Beyond BAG!

Recorder for Problem Solving and Musical

Independence

Niki Rose, South Lyon Community School

Diane Raymond, Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

About us
Niki Rose
K-5 Music at Hardy
Elementary
General Music, Self
Contained Special
Education, and 5th Grade
Band
Married on 8/16/14!

Diane Raymond
K-5 Music at Mary Helen Guest
WLCSD Music Department
Chair
Mother of Five Beautiful
Daughters!

Goals of this Session

Explore why and how we teach
recorder
To promote problem solving with
recorder
Explore new learning goals and ideas
with recorder
To learn how to differentiate with
recorder

Why do you teach recorder?

Ensemble Experience
Build Musical Independence
Accessible tool to be musical and successful
Encourage note reading (rhythm and melody)

What do you teach with

recorder?
Its not enough to just teach recorder.

Do classroom teachers just teach math?

What problems are your students engaged in while

using the recorder?

Learning Goals
Melody

Tempo

Timbre

Harmony

Ensemble
Skills

Form

Chord Building
Texture
Meter

Ostinato
Rounds
Dynamics

Technique

Problem Solving from Start

Students problem solve how to hold the recorder
Connecting to prior experiences (other
instruments)
Learning a song by ear (problem solving not
echoing)

Quaker, Quaker

Form
Call and Response
Examples: Ghostbusters or Banana Boat Song
Assessment: Create a Call and Response
Composition with your recorder

Banana Boat Song

Mapping Texture
Listening/Identifying Texture
Following Map
Performing Texture
Creating own version of the map

Texture Lesson
What do you hear?
Raise your hand when you hear a new layer enter
Provide Scaffolding
Fill in the blank maps
Whole Group Maps
Small Group Maps
Individual Map
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaBd32RTOJc
(Pitch Perfect Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POu18N56j58 (Cover)

What I Heard

Magic

Performing Texture
Building Chords
Playing Chords
Accompanying a song with chords

Hello!

Chords for Hello Song

Notation
Notation does not need to be a
stand alone goal. It should be
tied into every learning goal we
present to students.

Notation
Melodic Puzzles- Firework
Mystery Tune- Name that Tune!
Stop Light Songs- Green, Yellow, Red
Popular Music- Minion Banana Song, Magic,
Final Countdown, Smoke on the Water
Charlie Brown, Turn Down for What
Notate Personal Compositions (Lots of
Scaffolding)
Focus on Pitch, Rhythm, or Both

Popular Music

Popular Music

Popular Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFcGBYQQWU&list=UUFurJII41CbukIDWKChu5HA

More Lesson Ideas

Melody

Tempo

Timbre

Harmony

Ensemble
Skills

Form

Chord Building
Texture
Meter

Ostinato
Rounds
Dynamics

Technique

Resources
Recorder Success by Chris Judah-Lauder
Recorder Routes #1 & #2 by Carol King
Easy 8 & More Easy 8by Don Muro
Jazz Cats Recorder by Brad Keller and Bonnie Rossa
Recorder Supplement for Share the Music Grades
3,4,5
Tutoring Tooters by Shirley McRae

Questions, Comments,
Concerns?

Want Stuff?
dianeraymond@wlcsd.org
dabarnes87@gmail.com