I’ve been teaching the recorder instrument for a couple of years now and every time I conduct the lessons, there’ always something new to learn.
Recently, I had a situation where I needed to prepare a short performance for our Malaysia Day celebration. It was really short notice and I was wondering how I could possibly get a group of students to sing a patriotic song. It was a little daunting too as I had only less than 5 days to do so.
After much thought, I decided that I would put my beginner recorder students on fast track. They would learn to play their first 3 notes on the recorder by accompanying a patriotic song.
As fast I possibly could, I created the following video in hopes of helping my students learn faster. I have to admit that I did not like the subtitle layout on iMovie. It’s quite frustrating because of the way it appears and I have no control of it.
I used my phone to record the video while the sound is recorded into the iPad GarageBand app. After much transferring of files, I created the iMovie project on the Mac with a split screen. I did not make the lyrics video and took it for somewhere else. Note that I credit the use of the video in the Youtube info box. The result is quite satisfying if not for the subtitle.
The name of the patriotic song is Keranamu Malaysia and it’s a very old but popular song back in year 2000 and it was frequently used until year 2006. Til today, it’s still a classic and it’s easy for beginners to follow along.
This is the score sheet that I use for my beginners: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mvxct82apev03gr/keranamu%20pdf%202.pdf?dl=0
