On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:47:34 -0400, you wrote:

>Now THAT's a good idea!

It sure is! I think assuming that no one will ever play in a recorder =
consort
is doing them a disservice, perhaps making it a self-fulfilling prophesy.=
Why
are you teaching them the recorder then? If it has absolutely no value =
of its
own and you don't have time to teach a few of its many facets, it would =
probably
be better to use a tonette. There's a whole community of adult recorder =
players
out here who enjoy the instrument immensely and look to these early =
recorder
classes with hope for the future.

>
>On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Ledonna McGowan
>wrote:
>
>> That is what I was thinking. Most of my kids will never play in a =
recorder
>> consort after they leave 5th grade. I was thinking that I could make =
a
>> lesson out of transposition to help them understand their band =
instruments a
>> little better next year.
>>
>> Ledonna
>>
>> --- On Mon, 4/12/10, M Stanley wrote:
>>
>> From: M Stanley
>> Subject: Re: [RECL]Transposition question
>> To: "Recorder_Classroom"
>> Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 7:27 PM
>>
>> Well, I'm not real sure my kids need to learn bass clef till middle =
school.
>> There are more fish to fry than that. We have such limited time that =
it's
>> always a struggle to prioritize our time needs. And I don't have a =
problem
>> putting everything in C. Not one problem.
>>
>> --
>Martha Stanley, NBCT
>www.marthabeesmusic.com
>The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas first!
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