Teacher's Handbook Progressive Duets For Young Players by Paul and Teresa JenningsDOJO DUETS - Table of Contents Page Full/Tracks Walk This Way Reproducible Student Part 2 ne By The Koi Pond Reproducible Student Part ae: ao White Tiger Reproducible Student Part 4 ne {Qué Pasa? Reproducible Student Part: 5 oe Domo Arigato Reproducible Student Part..... Gt oe Go From My Window Reproducible Student Part 7 oye A Little Waltz Reproducible Student Part. 8 yo Sleep Old Pup Reproducible Student Part.... 9 ye Notes for Dojo Duets... 0 Guide To Tracks on the ‘Compact Dise 2 We'd like to thank the following people for helping us get this collection into shape: Recording Engineers: David Price, Ben Vawter Recording Performers: Rhythm — Dane Clark (drums), Steve Dokken (hass), Steve Hanna (percussion), Steve Millikan. (keyboards), Steve Potts (keyboards), Sandy Williams (guitars); Winds — Greg Imboden (recorders); Strings — Alfred Abel (violin), Colette Abel (viola), Davis Brooks (violin), Susan Chan (viola), Pam Close (violin), Kara Day (violin), Marjie Hanna (cello), Dennis McCafferty (cello), Phil Palermo (violin), Debbie Rodin (violin), Nancy Smith (cello), Mike Strauss (viola), Pam Williams (violin) Our Production Team: Nancy Belongia, Katie Ebel, Julie Gaulke, Sean Gill, Karl Hitzemann, Paul Jennings, “Teresa Jennings, Bruce Kling, John Riggio, Candy Schill, Mark Schroeter, Dan Thieman ‘Music fonts were created exclusively for Plank Road Publishing by Mark Riggio and based on the engraving artistry of Bruce Kling. 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Box 26627, Wauwatosa, WI 53226.CD Ful Performance - track Accompaniment only - track 2 Walk This Way EASY Rock (1260) Teresa Jennings 2 @ eC, 8 Paums ba we zZ rd © 2010 Plank Road Publishing, Inc 2 International Copyright Secured * All Rights ReservedCD Full Performance - rack 3; Accompaniment only - track 4 By The Koi Pond PREAMILY 3” Q Teresa Jennings Z © 2010 Plank Road Publishing, Inc. Intemational Copyright Secured * Al Rights Reserved 3White Tiger ROCK (J=108) 2 @ ene pews as 2 vec. a8 7 PLAY AiYTHOn THE SAME AS PREVIOUS EAR, OPTIONAL © 2010 Plank Road Publishing, Inc. Inretnational Capyriaht Secured # All ights Reserved CD Full Performance - track 5 Accompaniment only - track 6 Teresa JenningsCD Full Peformance - tack 7 Accompaniment only zQue Pasa? Latin Gelod) 4 Teresa Jennings vec, oat Pens sue ac, eas zee, © 2010 Plank Road Publishing, Inc. Intemational Copyright Secuced * All Rights Reserved 5CD Full Performance «wack 9; Accompaniment only - track 10, Domo Arigato GENTLE ANID FLOWING (J=64) ‘Teresa Jennings 4 @ ec. vee eee, EGA © 2010 Plank Road Publishing, Inc. 6 International Copyright Secured * All Rights ReservedCD Full Performance - rack 11; Accompaniment only -erack 12 Go From My Window William Byrd EXPAESSIVELY e arr. Paul Jennings eee, Pease. vec, vecase © 2010 Plank Road Publishing, Ine Intemational Copyright Secured © All Rights Reserved iCD Full Performance - track 13; Accompaniment only - rack 14 A Little Waltz EASY, LIGHT/CLASSICAL-ISH (J=100) Teresa Jennings FARTICULATIONS ARE OPTTCHIALy UnHT: DECICE PHRASIUE And? WHERE 10 BREATHE BEFORE PERFORMING. wIRiTE BREATH mAdKS (0) AS REMINDERS, © 2010 Plank Road Publishing, Inc, 8 Intemational Copyright Secuved ® All Rights ReservedCD Full Performance - track 15; Accompaniment only - track 16 Sleep Old Pup LAID BACK LATIN ROCK (1260) arr, Paul Jennings 4 @ ee, Atco" vec, (3) asir rower | © 2010 Plank Road Publishing, Inc. International Copyright Secured * All Rights Reserved 9CD Full Performance - wack 13; ‘Accompaniment only - rack 14 A Little Waltz i EASY, LIGHT /CLASsICAL-ISH (12100) ‘Teresa Jennings 7 ¢ 8: L wee. ARTICULATION ALE OPTIONAL, WAIT: DECIDE PHEASIG ANIO UNERE 0 EAEATHE BEFORE PERFORMING. WAITE BREATH MARKS (1) AS REMIRIDERS. | ‘© 2010 Plank Road Publishing, Ine \ 8 International Copyright Seeured « All Rights ReservedDOJO DUETS A Few Suggestions For Teaching & Performance Th creating this collection of duets, we wanted a progressive