Color Coded Notation Method Book MSL – 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 4 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

• 9 songs, each in 4 levels of support
• Pitch range: E4 to A4
• Solfège: mi-so and mi-so-la
• Ukulele chords: C 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

• Lemonade
• Seesaw
• One, Two, Tie My Shoe
• Star Light, Star Bright
• Rain, Rain
• Bounce High
• Doggie, Doggie
• Snail, Snail
• Plainsies, Clapsies

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 Do, Re, Mi and Do, Re, Mi, So, La 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 →