First Book of the Recorder Excellent condition. Book came in better shape than I expected for a used book. Very pleased and came in record time. Purchased for my grandchildren in Tennessee (9 and 7 yrs old), the illustrations are excellent for children just beginning to learn music.
Moves way too fast. This is a horrible book for introducing the recorder to a child. They pack so much information into those pages with very little practice. We quit using this book after two weeks and switched to the flute without a problem. This is a typical Usborne book that looks like it was written by someone with ADD; the information is splattered all over the pages. Yuck.
Confusing Book We love Usborne books but skip this one. The layout is terribly busy and it tries to teach too much at once. After showing you the parts of the recorder and how to hold it, it goes right into playing your first note, writing musical notation ("This sign at the beginning of the staff is called a treble clef."), and playing a rhythm, all before you get to page 10! I could not imagine inroducing my seven-year-old to the recorder using this book. I have a hard time making sense of it (and I'm a college graduate). Get a hold of "Recorder Fun" instead which seems like a good starter text for the recorder.
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