Alto Recorder From Zero

Alto Recorder From Zero

Alto Recorder From Zero is a systematic approach for beginners and intermediates on the alto recorder which treats the instrument in its proper historical context. This edition contains 120 pieces of carefully graded original, folk, renaissance, and medieval music as well as an introduction to renaissance tonguing and a brief introduction to modal theory. Although AFZ is intended to be used with a teacher, who guides the student and plays the bottom part of the duets, the mature student who has had some previous musical training can also use this method for self-study. NOTE: Lessons 1-10 for Alto Recorder are now available FREE online (see table below). You can print them out for free and try them with your student/s (if you are a teacher) or with your teacher (if you are a student) or with your partner if you are an experienced player already - it’s all great music.

The remaining 20 lessons are now ready for online ordering as Part II for lower intermediates (Lessons 11-22) and Part III for intermediates (Lessons 23-30). Alto Recorder From Zero is Truly Impressive, March 17, 2005 - Personal communication from Jim Carpenter I should take a moment to tell you what a pleasure it is to work with the lessons. I'm on lesson 6 or 7 downloaded from the Internet, and I am truly impressed at how musical the selections are. As I work my way thru each one I can sense immediately what the pieces ought to sound like, and the very measured pace at which new notes are added is wonderful. When I start a new piece I find I can play 90 percent immediately--it's only the other 10 percent that needs to be worked on. By the time I've satisfactorily "mastered" the new piece I can move to the next one, finding that I can play 90 percent of it....etc. I'm working without a teacher, but with other beginning recorder methods to help me with fingerings, etc...Any reasonably self-motivated learner can make wonderful use of the lessons. Thank you for this excellent course.

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Alto Recorder From Zero (sent as .pdf files by email so that shipping is free anywhere in the world!)

