Teaching Children to Play Jazz on the Soprano Recorder Presented by Jim Tinter ([email protected]) I. Musical People - TBA - Tuneful, Beatful, Artful (may not be literate)...John Feierabend II. Flea trainers place limits and restrict opportunities. Fleaberators take the lid off the jar and liberate the fleas! III. Jazz Recorder - Innovation or heresy? Jazz — America’s unique art form. Recorder — Best bang for music ed. buck A. Technique 1. Warm air, flat fingers, “doo or dah” for legato, “dut” or “duh” for staccato, mouthpiece on dry part of lip. B. Jazz recorder literature 1. Specifically written for young players — easy melodies, simple harmonies, easy solos to imitate, solo/echo patterns. 2. Combination of swing and straight eighth note styles. IV. E I E A GO! — Equip Inspire Excite Achieve Go! A. Equip kids (notes, rhythms, articulations, etc.), inspire each other, get excited, achieve and GO! (Leave the jar) V. Pieces to be presented: A. “Hot Cross Buns” and “Hot Cross/Merrily Mambo” — Legato and staccato articulations. Mastering staccato articulation is essential for playing jazz on the recorder! From Big Mouth Blues and B-A-G Bossa Nova. B. “Swing Along” — Swing version of “Merrily We Roll Along.” “Doo, dut dut” articulation. Transcribed B,A,G solo to emulate. From B-A-G Bossa Nova. C. “Mary Had a Great Big Band” — Embellished “Mary Had a Little Lamb” w/ B section. 32 bar song form. From B-A-G Bossa Nova. D. “Jazz Waltz,” in the style of “All Blues” by Miles Davis, and “5/4 Swing,” in the style of “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck. From Jingle Bells in 10 Flavors. E. “Shuffle Me” — Hard swinging! Legato/staccato (“dut dut dah doo dut”). Three tempos. Left hand melody. From VFX. f", la Ev fa gCo(a *f n:: *:,' lit - tle lamb. mi so .to where .fa white as snow. mi do re do was white -- as re mi do re was re 26 Traditional melody Arr. by Jim Tinter 4., do re To Coda reldo) )= lD Swine! ^ 4' 8, -v re had do l8 Mar -y mi do d re do had do ery- fa that fa ery- fa where fa Mar-y mi re that fa Mar -y mi do lts mi do lir re fleece re tle re tle lamb re re went do went, do L-') the do the do go. re go mi 21 sure SO SR to fa div. Fleece was w so ft mi Yeah AS re MaryHad A Cneat BiS Eland TR play 2nd & 3rd time ,!f Y: a re do 15 I t4 ; lit - tle tu-u was sure to go. Big Eland