My school of thought. It's the way the instrument is made. I like to
think of a recorder as it's own instument, not a "trainer". Start
simple, and most kids the the pattern. My altos and basses in my
consort always learned the "real" fingerings. I have two former
consort players who caught on to clarinet quickly because they knew
soprano and alto fingerings. That is success!

Karen Stafford
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On Apr 13, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Sue Roessel Dura wrote:

> 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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