4. Welcome to the wonderful world of flute playing.
4 Your teacher has shown you how to hold your instrument
and make a sound on the mouthpiece. Let's play our first song!
 ggg  ggg  gggg g  g  "B"
1. Our First Note

 !!!  !!!  !!!! ! !  "A"
2. Our Second Note

 ggg  !! !  gg!! g  g 
3. Three's a Crowd

 gggg !!!! gg! ! g ! g 
4. Four In a Row

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5. 5
 !! gg
5. A Funny Pair

 !!  !g!
 !!! ggg
6. Skate Board Sam

 gg  !!!

6. 6
 g g g g ]
7. Catch That Note

 ! ! ! ! S
8. Keep On

Blowin'
 S g g g g
 ] ! ! ! 

7. 7
 ww w w
9. Our Third Note "G"
 t ww w w t
Cover the wholes tightly. Blow gently.
  
10. Couch Potato
 t S
]  t 
Whole rests get four beats of silence.

 ggg !!!
11. Puppy Dogs

 w w w  g ! w 

8. 8

12. Half Notes Happen
 -- ,, - , -4

13. Hot Cross Buns
 -, t -, t
 wwww !!!! - , t

9. 9
14. Mary Had a Little Lamb

 g!w! gg- !!, gg-
 g!w! gg- !!g! t
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additional songs and exercises online.
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15. Bad News

Bears
 g! g!w !g
 !g! ggg !!4

10. 
10 Notes are written on
lines and spaces called
the "staff".
How many lines can you find?
How many spaces can you find?
 ! - ,
16. High Dive
 www
 w g ! ! t
 w w w ! - ,
 w g ! ! t

11. 11
 """"  " """ I
17. Our Fourth Note
"C"

Keep a good posture. Back straight.
Elbows off your side. Chin up.
 """" """
18. Apple for the Teacher

 " " " " " " " 
 " " g g ! ! w w
 "g!! w w

12. 12
 yyyy yyy yyyy R
19. Our Fifth Note "D"

Remember to whisper the word "too" as you blow.
 yy
20. Bumper Cars
 www
 gg """

yyy  """  ggg  ! ! ! 
w !  g " gg!! t

13. 13
21. Dreydl, Dreydl

 y g y g y gg y y " g , !
 "!"! "!! y"g! t
 4
22. Notes Without Letters
 , - I
 P  -  ,  t
       

14. 14
           
A 
           
B 
       
C 
       
D 
     
E 
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15. 15

23. Mary's Little Cha Cha
 g ! ww ! ggggg !!!!! ggggg
      ! ! gg ! 4 www

24. French Fries
 w w w !! - , w g ! !! t
            
25. Country Hoe Down

 w ww! ! g ww, g gg! w , ,
 w ww! ! g ggP y ""g ! 4 4

16. 16

26. Eighth Note Slide
 " " " g g g ! ! ! w
 ! ! ! g g " " " P
 
s  
27. The Cabbage Song

 gggg" " gggg! !
 g g g g " " " " g g ! ! w w 
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28. Jingle
Bells

 gg- gg- gyw! - 
 " " " " " g g gg g ! ! g , .
     
         yy"! t

18. 
18

"E"
29. The Karate Chop
 ^ ^ , zz^
 4 ww 4
^ z ^
 - 4 , wwgw w
4 w w ^
30. Rain, Rain, Go Away!
 ^

      
 

19. 19
 
"Low D"
^ .
31. That's the Ticket

 4 . ww. ww.
    
32. Slam Dunk

33. Jolly Old St. Nick

gggg !!, wwww ]

zzzz yy
 4 !w!g t

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30. Old McDonald
Had a Farm

 " " " w ! ! 4 z z y y P  
Half note rests get
two beats of silence.
        
    
     

21. 21
Go back to the beginning
and play until "Fine".
37. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

 ww yy zz. ""gg !!4
yy"" gg, yy"" gg,
Fine

D. C. al Fine
Go back to the sign and
play until "Fine". The "sign"
38. Ode to Joy

 gg"y y"g! ww!g g!,
  
    
! ! g w ! g"g w ! g"g ! w ! .
Fine

D.S.al Fine

22. 22 1. 2.
 
When you reach the repeat sign under the first ending, stop and
go back to the beginning. When you get to the first ending again,
skip it and go to the second ending.
31. Stodola Pumpa
 zzz yyy """ " ggg ! g
 w
" " " w "  " " " 
1. 2.

yzy" g".
32. London Bridge
 ! gP g".
   , . g 4

23. 23
A "slur" is a curved line that connects
two or more notes of different pitches.
Tongue the first note and move to the    
next notes without tonguing. Don't stop blowing.
A "tie" is a curved line that connects
 "  
two or more notes of the same pitch.
Hold the note for the combined value of the notes.
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33. Southern Roses
 4
 P - ,
 g " y , g " y 4
    
 g " y , g P "  

24.   
24
Note(s) that come before the first

full measure of a piece of music.


