RECORDER KARATE VIDEOS – a great place to start
(scroll down for practice tips, visuals, and play-along recordings)
Hot Cross Buns
White belt – warm-up
White belt – fingerings, notation, and background music
White belt – teacher-led learning
Gently Sleep
Yellow belt – warm-up
Yellow belt – fingerings, notation, and background music
Yellow belt – teacher-led learning
Merrily we Roll Along
Orange belt – teacher-led learning
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
Green belt – teacher-led learning
Old McDonald
Purple belt – warm-up
Purple belt – fingerings, notation, and background music
Purple belt – teacher-led learning
Oh When the Saints go Marching In
Blue belt – fingerings, notation, and background music
Blue belt – teacher-led learning
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Red belt – warm up
Red belt – fingerings, notation, and background music
Red belt – teacher-led learning
Amazing Grace
Brown belt – teacher-led learning
Ode to Joy
Black belt – fingerings, notation, and background music
Black belt – teacher-led learning
RECORDER KARATE PAGES
Practice tips:
1. Read bottom of each page to find out new information for each song
2. Clap the rhythm and say the words
3. Practice fingerings and say note names
4. Look for repeated parts
5. Play the song (start slow)
(the “F” in this chart is a different fingering- use for recorders in yellow cases)
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RECORDER KARATE PLAY-ALONGS (audio – no video)
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Hot Cross Buns (white) slow with recorder:
Hot Cross Buns (white) fast with recorder:
Hot Cross Buns (white) rock:
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Gently Sleep (yellow) – slow:
Gently Sleep (yellow) – fast with recorder:
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Gently Sleep (yellow) – fast:
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Merrily we Roll Along (orange) – slow:
Merrily we Roll Along (orange) – fast with recorder:
Merrily we Roll Along (orange) – fast:
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It’s Raining (green) – slow:
It’s Raining (green) – fast with recorder:
It’s Raining (green) – fast:
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Old McDonald had a Farm (purple) – slow:
Old McDonald had a Farm (purple) – fast with recorder:
Old McDonald had a Farm (purple) – fast:
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When the Saints go Marching In (blue) – fast with recorder:
When the Saints go Marching In (blue) – fast:
When the Saints go Marching In (blue) – concert version with recorder:
When the Saints go Marching In (blue) – concert version:
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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (blue) – fast with recorder:
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (blue) – fast:
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Amazing Grace (brown) – fast with recorder:
Amazing Grace (brown) – fast:
Amazing Grace (brown) – concert version with recorder:
Amazing Grace (brown) – concert version:
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Ode to Joy (black) – fast with recorder:
Ode to Joy (black) – fast:
Ode to Joy (black) – concert version with recorder:
Ode to Joy (black) – concert version:
DUETS AND TRIOS (under construction – more to come)
Once you have mastered playing solo (by yourself) it’s time to play with others – this is when it gets fun!
1. Practice top part and bottom part on your own, be sure to count
2. One person plays top part, one person plays bottom part at the same
time, then switch parts
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