Audio Files Book 1

Click on the links below to hear audio files of the playing by ear songs, the poetry and rhythms for improvisation, and some of the repertoire in Introducing the Recorder and Music Theory.Them individually below. To download any MP3 file to your computer, click on “Download” and then on your computer find the file where downloads are saved.

Unit 1 - Three-Note Melodic Range

Hot Cross Buns
Edward Wolfe

Playing by ear

Playing by ear

It's Me
Edward Wolfe
The Tiger
Edward Wolfe

Improvising

Now the Day Is Over
Edward Wolfe

Improvising

Unit 2 – Pentatonic Melodies

Old MacDonald
Edward Wolfe

Playing by ear

Chatter with the Angels
Edward Wolfe
To a Withered Rose
Edward Wolfe

Improvising

The Lion
Edward Wolfe
Land of the Silver Birch
Edward Wolfe

Repertoire

Goodbye, Ol' Paint
Edward Wolfe
Protection
Edward Wolfe
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Edward Wolfe

Unit 3 – Diatonic Melodies, Five-Note Range in Major and Minor

Jingle Bells
Edward Wolfe
The Birch Tree
Edward Wolfe
I Had but Fifty Cents
Edward Wolfe
Where Go the Boats?
Edward Wolfe
La maison de mon père
Edward Wolfe

Repertoire

Erie Canal
Edward Wolfe

Unit 4 – Diatonic Melodies, Eight-Note Range in Major and Minor

HaTikva
Edward Wolfe

Playing by ear

Christmas Is Coming (Country Gardens)
Edward Wolfe
The Snow
Edward Wolfe

Improvising

The Night Was Growing Cold
Edward Wolfe
Shenandoah
Edward Wolfe

Repertoire

*Note: “Shenandoah” can be performed with a variety of instruments. In this recording, it is performed with Soprano Recorder (on Recorder 1), Oboe (on Recorder 2), and Clarinet (on Recorder 3).