Hold (keep blowing) the note

until your director tells you to stop,
34. Snake Charmer
! 
g " g !! g "" g " ! " y

z zzzyg" y yyy"!g

z g " 
 " g ! ! g " !
35. Aura Lee

 w "g" y!. "g!g P 4
             

25. 25
  
"F "
39. Yankee Doodle

 w w ! g w g ! y w w ! g 4 
 ww ! g " g ! w F y z F 4 4
A "time signature" tells you how many
beats there are in each measure of music.
40. Little Cabin in the Wood

 ww! w F , y ! ! g g ! w -
y
 y gg" g!P !!g t
y

26. 26 
A "key signature" changes

certain notes throughout When you see this key signature,
a piece of music. play all the Fs as F SHARP.

41. It's a Ringer!
  . ^ 4 , 4  

      

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
42. Polly Wolly Doodle
  g g w ww g g 4 gggg "" gg ,  FF

! ! F FF ! ! " """ gg ! ! ] 
1.

 2." " " "
 gg!! t

27. 27
43. Barcarolle

 - " P g g ! " P g
 g ! " P g - -
         
       
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Write in the letters to these notes.
        
  
           

28. 28
Two performers or singers
who play together.
44. Lightly Row
(Part 1 - Melody)

1
yg- "!, w!g" yy.
2 3 4
 

5 6

7
gyy ]
8
 w

9
gP gggg g".
10 11 12
 !!!! !

13 14

15
 
16
 

29. 29
45. Lightly Row
(Part 2 - Harmony)

1 2 3
gw4 !F wFw! gg-
4
 
5 6 7 8
   wwgg t

9 10 11 12
 FFFF Fw, wwww w!-
13 14 15 16
    

30. 30
 . z y z F 4 4 
46. Good King Wenceslas
  www! ww
 y"g! g!4 zyzF 4 4


yy zF ww, y"g! P
 4 t

47. O Come Little Children
  . gy . gy P !" ]
    
  

31. 31
Playing the same music beginning at different times.
1
48. Are You Sleeping? a Four Part Round
gw  g". 
2
 w !
3 y z y "  y 4 
gw
4
  w
Piano
Play with a soft volume.
Forte
Play with a full volume.
49. Minka Minka

 !!!! !"g! gggg gy"g
f p
 ! ! ! ! ! " g ! g " y g ! ! 
f p f
50. The Thumb Slide
    


32. 32
A dotted quarter note gets one
and one half counts.
 " g  ! w

51. America
 w w ! F w ! g g
 p
y y y y " g
 ! w F 4 
 " " " " g
f
  ! g " g ! w
 g " y z " g
p
  ! 4
f
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52. Technical Foul
           
      

     
     

33. 33
     
A 
          
B 
              
C 
            
D 
   
E        

    
F       
     
G       
      
H 
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34. 34

53. Rhythm Wreck
    
    
       
   
     
Find time at home to practice.
Play for your parents and friends.
Perform "mini concerts".
Have fun with the recorder!
z y P   
54. More Hot Cross Buns


           

35.  35

"High F"
y z z {z{{ ^
55. Hatikvah

 !g"
 y yg " " g!g" , 
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 g. yz.
56. Slippery Slurs
 
yg4 "!
w
 { y- "z4 !g, wg4


36. 36
 
57. Bach Minuet
  !g!z  
 g        2.
 g !
1.

58. Rueben and Rachel
"gg 
  z  
p

f
 zzFg ""g
g  

f
59. When Love Is Kind

 ! g!g    g !g"
  " g"y
     

37. Mezzo Piano 37
Play with a medium
soft volume.
Mezzo Forte
Play with a medium
loud volume.
  
60. Mexican Hat Dance
  zzg 
     
mp mf
    
     2. 
FF!     
1.

mp mf f
 
A natural sign cancels
  g g " y " g g
61. Blues Dude

a flat or sharp.
 z 
          
mf
 
       mp

 
     
mf f
    

38. 38
62. Big Breath Slurs
       

 
      
63. When the
Saints Go
Marchin' In
 
   
mf
         
mp
       
   
mf
      

39. 39
64. William Tell Overture
       

mf
           
        
 
f
   
65. This Old Man
  
 
mf
  
        

         

40. 40
66. Sweetly Sings the Donkey

      
mp

            
mf f

          
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67. Danger! Tricky Rhythms
     
     

             


41. 41
w z! w z wwz! w z
68. Bye, Baby Bunting


p
wwzz wwzz wwz! www

Crescendo
Get louder
Decrescendo
Get softer
  z g w z I g !wF
69. Monster Melodies
      
  z F w
P
z  z F w z 
   

42. 42
           
70. Old Brass Wagon
  
 mf        
 
       
   

     

           
71. Kookaburra
 
 mf
       
        


mp
     

43. 43
    
72. Shortnin' Bread
 
  

mf
      
   
      
  
     
    

73. The Erie Canal
           
mf f
        
   
mf
     
   
f

44. 44
74. Can Can
       
  
mf
    
     

              
1. 2.

75. La Bamba
              

mf
        

       
   
  
         

45. 45
76. Simple Gifts
          
   
mp
  
         
           
 
mf
77. Amazing Grace

        
mp
     
    
  
mf
   
        
   
    