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This Week - 2nd February
Friday 22nd May (it's a bit late I know - took longer than I expected...)
Ronde
- Work slowly and practice it bit by bit.
- Learn the rhythms first.
- Practice the tricky bits
- Follow the tutorial video. Keep pausing to practice, don't try to do it all at once!
- Can you play it all the way through without the letters?
- When you can play it slowly and neatly, start speeding up!
- Record yourself in BandLab - more information here.
Friday 22nd May (it's a bit late I know - took longer than I expected...)
Ronde
- Work slowly and practice it bit by bit.
- Learn the rhythms first.
- Practice the tricky bits
- Follow the tutorial video. Keep pausing to practice, don't try to do it all at once!
- Can you play it all the way through without the letters?
- When you can play it slowly and neatly, start speeding up!
- Record yourself in BandLab - more information here.
Friday 22nd May (it's a bit late I know - took longer than I expected...)
Ronde
- Work slowly and practice it bit by bit.
- Learn the rhythms first.
- Practice the tricky bits
- Follow the tutorial video. Keep pausing to practice, don't try to do it all at once!
- Can you play it all the way through without the letters?
- When you can play it slowly and neatly, start speeding up!
- Record yourself in BandLab - more information here.
1. Hand position
1. Hand position
1. Hand position
2. First 3 notes: G A B
2. First 3 notes: G A B
2. First 3 notes: G A B
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3. Tonguing
3. Tonguing
3. Tonguing
4. Changing notes
4. Changing notes
4. Changing notes
Brecknock & Torriano
Primary Federation
Camden Youth
Recorder Group
Coleridge Primary
Orchestra
Fleet Primary
Brass
B flat ( )
B
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_36dbac4fd10c474baa94280d0b532823~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_0,y_5,w_1000,h_946/fill/w_71,h_66,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/67e48e_36dbac4fd10c474baa94280d0b532823~mv2.png)
The note in between A and B; higher than A, but lower than B.
This is a proper flat sign but we normally type it as a small case b: Bb
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_36dbac4fd10c474baa94280d0b532823~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_0,y_5,w_1000,h_946/fill/w_52,h_48,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/67e48e_36dbac4fd10c474baa94280d0b532823~mv2.png)
There are 2 ways of fingering it:
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_2967447bc73749a79e988aaa436c943f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_44,h_438,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/67e48e_2967447bc73749a79e988aaa436c943f~mv2.png)
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3
4
![Bb fingering 2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_e66b5cd6a41c4ea89b0adebac85b48be~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_44,h_438,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Bb%20fingering%202.png)
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3
5
6
- or -
Try both.
You can choose the one that feels most comfortable for you.
When there's one flat in the key signature, on the B line, this turns all the Bs into B flats:
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_762f0645d4b9492b8c6c8bea08f017fd~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_14,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/67e48e_762f0645d4b9492b8c6c8bea08f017fd~mv2.png)
When there isn't a flat in the key signature, we write B flats by putting the flat sign before the note:
![Bb no key sig.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_dda026886344463e8a12430809531867~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_14,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Bb%20no%20key%20sig.png)
A flat or sharp sign before a note lasts for the rest of the bar, so this is a Bb too.
Try these exercises:
Click the triangles to play
![Bb ex 1.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_a1ec821d2a01426290b0e67b05c49163~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_118,h_24,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Bb%20ex%201.png)
![Bb ex 3.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_f48421438a64404f86d474ee1c2fdee5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_118,h_24,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Bb%20ex%203.png)
![Bb ex 5.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_142dfc1d10c54127b6e0ecf2d05c5a63~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_118,h_24,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Bb%20ex%205.png)
F natural
![Bb ex 7.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_78060a6d81534d1287906678fedccd3f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_118,h_24,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Bb%20ex%207.png)
![Bb ex 2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_2bed988c0c2d4bde89cfeb7048533ab2~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_118,h_24,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Bb%20ex%202.png)
![Bb ex 4.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_6c7883c81e0b44a1a741a096647561f2~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_118,h_24,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Bb%20ex%204.png)
![Bb ex 6.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_2104e64018184d1f84d5d8626c3e995d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_118,h_24,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Bb%20ex%206.png)
F natural
![Bb ex 8.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_0e01daddc3b948128a357e3259af9184~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_118,h_24,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Bb%20ex%208.png)
Some theory
The notes
Play-a-long
High F
- Finger a low F natural
- Take your little finger off
- Bend your thumb
![High F.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_c5b13c356f3b49d8a4fc03b69fc7a50f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_146,h_207,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/High%20F.png)
Thumb bent
like high E
Like low F, but
no little finger
Sounds like this:
On the
top line
![1. High F trans.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_cdd6d298d25348e487f3d52223558a53~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_52,h_26,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/1_%20High%20F%20trans.png)
Looks like this:
Some exercises
1
![2. EF.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_ecaa776e00bf47f5ae77d9e1352b019c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_110,h_32,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2_%20EF.png)
2
![3. DEFED.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_f2ff7eca7da5425f8f45f2b6d2f4004e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_110,h_32,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3_%20DEFED.png)
3
![4. CDEFEDC.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_efe4789926834b9db877fce2086a327e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_110,h_32,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4_%20CDEFEDC.png)
F major scale
![5. F maj scale.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_fa889ed13b8a4c69986fb6631ffd0d2f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_83,h_14,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/5_%20F%20maj%20scale.png)