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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
This Week - 18th January / 22nd January
This Week - 26th January
This Week - 26th January
This Week - 26th January
This Week - 26th January
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
Ronde
![Ronde?.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_3fe0462071114c08933a8ef6e63b5fbc~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_86,y_300,w_1694,h_1406/fill/w_419,h_348,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Ronde_.jpg)
This is another old French dance, similar to Bransle.
In French, Ronde means 'round'. It's called that because it was danced in a ring or circle, holding hands.
Susato arranged and published it in the late 16th century, but the original tune is probably much older.
Ronde is also the French name for a semibreve a note which lasts for 4 beats.
![white semibreve.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_544ee1c17aec4e0ab83388f50ffe1a35~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_36,h_36,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/white%20semibreve.png)
Here's a version for recorder quartet (descant, treble, tenor and bass recorders).
Listen to how the descant adds fancy bits ('ornamentation') on the repeats.
![recorder quartet.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_aec9c02a7c4b4281826c1356a2523bba~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_116,h_172,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/recorder%20quartet.png)
![fancy bit graphic invert.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_d345004367f94a6b996ec0fc88d15647~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_52,h_12,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/fancy%20bit%20graphic%20invert.png)
Click here for the parts
Start by clapping the rhythm
Tricky bits to practice first
![Ronde B.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_79d34e00db0b4a63b4b8418e591a32e2~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_769,y_433,w_167,h_129/fill/w_145,h_112,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Ronde%20B.png)
Do you remember this bit from Bransle?
You have to do it in Ronde as well.
You also have to do the same pattern one step higher, starting on B:
![Ronde B.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_79d34e00db0b4a63b4b8418e591a32e2~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_407,y_456,w_168,h_114/fill/w_159,h_108,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Ronde%20B.png)
Here's another tricky bit:
![Ronde B.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_79d34e00db0b4a63b4b8418e591a32e2~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_777,y_626,w_164,h_112/fill/w_158,h_108,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Ronde%20B.png)
It would be a good idea to practice all 3 of them now!
Look where they happen in the tune:
![Ronde B.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_79d34e00db0b4a63b4b8418e591a32e2~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_71,y_434,w_919,h_498/fill/w_54,h_29,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Ronde%20B.png)
Once you can play these bits, the rest of it's quite easy
Extension
Try starting the first pattern on every note:
![pattern 1.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67e48e_fdb3def74ee9424c938b41afcb198e85~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_24,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/pattern%201.png)
Practice it one bar at a time to start with, then see if you can join the bars together.
Start slowly, then try speeding up.
When you can do it, try it backwards!