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Mel Bay You Can Teach Yourself Recorder Book/CD/DVD Package (You Can Teach Yourself)

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I bought this along with a Soprano recorder. The CD and Video are a valuable addition to a so-so book. They still do not aid you with breathing techniques or when to apply grease to your recorder. Having a teacher or an experienced player to guide you is a must.

Okay, this is a good series and this particular book does not belong among the rest of the Teach Yourself. First, it will teach you how to play the scale notes, sharps, flats and so on. However after about 20 pages you get the idea the tunes included in the book are not anything you'd seriously want to play. Most are at least a hundred years or so old, under unrecognizable titles, and just plain silly. If they want to charge so much for this set, then update the music to things more current and some actual classical pieces.

As for the CD and DVD, well, they're okay. The DVD is just great if all you want to do is watch a guy play the recorder. It's boring and is not very instructive.

This purchase is, in my opinion, a waste of money.

I love this book! Not only did I re-learn the recorder very quickly thanks to the combination of intuitive music selections and a CD of most of those selections played by a master musician, but the DVD allowed me to see the kind of posture, mouth and fingering positions that are required for consistent results.