Finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry • Finalist for the PEN Open Book Award • Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Carmen Giménez Smith dares to demand renewal for a world made unrecognizable Be Recorder offers readers a blazing way forward into an as yet unmade world. The many times and tongues in these poems investigate the precariousness of personhood in lines that excoriate and sanctify. Carmen Giménez Smith turns the increasingly pressing urge to cry out into a dream of rebellion—against compromise, against inertia, against self-delusion, and against the ways the media dream up our complacency in an America that depends on it. This reckoning with self and nation demonstrates that who and where we are is as conditional as the fact of our compliance: “Miss America from sea to shining sea / the huddled masses have a question / there is one of you and all of us.” Be Recorder is unrepentant and unstoppable, and affirms Giménez Smith as one of the most vital and vivacious poets of our time.

Recorder From The Beginning: Pupil's Book 1 (2004 Edition) is the full-colour revised edition of John Pitts' best-selling recorder course. The eight extra pages in Book 1 have allowed for some new tunes and rounds, whilst retaining the well-known favourites that have helped to make the scheme such an enduring success. This is the book we all learned from as children and is still, successfully, teaching today's youth how to play the Recorder.

Learn the basics of recorder while playing the best patriotic melodies of America. New notes and important concepts such as rhythm, ties and dynamics are gradually introduced, and attractive illustrations make learning fun. With a unique and easy-to-use approach that unites the experience of patriotic music with that of learning a musical instrument, this book is perfect for anyone new to the recorder as well as those just looking for easy-to-play patriotic melodies.

Grades 3-6. Step inside a world of silly lyrics, happy monsters, and rigorous music instruction with the Recorder Monster curriculum. This printed student book provides each student with a visually appealing book of their own, with all of the warm-ups, songs, and study aids they need to play the recorder like a pro. (Companion to 75/1035H Recorder Monster Teacher Book)

(Schott). Contents: About Breathing * 1. Inhalation * 2. Exhalation * 3. How to Hold the Air * About Articulation * 1. The consonants * 2. The Position of the Tongue with Single T and D * 3. double Tonguing with T and D * 4. Double Tonguing with More than Two Syllables * 5. Legato-Portato-Staccato * 6. The Consonants K and G

DK's How to Play the Recorder is a highly visual and user-friendly guide for anyone learning to play the recorder on their own, and it is also a perfect companion to recorder lessons. The book is structured in a way that challenges readers without overwhelming them. Notes are clearly introduced at appropriate stages with specially selected musical pieces that provide context and a sense of achievement. A range of useful hints and tips offer additional guidance and encouragement.