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FREE Online Recorder Class for Beginners - Learn to Read Music with Lawrence Zukof (alto recorder)
3/20/2022 - 4/10/2022

Event Description
YOU Can Learn To Read Music, Get out your alto recorder!

ARS introduces a Free Online Beginners’ Reading Music Course geared primarily for non-music readers or people who are rusty, having had only a skirting exposure to rudimentary music reading skills. Professional recorder player and teacher Lawrence (Larry) Zukof will lead you through this four session course and help you learn the fundamentals of reading music using a variety of simple tunes and rhythms and demystify how pitch and rhythm are translated into music symbols. While the focus will be on the basics of note reading and rhythms, the course will also include tips on producing a beautiful sound from the start.

The recorder is a fantastic instrument for people who want the social experience of playing with others. It is very accessible, affordable and one can learn to make a beautiful sound in a relatively short time. Whether you are an absolute beginner or you’ve never played alto recorder before, or are rusty or you play other instruments mostly by ear and want to read music, this is the course for you!

This course will use the following method book which provides excellent methodical exercises to learn fingerings, while providing simple tunes to satisfy the soul! The Sweet Pipes Recorder Book: A method for adults and older beginners by Gerald Burakoff and William E. Hettrick. Alto, Book One. SP02318. (This book has a red cover!) Additionally, the instructor will provide supplementary materials.  If you need to purchase a copy of this book, see links below.

Dates:
Sunday, March 20, 8 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. CDT, 6 p.m. MDT, 5 p.m. PDT)
Sunday, March 27, 8 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. CDT, 6 p.m. MDT, 5 p.m. PDT)
Sunday, April 3, 8 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. CDT, 6 p.m. MDT, 5 p.m. PDT)
Sunday, April 10, 8 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. CDT, 6 p.m. MDT, 5 p.m. PDT)

For this course, you will need the Sweet Pipes Recorder Book and an alto recorder. Consider purchasing these from one of our business partners, and please allow ample time for mail delivery! If you have purchased the Sweet Pipes Recorder book online but are concerned that you may not receive it in time for your first class, we can provide you with a "temporary" copy for download. Instructions will be in your emailed registration confirmation notice.

Do you need to purchase an alto recorder? You cannot go wrong with the best plastic recorders on the market. Yamaha, Aulos, and Zen-On all make fine sounding and in-tune plastic recorders. Consider purchasing an instrument from one of our business partners (the names in quotes below cite the original 18th c. recorder makers from which the plastic models are modeled):

Von Huene Workshop (The Early Music Shop of New England)
Yamaha "Rottenburgh" alto recorder 
https://www.vonhuene.com/p-115-yamaha-rottenburgh-plastic-alto.aspx
Aulos "Haka" alto recorder 
https://www.vonhuene.com/p-126-aulos-plastic-haka-alto.aspx
Zen-on "Bressan" alto recorder 
https://www.vonhuene.com/p-6331-zen-on-g1-a-440-bressan-alto-recorder.aspx
Sweet Pipes Recorder Book 
https://www.vonhuene.com/p-3689-burakoff-gerald-hettrick-sweet-pipes-recorder-book-book-1-adults-and-older-beginners.aspx

Honeysuckle Music
Alto recorders 
https://honeysucklemusic.com/show3.php?cat=Alto
Sweet Pipes Recorder Book 
https://honeysucklemusic.com/showf.php?item=5289

Lazar's Early Music
Yamaha "Rottenburgh" alto recorder 
https://lazarsearlymusic.com/collections/recorders/products/yamaha-abs-resin-recorder-alto?variant=29092748591186

Recorderforge.com
Alto recorders
https://recorderforge.com/Shop-by-size/F-Alto/?order=name-asc&p=1&properties=151fe63ecadb49aebf3ed9923ead2718