Alto Recorder From Zero, lessons 23-30 (intermediate) $14.95

Lesson (click on the lesson number to get the .pdf file)	Piece #	Title	Composer	Year	New Notes	Pedagogy
1	1, 2	Exercise	CPF	2001	e, d	whole, half, 4/4 time, tonguing
	3, 4	"	"	"	c	"
	5, 6	"	"	"		quarter notes
2	7	"	"	"		e to c in wholes
	8	"	"	"		e to c in halves
	10 - 12	"	"	"		e to c in quarters
3	13 - 16	"	"	"	g, f	stepwise
	17, 18	"	"	"		intervals in halves
4	19, 20	"	"	"		intervals in quarters
	21, 22	"	"	"		eighth notes
	23, 24	"	"	"		stepwise in eighths
5	25	Allemaingne	Susato	1551		cut time, repeat signs
	26	Exercise	CPF	2002	low c#	alto octave up
	27	Quant Je Voi Yver Retorner	Colin Muset	c. 1225		D.C. al Fine
	28	Exercise	CPF	2002	high a'	alto octave up
	29	San Vos Ame	Provencal	12th c.		first and second endings
	30	Allemaingne	Susato	1551		dotted half and quarter note in cut time
	31	De Post with Reprise	Susato	1551		tactus, dotted half = half
6	32	Exercise	CPF	2002	low a	alto octave up
	33	Ronde	Susato	1551		dotted quarter and eighth note in cut time
	34	Les Quatres Bransles	Susato	1551
	35	Exercise	CPF	2002	low g	alto octave up
7	36	Bransle	Gervaise	1555
	37	Balaam Prophetanti	Motet	13th c.		6/8 compound duple, two sixteenth notes in compound duple
8	38	Ballet des Matelots	Praetorius	1612		fermata
	39	J'ai Trouvé	Motet	13th c.		four sixteenth notes in compound 3/8
9	40	Tuit Cil Qui Sunt	Provencal	12th c.		compound duple 6/8
	41	Saltarello	Italian	14th c.		D. S. al Fine
	42	Biaus Sire Dieus	Motet	13th c.
10	43	Exercise	CPF	2002	high b' high c'	alto octave up
	44	Courante	Praetorius	1612		compound duple 6/4
	45	Exercise	CPF	2002	high Bb'	alto octave up
	46	Ronde "Pour Quoy"	Susato	1551
11	47	Allemaigne	Susato	1551		sixteenth notes in cut time
	48	Bergerette	Susato	1551		D. C. al Fermata
12	49	Maravillosos	Alphonso X El Sabio	c. 1250		16th note triplets in 6/8 compound duple
	50	Exercise	CPF	2003		review low g
	51	"	"	"		alto octave up
	52	Letetur Iustus	Motet	13th c.		review low g
	53	Exercise	CPF	2003	low f
	54	"	"	"		alto octave up
13	55	Sanctus	Spanish Conductus	13th c.		long duet, student can play both parts
14	56	Owe Daz Nach Liebe Gat	Alexander	c. 1280
	57	Cuidoient Li Losengier	Guillebot de Berneville	13th c.
	58	Courante	M. Praetorius	1612
	59	Exercise	CPF	2003	eb
	60	"	"	2003		alto octave up
	61	Seigneurs, Sachez	Le Roi de Navarre	1239
15	62	Novus Miles Sequitur	Conductus	c. 1170		Mixolydian mode
	63	Cleri Caetus	Spanish Conductus	13th c.		eighth note triplets in cut time
16a	64	Excercise	CPF	1975		Renaissance Tonguing Syllables
	65	"	"	2002
	66	"	"	"
	67	"	"	"
	68	Pavane de Spaigne	Praetorius	1612
16b	69	Bransles	Praetorius	1612
17a	70	Syncopation Excercise 1	CPF	1975		Basic Syncopation; Playing without barlines
	71	Syncopation Exercise 2	"	"
	72	Viva La Musica	Praetorius	1612		Ionian mode
	73	Syncopation Exercise 3	CPF	1975
17b	74	Singet Dem Herren	Praetorius	1612		Ionian mode
	75	Aus Tiefer Not	Agricola	c. 1530		Phrygian mode
	76	Haussegen	Gumpelzheimer	c. 1600		Ionian mode
	77	Der Grimmig Tod	Gumpelzheimer	c. 1600		Dorian mode
	78	Modal Cadences 1 part	CPF	1975
	79	Modal Cadences 2 parts	"	"		Ficta
18a	80	Syncopation Exercise 4	"	"		Double syncopation
18b	81	Imprerayntz de la Ciutat	Spanish Motet	c. 1300		Dorian mode
	82	Quant J'ay L'espart	Machaut	c. 1355		Dorian mode
19a	83	Hemiola Exercise 1	CPF	1975		Hemiola
	84	Hemiola Exercise 2	"	"
	85	Bransle Courante	Caroubel
	86	Bransle Gay	Gervaise	1550
19b	87	Courante	Praetorius	1612
	88	Volte	Praetorius	1612
20a	89	Senti Tu D'Amor	Donato da Firenze	c. 1350
	90	Bergerette Sans Roch	Susato	1551
20b	91	Bicinium	Anon.	c. 1500		Hypolydian mode
21a	92	Can She Excuse My Wrongs (excerpt)	Dowland			Reverse Hemiola
	93	Syncopation Exercise 5	CPF	1975		Metrically Shifted Pulse
	94	Galliard	Praetorius	1612		Mixed meter
21b	95	Now Wolde Y Fayne	English	c. 1450		Dorian mode with mixed meter
	96	Pavane and Galliard Pass et Medio (Passamezzo)	Susato	1551		Tactus: dotted half = whole
22a	97	Durch Adams Fall Ist Ganz Verderbt	Kaspar Othmayr	c. 1550		Aeolian mode with mixed meter
	98	Ecco La Primavera	Francesco Landini	c. 1360		Mixed meter with barlines
22b	99	Alas Departynge Is Ground of Woo	English	c. 1460		Transposed Aeolian with mixed meter
23a	100	Qui Venit	Josquin des Prez	c. 1500		Transposed Dorian with mixed meter
	101	Qui Cum Patre	Jacob Obrecht	c. 1485		Aeolian canon with mixed meter
23b	102	Zucht Eer und Lob	Heinrich Isaak			Whole note gets one beat
24a	103	Mitten Wir Im Leben Sind	Kaspar Othmayr	c. 1547		Phrygian with mixed meter
24b	104	Christ Lag In Todebanden	Kaspar Othymayr	c. 1547		Dorian mode with mixed meter
	105	Et Resurrexit	Pierre de la Rue	c. 1510		Transposed Dorian mode with mixed meter
25a	106	Bicinium	M.J. de Castro	1593		Mixed meter
25b	107	Aler Men Veus	Johannes Ciconia	c. 1380		Double syncopation, musica ficta
26a	108	Conuerte Nos (Canon)	Laurentius Lemlin	c. 1525		Part reading with mixed meter
	109	Quam Pulchra Es (Canon)	J. H.	c. 1550		Part reading with mixed meter
	110	In Carne Vale (Canon)	German	c. 1545		Part reading with mixed meter
26b	111	A Due Voci	Giovanni Gastoldi	1598	high g#	Extended syncopation
27a	112	Io Mi Son Giovinetta	Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck	1612	high Ab	Breath mark phrasing in vocal piece
27b	112 (cont)	"	"	"		"
28a	113	Difference Tones I	CPF	2003		Pure Thirds (5:4)
	114	Difference Tones II	CPF	2003		Perfect Fifths (3:2)
	115	Novo Profusi Gaudio	English Carol	c. 1450		Compound/Mixed Meter
28b	116	Novus Sol de Virgine	English Carol	c. 1450		Compound/Mixed Meter
	117	Der Ratten Schwanz	German	c. 1500	high e'	Mixed Meter with triplets
29a	118	Lamour de Moy	Antoine Bruhier	c. 1520		Extended piece with breath marks for vocal phrasing
29b	"	"	"	"
30a	119	Ricercare a Due Voci	Orlando di Lasso	1585		Whole note gets one beat
30b	120	Bicinium	Anonymous	c. 1500		A la breve (double whole note gets one beat)

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