collection that would work well with any of the major recorder methods, including Recorder Karate. ‘There are eight duets, the frst abit easier than the easiest Recorder Karate tune, and the most difficult no more so than the hardest Recorder Karate tune. Lots of ways to perform these duets - Each duet ean be Fayed unaccompanied, wth a playable piano accompaniment available online, ot with the high quality accompaniment on the Performance/Accompaniznent recordings inchded in the kite Short, Simple, and Suitchable - We have kept each duet fairly short, so they can be a part of one class session, We also did this so thae if you are testing fr felts, they are as manageable as any tune in Recorder Ravate or other methoes. ‘We recommend that you up the leaming quotient by having students lear both parts in each duet, Most are of similar technical difficulty, so when you come to the repeat, your players can switch from part I to 2 or vce versa, Change tempos with MIDI practice files - The simple accompaniments on these duets make them ‘good candidates to give you MIDI files so that you can ftmport them into soleware that wl let you change tempos for slower practice. This way you can Work Your way up to the tempo ofthe recorded tracks Both Mac and PC - There are a number of free or inexpensive programs for Mae and PC. Finale NotePad® is just $10 as a download (as of this writing), more if on disk. MuseScore (http://musescore.org/) is a good. free notation program that will import MIDI and let you adjust the tempo. It only uses a single staff, but you have the music already. Free options for the Mac include GarageBand” which comes with all recent Macs. It takes a little earning to set up instruments, but not much. Another good free option is Mighty MIDI (hetp://xmidi.com/apps-hem|) Ie’ a simple, streamlined player that looks like playing files in QuickTime” player, with no notation shown. Free for the PC: Anvil Studio (http://www anvilstudio.comy) is sort of a free PC equivalent to GarageBand?. In other words, it can play MIDI, but it’s a little complicated, Allin all, we would, recommend MuseScore over Anvil You'll find these on our Links page under Resources at MusicK8.com. We put the DOJO in DOJO DUETS - Many teachers love what we have done for Recorder Karate. With this in mind, we designed a place where their students can go to practice online. For this collection, you have a special site that will allow your students to practice these duets with streaming online recordings like they currently can in our Recorder Karate Dojo area. The site is: RecorderDojo.com = DOJO DUETS - In Order = Walk This Way Rec. 1: A, B Rec. 2: A,B Suggested belt: Emerald Green and Pure White By The Koi Pond Rec. 1:G, A,B Rec. 2:G, A, B Suggested belt: Emerald Green and Flag Gold White Tiger A, B,C Ree. 2:G. A,B Suggested belt: Dragon Blue and Pure White 2Qué Pasa? Rec. 1: E, G, A, B Rec. 2:E,G, A, B : Dragon Blue and Flag Gold Domo Arigato Rec. 1:D, E, G, A, B Ree. 2:D, EG, A,B Suggested belt: Royal Red and Pure White Go From My Window Rec. 1: D,G, A, B,C Rec. 2: D, E, G, A, B,C Suggested belt: Royal Red and Flag Gold A Little Waltz Ree. 1:G, A, B,C, D! Ree. 2: D, E, Fe, G, A, B Suggested belt: Regal Purple and Pure White Sleep Old Pup Rec. 1: G, A, B,C, D’ Rec. 2: D, E, F#, G, A, B,C, D! Suggested belt: Regal Purple and Flag GoldRewards are great! - Our unique reward belts, are very motivational ways of rewarding your students for their progress. In anticipation of this collection and because teachers are asking for a wider variety of belts, we have added a number of two-color belts made of the same colorful, high-quality embroidery thread as our one-color belts. While you can. choose any rewards you like, for your convenience, we have included a suggested color plan for reward belts in the chart on page 10. You can see them at MusicK8.com = The Duets = Walk This Way ‘Our fist duet gives young players a real sense of accomplishment even though it uses only A and B, and never requires anything harder than