From Gia Publications

Take advantage of a great deal when you buy a soprano recorder and method book combo. Choose from several quality soprano recorders.

Do It! Play Recorder uses an individualized format that allows students to progress at their own pace. Special projects allow students to excel and work independently. Do It! Play Recorder includes a music dictionary of signs, symbols, musical terms, fingerings, and rhythm patterns. Detailed photographs provide excellent models of technique such as embouchure, hand and instrument position, and breathing and breath control. The songs even include lyrics that provide information about phrasing, rhythm, style, history, and culture. Do It - Play Recorder is designed with a strong focus on the National Standards for Music.

Creative musicianship opportunities abound through call and response (literal and improvised) and rhythmic, pentatonic, blues, and model improvisation. The songs provide examples of many musical styles of the world today, as well as music of earlier times. Professional musicians provide authentic accompaniments on classic and contemporary instruments on the included CD.