SOPRANO Edition (2005).
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Getting Acquainted with the Recorder
Reading Music

Part 1—Three notes: B, A, and G
The “B” Song; Time signature; 4/4 time; The “A” Song; Dragonflies; The “G” Song; Mary Had a Little Lamb; Breath marks ; Naka, Naka, Hoi; Row, Row, Row Your Boat; New meter 3/4 time ; Hot Cross Buns; Fais dodo; Steps and skips; Au Clair de la Lune;Purchasing a Recorder; Donkeys and Carrots; Suo-Gan; Morning Time Has Past; Practicing

Part 2 —New note: E
The “E” Song; Rain, Rain, Go Away; History lesson; Hiding the Stone; Guide My Feet; The Fox (Tua Wa Washte); Repeat sign; Pipe Dance Song; Tongo

Part 3—New note: low D
The “D” Song; Old Ship Zion; Accents in Music; Hunting Song; The Gospel Train; First duet; Learning duets; Old MacDonald (duet); Old Brass Wagon (duet); Tonguing

Part 4 —New rhythm: Eighth notes
Hot Cross Buns (2);Frog Went a-Courting; Hand-Game Song; Jump Rope Song; New meter 2/4 time; Song of the Spirit-Dance; Chippewa Lullaby; DC al Fine; Bluebird; Come, Firefly, Come (Hotaru Koi-round); Playing rounds; Ghost Dance Song; Eagle Dance; There Came Three Dukes a-Riding (duet) Down Where the Watermelons Grow (duet)

Part 5—New note: F sharp
The “F” Sharp Song; Baa, Baa, Black Sheep; A-Tisket, A-Tasket; Mary Had a Little Lamb (duet); The Camptown Races (duet); Song in E Minor (duet); Form; Major and Minor ; Puu O Hulu (duet); Toady, Toady (duet); El Ruquet Valent (duet); Breathing; Breath support; The School Bell (duet); Hey Robin, Jolly Robin (duet); Cocky Robin (duet); Swing Song (Onchili Varam); Now the Day Is Nearly Done (round); Rose, Rose (round); The Horse (El Cavall-duet); Rocky Mountain; Come Out, Sun (Suss fel nap); W’au Saw the Forty-Second (round); One Elephant (duet) Fifteen Are Fifteen (Quince Son Quince-duet); When I Go Home (duet); Hanukkah (duet); Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (duet)

Part 6 —New rhythm, dotted quarter note
London Bridge; Michael, Row the Boat Ashore; Liza Jane; Rasa Sayang; Since First I Saw Your Face; Legato ; The Old Grey Mare; The Foggy, Foggy Dew; Wedding Song; Jingle Bells (duet); endings

Part 7—New rhythm and meter, 6/8 time
Humpty Dumpty Teaches a New Meter; The Farmer in the Dell; Paiute Game Song; The Eensie-Weensie Spider; Oh, Girl Return to Me (E Papa Waiari); Sweet Jane (duet); Linky Lanky (duet)

Part 8—New note: C
The “C” Song; Bransle; Hush, Little Baby; It Ain’t Gonna Rain; If You’re Happy; Ubi caritas; Arrullo; Come Where Duty Calls (Hoea ra te Waka Nei); Down in the Valley (duet); Hurry Back (Pokarekare Ana-duet); Yankee Doodle; The Chivalrous Shark (duet); The Dance of the Oats (El ball de la civada-duet); Old Joe Clark (duet); Buffens (duet); Bingo; We Wish You a Merry Christmas (duet)

Part 9—New note: High D
The “D” Song; Good-bye, Old Paint; She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain; Where, O Where Is Old Elijah?; Row, Row, Row Your Boat (round); Pass One Window, Ti-Dee-O; Love Song (Wioste Olowan); Arirang; Red Blanket; Had I the Wings of a Bird (Me He Manu Rere-duet); Little Girl (Hine e Hine-duet) Sonata (duet); Recorder care; French Bransle (duet); Italian Dance (duet); Ode to Joy (duet); Spanish Dance (duet); Aiken Drum (duet); How es lunes (duet); Michael Finnegan; Me Gold Ring (duet); The Purple Bamboo (duet); Tokyo Lullaby; New rhythm--eighth rest; Thula baba, thula sana (duet); Bring a Torch (duet); Performing duets

Part 10 —New note: High E
The “High E” Song; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; La India; Sail Away (round); Do Not Weep; Shalom (round); Snake Dance; The Old Chisholm Trail; Bartolillo; Gathering Peascods (duet); New meter 6/4; Are You Sleeping (duet or round); The British Grenadiers (duet) Moccasin Song; My Rooster Is Dead (Mi Gallo se Murio-duet); My Country, ‘Tis of Thee; Rise Up, O Flame (round); Forest Green (duet); My Bark Canoe; The Holly and the Ivy (duet)

Bonus —Alternate B fingering
Jewish Folk Dance in A Minor; A Mide Song; Half-Moon (Pan Tal); O Lord of the Universe (Om Jai Jagdish Hare); The Moon; Argiers (duet); Trempe Ton Pain (duet); Morning Star

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