Fingering overbiew

Repertoire of Fingerings

How many holes does a recorder have? Getting to know the instrument

Finger pads Feeling the holes

Blind cards Feeling the finger pads

Magic holes Feeling the holes

Telescope The note b

Hear b Combination of fingering and sound

B as drone Combination of fingering and sound

Didldidldum/Digidongabell Songs with b

Santa Claus b-a-g as door bell

b-a-g memory Learning and combining fingerings

b-a-g rhymes Learning notes and fingerings

b-a-g Ene, mene, Maus Fingerings and recorder language

b-a-g Bremer Stadtmusikanten music fairy tale

b-a-g Train song Using fingerings in a song

b-a-g Rain song Using fingerings in a song

e-rhymes Learning notes and fingerings

g-e Cuckoo combination of fingerings g-e

g-e Dieser Kuckuck, der mich neckt combination of fingerings g-e

c-a Small cuckoo practicing transfer

c-a g-e Small and big cuckoo combination of fingerings

b-a-g-e Legato combination of fingerings without tongue

a-g-e Tiddelydoo song combination of fingerings with tongue

d-c-a Tiddelydoo song (2) practicing transfer

d-c-b-a-g-e Bird school Entrances and directing

d’ Bugs Introduction d

b-c Bugs Practicing b-c combination

c-b-a-g-e-d Dandelions Combining many fingerings

d-c-b-a-g-e-d Improvisation Combining many fingerings

c-a-g-e-d-c I play the recorder The low c

Didactical commentary:

The order of fingerings (see Methodology) is derived from a playful approach to the instrument (How many holes does a recorder have?) Assuming recorders with “baroque” fingering, f is not taught during the first year.

It is not the goal to learn as many fingerings as possible in as short a time as possible and to be able to play many songs. Rather, as much attention and care on learning the other parameters of recorder playing should be paid, such as breathing, articulation, tone quality, rhythmic training, and notation. Therefore, Recorder Magic progresses seemingly slow with new fingerings. However, from our experience, this method allows for a better overall relation to the instrument and enables a quicker and easier learning of new fingerings later on.

	Repertoire of Fingerings How many holes does a recorder have? Getting to know the instrument Finger pads Feeling the holes Blind cards Feeling the finger pads Magic holes Feeling the holes Telescope The note b Hear b Combination of fingering and sound B as drone Combination of fingering and sound Didldidldum/Digidongabell Songs with b Santa Claus b-a-g as door bell b-a-g memory Learning and combining fingerings b-a-g rhymes Learning notes and fingerings b-a-g Ene, mene, Maus Fingerings and recorder language b-a-g Bremer Stadtmusikanten music fairy tale b-a-g Train song Using fingerings in a song b-a-g Rain song Using fingerings in a song e-rhymes Learning notes and fingerings g-e Cuckoo combination of fingerings g-e g-e Dieser Kuckuck, der mich neckt combination of fingerings g-e c-a Small cuckoo practicing transfer c-a g-e Small and big cuckoo combination of fingerings b-a-g-e Legato combination of fingerings without tongue a-g-e Tiddelydoo song combination of fingerings with tongue d-c-a Tiddelydoo song (2) practicing transfer d-c-b-a-g-e Bird school Entrances and directing d’ Bugs Introduction d b-c Bugs Practicing b-c combination c-b-a-g-e-d Dandelions Combining many fingerings d-c-b-a-g-e-d Improvisation Combining many fingerings c-a-g-e-d-c I play the recorder The low c Didactical commentary: The order of fingerings (see Methodology) is derived from a playful approach to the instrument (How many holes does a recorder have?) Assuming recorders with “baroque” fingering, f is not taught during the first year. It is not the goal to learn as many fingerings as possible in as short a time as possible and to be able to play many songs. Rather, as much attention and care on learning the other parameters of recorder playing should be paid, such as breathing, articulation, tone quality, rhythmic training, and notation. Therefore, Recorder Magic progresses seemingly slow with new fingerings. However, from our experience, this method allows for a better overall relation to the instrument and enables a quicker and easier learning of new fingerings later on.