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Classroom Recorder Basics
is a comprehensive recorder method designed for classroom use. Purchase of the method for only $15 includes a site license for use at a single school.
  • Legally make as many copies as you need - forever!
  • You will receive a high quality PDF file delivered to your email address within 48 hours.
  • Every page clearly states that purchase includes the right to photocopy, so there is never a question about copyright infringement.



Classroom Recorder Basics - PDF Version - Cost $15.00 - Includes Site License





What is the Catch?


        There is no catch. Mr. Michael Drange, the author of the book understands your plight.

       "When I began teaching music in 1994, I had 400 students rotating through my class. I had no budget to speak of, and no materials. I began writing a recorder book so I could make photocopies legally. There was no way I could purchase books for every child. Over the years the book has grown into "Classroom Recorder Basics."  I'm offering site licenses  to all purchasers, because we need to keep music education alive, especially in the face of NCLB."

What is included?


        You will receive a PDF copy of the book delivered via email. You can print the pages you need and copy them as often as you need. The book does not include music theory and does not address new concepts as they unfold. For example, when the half note is introduced, there is no explanation. This method is used in order to give teachers great flexibility in the presentation of the material. A fingering chart for all the notes used is included in the back of the book. The goal of the book is to systematically present written examples of exercises and songs for students to perform in the most cost effective manner.



List of Songs included in "Classroom Recorder Basics."


When new concepts are introduced, short examples are used to teach the concept. For example:

1. Our First Song

Example 1
The list below includes songs and pieces which are included in the book. This list does not include the teaching examples.

  • All Through The Night
  • Alouette
  • Amazing Grace
  • Are You Sleeping
  • Au Claire De La Lune
  • Aura Lee
  • Barcarolle
  • Down By The Station
  • Evening
  • Farmer in the Dell
  • Go Tell Aunt Rhody
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • Good News
  • Good Night Ladies
  • Grand Old Duke of York
  • Hallelujah Chorus
  • Hot Cross Buns
  • I Know Where I'm Going
  • Jingle Bells
  • Jolly Old St Nick
  • Lightly Row
  • London Bridge
  • Lullaby
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb
  • Musette
  • O Come All Ye Faithful
  • Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow
  • Ode to Joy
  • Oh Susanna
  • Old Brass Wagon
  • Old King Cole
  • Old MacDonald
  • Pop Goes the Weasel
  • Red River Valley
  • Shortnin' Bread
  • Skip to My Lou
  • Song of the Fjords
  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  • The Water is Wide
  • Theme By Mozart
  • This Old Man
  • This Train
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
  • We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  • William Tell
  • Yankee Doodle


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