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Re: who gets band? advice!
Posted by Donna music/TN on 5/09/08

    On 5/09/08, AmyIdaho wrote:
    > I've been dealing with a 5/6 combo class for 2 years. 5th
    > grades have to play recorder, but 6th grades don't. I tried
    > doing seperate things in those classes but it just hasn't
    > worked. Therefore, from here on out, that class will all
    > play recorder. It won't hurt the 6th graders to continue
    > reading music and playing it on recorder. I also let them
    > pull out their band instruments and read the recorder music
    > with the recorder kids (this only works on C instruments
    > though). They've also played along on my xylophones.

    You can transpose the recorder music, if the kids have the
    notes. You can also give the recorders a part with beginning
    band music (usually down an octave from the flute part).
    I had one year where I had a ton of kids who wanted band, and
    not enough instruments, so we used recorder for the 5th graders
    who wanted to be in band and didn't have an instrument. We used
    some soprano, some alto recorders (for the kids who wanted to
    play clarinet-the fingerings are similar), and some tenor
    recorders (for would be sax players, trombone players and the
    like). I rewrote a lot of music that year, but it worked, and
    the next year, I had a really good group of 6th grade beginning
    instrumental students.

     
     

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