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FREE Online Recorder Class for Beginners with Sarah Cantor
11/2/2020 - 11/12/2020

Event Description
The American Recorder Society Presents a Free Beginners' Recorder Class with Sarah Cantor. Sarah is a professional recorder player who enjoys making music with musicians of all levels and ages. How can we use our breath, tongues and fingers to serve the music? She is looking forward to exploring the recorder together and connecting through music.

For this class, you will need either a Soprano or Tenor recorder. Any printed materials needed for the class will be emailed a few days before the first class.

Dates:
Monday, November 2, 6:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. CST, 4:00 p.m. MST, 3:00 p.m. PST)
Thursday, November 5, 6:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. CST, 4:00 p.m. MST, 3:00 p.m. PST)
Monday, November 9, 6:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. CST, 4:00 p.m. MST, 3:00 p.m. PST)
Thursday, November 12, 6:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. CST, 4:00 p.m. MST, 3:00 p.m. PST)

Pre-requisite:
Practice patience with yourself. Allow yourself to focus on just one thing at a time.

Get rid of the expectation that you should be able to execute things you have not yet learned to do.

Music is a way to fight this world wide, non-discriminating pandemic together. Enjoy this video Sarah created with 100 recorder players of different ages and levels, from all over the world.

Videos of some of Sarah's recorder warm up exercises: https://www.cantornote.com/teaching.html

A message from Sarah:
I am looking forward to playing together in the American Recorder Society Beginner class!  I recommend that you put a thumb rest on your soprano or tenor recorder.  In the class I can go over how to position it.  You can buy a cheap plastic one from the Von Huene shop (link below).  You can also make one yourself out of beeswax.  It  is easy to come by at a sewing store, natural foods store,  farmers market or on line.  I take a garlic clove (can’t think of another measurement) size piece off, warm it up and put it on the recorder.  
 
The plastic ones at Von Huene are $1.50 but about $4.00 in shipping.  In order to off set the shipping cost and inspire you to play, I recommend also getting the Sweet Pipes Recorder Book, Book 1, for Soprano Recorder.
 
See you soon!
Sarah

Recommended plastic recorders in C to purchase:
Soprano Recorder:  Yamaha Ecodear R-YHRottS402B
Tenor Recorder:  Yamaha YRT-304B

Von Huene Workshop (The Early Music Shop of New England), Boston, MA: (617) 277-8690
     Soprano Recorder
     Tenor Recorder 
     Thumb Rest

Honeysuckle Music, St. Paul, MN (651) 644-8545
     Soprano Recorder 
     Tenor Recorder 

Lazar's Early Music, Social Circle, GA: (770) 366-8596
     Soprano Recorder 
     Tenor Recorder