This is an excellent recorder book. The musical selections are generally very good to keep things interesting – I didn’t find too many that I wanted to skip after playing a couple times. The pace of the book is good as it gradually introduces new elements and makes sure to build on fundamentals learned in earlier sections. This is definitely NOT a method book and although there are exercises here and there, they are few and far between. This is largely a song book that progresses through various technique using song selection. So, if you are trying to be a serious recorder player you will ultimately need a method book in addition to this one. But if you are just someone trying to learn and enjoy it, then this is exactly the book you are looking for.
You will not really learn musical concepts and terms from this book. Although it does touch on that stuff here and there, they are more like asides. If you want to learn latin musical terms and quirky notations and such, you will probably need to seek that out elsewhere.
This book would not be a good choice for someone totally new to music. If recorder is your first instrument, then you would be well served to find a very basic book because this one will move quickly through the first octave and that could be frustrating. But if you are new to recorder yet have other musical training, then you could start with this one. For example, I’m a former trumpeter and found the pacing of this book perfect for me as a beginning recorder player.
The book is rather thick and that can be somewhat of a nuisance as it doesn’t like to sit well on a music stand – even one with built-in clips. You’ll have to use a clothes pin (or whatever you normally use to hold music to a stand) to keep it open. Also, if you are using a super compact foldingwire-type stand (like the plethora of sub $20 stands), this book is heavy enough it will cause it to lean a little and a really cheap wire stand might have a hard time just holding it up. A regularly music stand or a robust folding stand like a Peak music stand will obviously have zero problems.
I bought this used. Well worth it even if I'd bought it new.
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