Journey Around the Globe with Recorder

24 pedagogy lessons for teaching the soprano recorder. Recorder playing is an integral part of the music classroom experience in these lessons. The first two notes taught are G and E. Notes are introduced individually, in sequence, and in a musical context.

The songs selected come from a variety of cultures. Students will learn about the culture from singing the songs, playing the music and games, and participating in the dances.

The included CD-ROM has PowerPoint slides  for the steps in the lessons as well as to provide a brief look into the cultures of the songs in the book. Phonetic spellings are included for songs in languages other than English.

Lessons
1: Haru Ga Kita  (Spring Is Coming) - Japan
2:  Que Llueva! - Latin American children's song
3.  Paw Paw Patch - Appalachian play party
4.  Yellow Bird - Haitian Creole song
5.  Mongolian Night Song - Mongolian folk song
6.  Sioux Indian Lullaby - traditional Sioux song
7.  Yangtze River Chantey - Chinese working song
8.  Hei Tama Tu Tama = Maori hand game
9.  Pat Works on the Railway - Irish-American work song
10. Over My Head - African-American spiritual
11. Olinda Keliya - New Year's folk song
12. Sakura - folk song from Japan
13. Al Citron - Mexican game song
14. Chicago Sunset - blues piece by Charlie Musselwhite
15. Ievan Polkka (Eva's Polka) - Finnish popular Song
16. Sleep, Baby, Sleep - American folk lullaby
17. The Birch Tree - Russian folk song
18. Funga Alafia - African-style welcome song
19. Skip to My Lou - American frontier play party
20. Song of the Witches - from Macbeth by William Shakespeare
21. Doraji - Korean folk song
22. Simi Yadech - Israeli folk dance
23. Ali Pasha - Turkish folk song
24. Down the River - American sea shantey