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Second Level Beginners' Class For New Bass Players with Tish Berlin
3/13/2023 - 3/23/2023
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST

Event Description
If you have never played the bass recorder before or are just getting started, this is the course for you! Build a solid foundation for learning bass recorder and bass clef through this 4-part course starting on March 13, 2023. Professional recorder player and teacher Tish Berlin will cover basics such as hand and finger position, tonguing, and tone, and instill good habits for continuing to learn on your own or with a teacher. Students will need to purchase the Mönkemeyer method book for the bass “Das Spiel auf der Bass Blockflöte”.  This book is available at Honeysuckle Music. This class is intended for recorder players who are already comfortable with playing at least an octave and a half in treble clef on soprano, alto, or tenor recorder.

Do you need to purchase a bass recorder?  I recommend starting out with a good plastic recorder, rather than a cheap wooden one. Yamaha makes very good plastic recorders. Consider purchasing an instrument from one of our business partners:  

Von Huene Workshop (The Early Music Shop of New England): (617) 277-8690
Honeysuckle Music at honeysucklemusic.com  (651) 644-8545
Lazar’s Early Music: (770) 366-8596

This class is available at no charge to ARS members, only. When registering, use the email address associated with your ARS membership. If you are not an ARS member, you may click HERE to join.  These classes are limited in size to allow for interaction between the teacher and students. If you have already taken two or more of our Second Level classes, please wait until one week prior to the start of class to sign up, in order to allow a larger number of people to take advantage of these opportunities.

Requirements: 
Bass recorder
Basic ability to read music, comfort with fingerings for most notes 
Monkemeyer book

This course will use the following method book: “Das Spiel auf der Bass Blockflöte” by Monkemeyer.  This book can be purchased from Honeysuckle Music HERE.  Any supplementary material will be provided by the instructor.

Dates:
Monday, March 13, 7:00pm ET (6:00pm CT, 5:00pm MT, 4:00pm PT)
Thursday, March 16, 7:00pm ET (6:00pm CT, 5:00pm MT, 4:00pm PT)
Monday, March 20, 7:00pm ET (6:00pm CT, 5:00pm MT, 4:00pm PT)
Thursday, March 23, 7:00pm ET (6:00pm CT, 5:00pm MT, 4:00pm PT)