Recorder Lessons
All students of Excel Music learn to read music. Teachers will devise a customized curriculum for each student which will incorporate the style of music that the student wants to learn in addition to teaching music theory, history and other appropriate musical skills.
Recorder Lessons
- Recommended starting age: 6
- Recommended lesson length:
- Age 6-10, 30 minutes
- Above age 10, 60 minutes
Equipment needed: Recorders cost less than $10 (of course, professional models can cost hundreds of dollars) and come in a wide variety of colors. We have them available for purchase at the school.
Practice time: 15-20 minutes per day for beginners, increasing over time to at least an hour per day.
Starting age: Recorder is an excellent instrument for younger music students, especially those with an interest in flute, clarinet and sax, that don’t yet have their adult teeth. It can be started at age 6 because the instrument is very small and light, has very small holes that can easily be covered by small fingers, and requires very little breath support.
Additional info: Learning to play the recorder teaches all of the necessary fundamentals of music. These skills can then be later applied to any other instrument. But don’t let the easy-for-beginners nature of this instrument fool you, recorder is increasingly being played to a very high concert standard. If you are familiar with Celine Dion’s biggest hit, My Heart Will Go On, then you’ve heard a similar-sounding, and similarly-played instrument, the penny whistle (sometimes called a tin whistle). This is just the tip of the iceberg (sorry) of what can be done with these small woodwind instruments.
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