How to Play Silent Night on the Recorder

[@kaeru7655]

Thank you sir :> now i can perform to my Music class

[@KerinGedge]

You're welcome! Good luck!

[@christiedecker2724]

When I was in second grade, many, many years ago, we had recorder as a required course. I could make the sounds, I could play by ear, but put a piece of music in front of me and I was looking at something as foreign as ancient Latin to students of today. I could not understand it. The day came for our exam. We were given a piece of music, no title on it, and told what area of the school we could go to and practice. It was a small Christian one-room school in the basement of the church. I got the broom closet. I sat in there and looked and got more and more frightened. I could not read the music. I could not play for my 'final'. The teacher came to listen to me...I could not do it! I loved playing on the recorder by ear. It was amazing to me...But I failed the test...I could not make the notes into anything I knew. I think it was some simple chorus that most are familiar with like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, but I flunked. Some 50 plus years later, I still love the recorder. I still love music...and I can pick out the notes a little better, but not well enough to play for anyone...I want that to change! I want to be able to know note placement and to read them fluently. I want to put the musical instruments I have collected through the years to PROPER use! This is my gift to me this coming year, take time to play, practice, enjoy. Thanks for the start today, December 1, 2018. Blessings!

[@KerinGedge]

Thanks for your lovely comment! I wish you good luck:) i struggle to read music too! All i can remember usually is the middle line in the treble clef is B and the middle in the bass is D :p takes me ages to learn a new piece properly so I usually cheat and play by ear... rhythm is my other weakness! God bless!

[@christiedecker2724]

@@KerinGedge Oh, rhythm!!! If I do not know a piece, it's hard for me to know the pace of it. Sometimes even when I do know it. And understanding and getting the timing of the whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth notes...music is a foreign language I WANT to understand and apply. Thanks for your help with it, even if you are only a little ahead of us. I do not have a metronome - probably something I should invest in...and a tuner...I have lost some of my hearing, though if it is loud enough I can hear it...Blessings!

[@cutepics25]

thank you very much

[@KerinGedge]

No problem!

[@Danielblaszczak130]

this helps alot thx

[@KerinGedge]

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[@spek9468]

thank you sir now i can perform silent night infront of my teacher not being angry at me ;-;

[@jeanettehlumbane2146]

grate song

[@DeanPorterEsq]

Any chance you might be working on doing more songs for the Recorder? M. I am thinking of songs tgat can be used at Christmas and other songs tbat have bi religious significance so that I might be able to upload to my channel and maybe see if it worth busking?

[@KerinGedge]

Definitely will be! I'm moving at a snail's pace at the moment because my work commitments are pretty big right now, but hopefully I'll find myself back in a nice routine soon!

[@revolverocelot3697]

YESSS this is the perfect video some guy was doing like a 40sec note wich really annoyed my ear drums 🤮🤮 sehr gut

[@KerinGedge]

Ow, you poor thing, I hope you've recovered!

[@tresvicente8736]

6:16 saving it for later

[@KerinGedge]

Excellent! How did you go?

[@Gigachad-ir2sp]

5. Was to confusing???

[@KerinGedge]

How?

[@Gigachad-ir2sp]

@@KerinGedge Cuz maybe the fingering was to fast?

[@samburdett1914]

D: Nightmares

[@KerinGedge]

Yeah, my wife hates the recorder too.

[@mercielq.repolledo933]

you have a mistake in 3.

[@KerinGedge]

I just watched it and couldn't see the mistake... can you explain it to me?

[@ticone83]

@@KerinGedge in phrase 3 you are showing the note A by covering the first 2 holes. However, when showing the phrase faster you are covering only the 1st hole, thus showing the note B. It's just a graphic mistake, the sound is unaffected. Thanks for the video, it was great for a beginner like me.

[@KerinGedge]

Thanks for pointing that out! Oh well!

[@fanback4448]

The last note is absolutely terrible for me

[@KerinGedge]

Keep practicing, you'll get it eventually!