Mel Bay's Children's Recorder Method is a new recorder method which stands on its own. There is an imaginative accompaniment CD which makes even the simplest one-note exercise into an attractive experience for the youngstudent,and there are lyrics to all the songs. Large notes are used throughout and each melody is attractively illustrated. Clear and concise instructions introduce technique and notation concepts gradually. These books use manyIcelandicsongs and folk songs, some of which may even date from the time of Leif Eriksson! This gives the method a unique flavor and allows the introduction of many unusual melodic and rhythmic elements. This second bookcarries onwhere the first left off, introducing F-sharp and B-flat and includes some duets. 1. Fun German folk song Sharps/ F sharp 2. Old Man Noah Bellman Bellman C for common time 3. Lullaby from Poland Polish folk song Anon. duet in thirds 4. Bird on the Seashore Icelandic folk song Anon. fermata 5. Polly-Wolly-Doodle American folk song Anon. slurs 6. The Troll in the Hole Icelandic folk song Anon. long notes/half rests 7. Poor old Grimm Icelandic folk song Anon. mixed time sigs. 8. Icelandic Lullaby Icelandic folk song Anon. dotted quarter note 9. Love and Hate M.J.C. Thorarinn Eldjárn D / opposites 10. The Cuckoo French song Anon. echo dynamics/volta 11. London’s Burning English round Trad. 4-part round playing 12. Shake your Left Leg Out German song Anon. articulation, dance rhythms 13. We are Three Tin Soldiers unknown Anon. eighths and sixteenths/bugle call 14. Ode to Joy Beethoven Schiller symphonic music, increasing dynamics 15. Marching, Marching Danish song Anon. ostinato, speech rhythm 16. Little Birds up in the Tree Icelandic round Anon. 3-part round 17. Hi, Hi, Ho! German folk song Páll J. ´Ardal vivace / discordant accompaniment 18. The Bridge of Avignon French folk song Anon. tenuto, staccato 19. Ten Little Fingers Anon. Anon. arpeggio, practice 20. Stop your Crying Icelandic folk song Anon. phrasing, legato 21. Pass the Secret all Around Icelandic folk song Anon. musical game 22. The Silver Moon French folk song Anon. dolce, soft gentle fairytale 23. The Moonstones Hungarian folk song Anon. cantabile, modal harmony 24. Colors German folk song Anon. playing ostinati 25. If I were a Singer von Weber Páll J. ´Ardal famous composer, upbeats 26. The Boatbuilder Swedish folk song Anon. accents, anacrusis 27. The School Bus Anon. Anon. scherzando, humor in music 28. The Butterflies folk song Anon. 29. Sleeping Beauty Danish children’s song Anon. interpreting different moods
