Groove E - a recorder piecefrom Cool Cats Red Hot Recorder Course – level 2

This month’s activity comes from Level 2 of our recorder course.

It’s called GROOVE E and it’s a fun, easy and creative way of introducing the note, LOW E. There is a section for students to create there own rhythms and a mystery question for them.

A really fun feature of this piece is that is in 2 sections: rock and swing.
Loads of fun to play.

You will find

• The lesson page from the book
• The demo track
• The backing track

by clicking here.


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RECORDER WITHOUT TEARS - IN THE SUNSHINE STATE

Hi Everyone
Mark Leehy here.
Just got back from sunny Queensland, where Kev and I attended the Maryborough Music Conference. This biennial event runs for 5 days and has to be the best primary and secondary music conference in Australasia. It just keeps on getting bigger and the quality keeps improving. Many thanks to Ken Hodgkinson and Mike Tyler for such an outstanding achievement. They're expecting 900 delegates in 2013, so my strong advice - no matter what state you're in - is to see if you can get your school to help you fund a trip. It's the best PD you'll get. People from all over Australia agree. And you won't believe the magnificent weather. Oh - and book your accomodation well ahead of time.

Find out more about the conference here:
www.maryboroughmusicconference.com.au

Kev and I were pretty flat out up there this year, finding potential authors, getting valuable feedback from customers, sitting in on sessions and presenting workshops on

Music Room 7

The Interactive Music Room 1 & 2

... And Recorder Without Tears

Notes, PDFs and MP3 music files from the session can be found here

Many thanks to those who were at the session and contributed ideas - we had a lot of fun and learned a thing or two.

See you next time
Mark Leehy


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June 2007 Activity - Old Macdonald Played a Riff (recorder)

June 2007
The May activity comes from
COOL CATS RED HOT RECORDER COURSE, LEVEL 2

It’s a fun little piece called "Old Macdonald Played a Riff".
It’s really a rock 'n' roll version of a song the students will all recognise!

It uses the notes B, A, G. low E and low D and gives the students the chance to improvise in an easy and 'do-able' way. There is a mystery question included – and there is downloadable music and downloadable audio demo & backing tracks.

Enjoy this piece with your students!

You will find the free activity by clicking here.
- and there are other free recorder activities if you follow the links to the other recorder resources we have on offer.

May 2007 Free Activity - Heard it Before (recorder)

May 2007
The May activity comes from

COOL CATS RED HOT RECORDER COURSE, LEVEL 1


It’s a fun little piece called 'Heard it Before'.

It’s really a rock n roll version of a song the students will all recognise!
It uses the notes B, A, G and is perfect for beginners (and a little fun for the more advanced). There is a mystery question and a creative exercise also included – and there is downloadable music and downloadable audio demo & backing tracks.

Have fun!
You will find the free activity by clicking here.
- and there are other free recorder activities if you follow the links to the other recorder resources we have on offer.