book includes:
  • Extra-large notation
  • Simplified arrangements
  • Letter names inside the note heads
  • Limited material per page
  • Easy to read sheet music
  • Child-centered illustrations
  • Coloring pages with original art
  • Elementary solos and duets
  • Standard Baroque fingering chart (playable on Baroque or German recorders)
  • Glossary of Musical Terms
  • Large selection of classic and time-tested songs
  • Online audio tracks for all exercises in the book

The book teaches important music fundamentals including:
  • Reading musical notation
  • Understanding basic rhythms
  • Performing with proper playing technique
  • Learning essential music theory
  • Discovering creativity and expression
  • Exploring music appreciation

Check out all our recorder books:
  • Best Beginning Recorder Book for Kids B08RT6VLPQ
  • Book of Easy Duets for the Recorder 1496106598
  • Christmas Duet Fun Book for Recorder 1541194071
  • Easy Beginner Recorder Solos with Piano Accompaniment B09L3VXG4P
  • Fifty Famous Classical Themes for Recorder 1494881357
  • Really Easy Recorder Tunes 1672557143
  • Recorder Song and Coloring Fun Book 1653272694
  • The Politically Correct Book of Holiday Songs for Recorder 1499530919
  • The Recorder Fun Book 1468138499
  • The Recorder Fun Book's Big Song Book 1480292737
  • Thirty Famous Patriotic Songs for Recorder 1518750931

We know you'll appreciate the exciting teaching strategies employed by this nationally recognized music educator and author. Author Larry Newman is founder of Children's Music Workshop and Music Fun Books. He has written more than 275 books and arrangements for recorder, piano, guitar, ukulele, woodwinds, brass and percussion - including dozens of band and orchestra pieces for elementary and middle school ensembles.

Newman, Larry E.: - Larry Newman is the Founder and Director of Children's Music Workshop. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education, cum laude degree from Temple University's College of Music, a California teaching credential and a Master of Arts in Music Performance from Eastern Illinois University. In 2012, Mr. Newman received that institution's Outstanding Graduate Alumni award. Formerly an instrumental music teacher in the Philadelphia School District, Los Angeles Unified School District, and Santa Monica-Malibu Public Schools, Mr. Newman has supervised music programs in more than eighty public and private institutions from the Kindergarten through college levels. Larry Newman is a five-time Los Angeles area Emmy award winner and seven-time Emmy nominee for his annual television special - Orchestra Kids. The documentary features the All School Elementary Honor Orchestra and their annual concerts from UCLA's renowned Schoenberg Concert Hall. Mr. Newman was recently honored by the Los Angeles City Council at City Hall for his contributions to music education in Los Angeles. He was also featured on CityView's Channel 35 series, Faces of LA. Mr. Newman is a recipient of the Lori Petrick Excellence in Education Award from the Palisades Charter Schools Foundation. The award is underwritten by the Boone Foundation - a philanthropic group whose mission is to support passionate people who provide excellent programs to youth. Larry Newman was nominated for a BRAVO Award, established in 1982 by the Music Center of Los Angeles County to recognize individuals for innovation and excellence in arts education. As a professional trumpet player, Larry Newman has toured The United States, Canada and Japan with The Glenn Miller Orchestra(R) under the direction of Larry O'Brien, performed in The Claridge Hotel Casino Orchestra in Atlantic City under the direction of Jack Six and sailed the Caribbean and Northwest with the S/S Norway Big Band and other cruise ship orchestras. He has backed such star entertainers as Dizzy Gillespie, Jack Jones, Florence Henderson, Jerry Lewis, Billy Eckstine, The Fifth Dimension, Al Martino, Shirley Jones, The Lettermen, Jim Nabors, Jerry Van Dyke, Jim Stafford, Michel Legrand, Clark Terry, Cab Calloway, George Kirby, Margaret Whiting, Benny Carter, The Four Aces, The Modernaires, Bobby Rydell, Joe Williams, Roger Williams, Slide Hampton, The Smothers Brothers, Fred Travalena, Rita Moreno and others. Mr. Newman worked as a trumpet instructor on the 2004 Universal release, Ray, starring Jamie Foxx as well as the 1999 movie, Anywhere But Here, starring Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman. Mr. Newman is author of more than two hundred books for the elementary music student including the Recorder Fun Book - one of the top classroom recorder methods in the country. It is used in hundreds of elementary schools throughout the United States. He is also the author of the Violin Fun Book and Beginning Band Fun Books - group method books used in all Children's Music Workshop music programs and available world-wide on amazon.com For more information, please visit www.musicfunbooks.com
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ISBN 13 9781468138498
ISBN 10 1468138499
Title The Recorder Fun Book
Author Larry E Newman
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Year published 2006-01-01
Number of pages 84
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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