quarter notes While it is not exactly a call and response, it has the feel of one. The easy, laid-back groove is not too fast, but it is still best to play it first with just recorders. ‘And whether you use our excellent tracks or play it with a keyboard only, consider adding small shakers on. quarter or eighth notes By The Koi Pond This lovely duet is set against a lightly syncopated set of acoustic treasures that make it sound more involved even though the BAG melody for the recorders is simple. It’s a beautiful song that your players, especially the girls, will enjoy a lot. ‘Asan enrichment, discuss koi ponds. Have your students seen them? Are there any nearby they might visit with their parents? And listening to just the tracks, discuss the instruments they hear (including acoustic guitars, fretless bass, piano, and wind chimes). White Tiger ae for players just learning C, and part two works well swith groups where some of the players aren't quite ready to go beyond BAG. While the song requires both eighth notes and ties, itis fine to simplify i, letting them play bar 12 the same as in bar 11, Regardless what you use as accompaniment, you could add your own cowbell or tambourine, cowbell playing straight quarter notes, and tambourine playing on beats two and four. ZQué Pasa? ‘What's happenin’? The rhythmic Latin flavor makes this an exciting way for your players to move beyond BAG. The background tracks are especially nice, featuring the super Spanish guitar performance by Sandy Williams. {As your students first play the E’s in this work, they will find that they aren’t naturally as loud and easy to produce as were thelr BAG notes, The tendency may be to overblow to compensate for this, so use this as a teachable moment. The “housetop” accents at the end mean to play the notes short and accented, Both concepts may be beyond beginning players, so just start teaching staccato (versus legato). When you are ready to add the accent, again beware of overblowing. Domo Arigato A gentle, pentatonic round, this tune has an acoustic, Japanese flavor that makes it an ideal addition to your Recorder Karate regimen. (The title means “Thank you" in Japanese.) As a round, the song doesn’t change much for a player when they switch ports, but there isa subtle difference between the “leading” and “Yollowing” parts in a round. sire ty tien etter good to compare the pulse and feel of this Song wich a similar one, say in 4/4, such as “By The Koi Pond.” Go From My Window William Byrd wrote one of the best known settings of this popular Renaissance tune, and it works nicely as a recorder duet. It provides a fine opportunity for your students to play music from this period, one in, {hich the tecorder was an important instrument A Little Waltz ore difficult than the previous waltz in the collection, this song sounds more like a classic waltz, one meant for dance. It includes an Fé for part two, and each of the two parts is more independent than in most of these duets. Note that the articulations are eptional, and can be added as the players are ready: Also note that since the recorders play almost continuously in this piece, you will want to decide where to breathe ahead of time and add breath marks. Sleep Old Pup Our technically most difficult piece was adapted from an old folk song that has appeared with various canine titles. If your students would like to rename it after a favorite pup, we certainly encourage it. While it doesn’t jump around much, it does use a full octave from D to D', and part two calls for Fe. This is definitely one co stare with just recorders or with a MIDI track at a slower tempo. If you prefer to do this with just a live keyboard, consider also adding a small shaker playing eighth notes. BS Free Downloads For ¢& DOJO DUETS ™ Playable Piano Parts for each song in the collection = MIDI files for the accompaniment part to each song in the collection User name: duets Password: dojo4fun Also use these codes for student login. 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