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Unit 1 – Introducing the Recorder and Music Theory (Review)

Playing by Ear

Green Gravel
Edward Wolfe
The Birch Tree
Edward Wolfe

Repertoire

German Folk Song
Edward Wolfe

Improvising

I Had but Fifty Cents
Albert Wolfe

Unit 2 – Major Melodies with Tonic Harmonies

Playing by Ear

Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Edward Wolfe

Repertoire

Sumer Is Icumen in
Edward Wolfe

Improvising

Epigram
Albert Wolfe

Unit 3 – Major and Minor Melodies with Tonic and Dominant Harmonies in Root Position

Playing by Ear

Shoo Fly
Edward Wolfe
Hey, Ho, Anybody Home?
Edward Wolfe

Repertoire

Variations on "The Irish Washerwoman"
Edward Wolfe
Zepperl Polka
Edward Wolfe

Improvising

Dream Song
Albert Wolfe

Unit 4 – Major and Minor Melodies with Tonic and Dominant Harmonies in Inversions

Playing by Ear

Shoo Fly with harmony
Edward Wolfe
Hey, Ho, Anybody Home? with harmony
Edward Wolfe

Repertoire

When Jesus Wept
Edward Wolfe
Adieu, Sweet Amarillis
Edward Wolfe
March
Edward Wolfe
Carol of the Bells
Edward Wolfe

Improvising

At the Seaside
Albert Wolfe

Unit 5 – Major and Minor Melodies with Tonic, Subdominant, and Dominant Harmonies in Inversions

Playing by Ear

Lavender's Blue with harmony
Edward Wolfe
Wayfarin' Stranger with harmony
Edward Wolfe

Repertoire

Perché Vezzosi Rai
Edward Wolfe
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
Edward Wolfe
When a felon's not engaged in his employment
Edward Wolfe
Paidushko Horo
Edward Wolfe
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Edward Wolfe

Improvising

In Honour of Taffy Topaz
Albert Wolfe

Correction to page 68

My students and I found a typo on page 68, the Unit 2 Crossword Puzzle.  Please contact me to receive a corrected page. 68. See also:  Sample Pages