Color Coded Notation Method Book DRMSL – Recorder, Ocarina, Ukulele, & Keyboards

This color-coded method book lets every student play the same song at the level of support they need. Each song comes in 5 levels. Level one has color-coded notes, letter names inside each notehead, and ukulele chord diagrams, and each level drops a support until students read standard notation.

It works for recorder, ocarina, ukulele, keyboard, and other C instruments, so students can play together, even if they’re on different instruments or levels.

What’s included

• 7 songs, each in 5 levels of support
• Pitch range: C4 to A4
• Solfège: do, re, mi, so, la
• Ukulele chords: C major, F major, and G major
• Fingering charts for recorder, ukulele, 6-hole ocarina, 12-hole ocarina, and keyboard
• Printing and binding directions
• Ideas for instruction

Songs

• Bow Wow Wow
• Great Big House in New Orleans
• Knock the Cymbals
• Here Comes a Bluebird
• Sally Go Round the Sun
• Do, Do, Pity My Case
• Black Snake

Formats

• PDF

Important

• The books are written for C instruments, such as recorder, ocarina, ukulele, and keyboard, so they won’t match transposing instruments like B♭ clarinet.
• The books are designed to be printed double-sided in color.

Ways to use it

• Differentiated practice where every student plays the same song
• Mixed instrument groups, such as recorders and ocarinas together
• Classrooms without a full set of one instrument
• For more songs, see the Mi, So, La and Do, Re, Mi books.

Standards (NCAS)

• Performing: Anchor Standard 4 (select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation)
• Performing: Anchor Standard 5 (develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation)

License & help

This purchase is for one teacher to use with their own students. Each teacher needs their own copy. See the full terms of sale →

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Try it free

Want to see how the levels work first? The free sample has all four levels of Hot Cross Buns. Download the free sample →