tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54335551378851561882011-07-30T18:05:12.950+01:00Annnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433555137885156188.post-33375492003460399442009-08-19T17:46:00.000+01:002009-08-19T18:00:33.763+01:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">When I was about 7 I began to teach myself to play the recorder and it was such a wonderfully satisfying thing to do - I learned how to read music and the whole experience made me feel good about myself. I feel that there is a lot to be said for working at something and becoming proficient at it.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anyway, I also teach recorder lessons. It can be taught as a single lesson on its own or incorporated into a piano lesson as a little extra something of interest!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The books I use for the recorder are the very same (though obviously reprinted!) as the ones I used to teach myself all those years ago - the School Recorder Book series. Also I use a book called 'Recorder from the Beginning'.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gLA86sU_wJc/SowvKg88rOI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/DtHgrT7ELgg/s1600-h/recorderbook.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gLA86sU_wJc/SowvKg88rOI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/DtHgrT7ELgg/s400/recorderbook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371720313236925666" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5433555137885156188-3337549200346039944?l=georgebuttonsmusictime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433555137885156188.post-42550621387399727732009-08-06T21:04:00.001+01:002009-08-19T18:03:41.588+01:00<a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gLA86sU_wJc/Sns7JXDLqDI/AAAAAAAAAY4/3Ry1KLW6wbc/s1600-h/IMG00929-20090806-2116.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gLA86sU_wJc/Sns7JXDLqDI/AAAAAAAAAY4/3Ry1KLW6wbc/s320/IMG00929-20090806-2116.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366948412934301746" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />For general piano lessons I prefer to use the<br />Fanny Waterman books - they have been around for years, have had a fairly recent revamp and are excellent for beginners.<br />The books are not pricey - £4.49 on Amazon, which is where I buy my copies from - and one book lasts your child for a number of months.<br />The price of lessons varies but comes within a range of £20 - £25 per hour.<br />(Usually though younger children would have no more than a half hour lesson at a time).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5433555137885156188-4255062138739972773?l=georgebuttonsmusictime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Annnoreply@blogger.com0