The recorder is the most accessible of the serious instruments — it asks only for your breath and your attention.

Learn to Play Recorder

This is a free curriculum for learning the recorder, from the very first note through Baroque sonatas. Every exercise plays back so you can hear it, every note shows the fingering, and the notation transposes itself for soprano or alto.

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Three steps will get you playing today. Allow about fifteen minutes for the first two.

Choose a recorder — plastic is fine, even excellent.
Hold it properly — the most common cause of squeaks.
Begin Lesson 1 — B and A, two notes only.

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Fifty lessons across five levels. Pick the level that matches where you are — nothing locks you to a particular order.

Absolute beginner: Weeks 1–12. Your first notes and simple songs — the B·A·G sequence.
Early beginner: Months 3–6. The first octave; phrasing and musicality.
Lower intermediate: Months 6–12. Key signatures, ornamentation, Renaissance repertoire.
Upper intermediate: Years 1–2. Articulation, Baroque style, complete sonata movements.
Advanced: Years 2+. Major Baroque sonatas and virtuoso technique.

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