Lesson 20: Early Beginner Review

• Play one piece each in C major, G major, and F major.
• Record the set; listen back; identify one strength and one priority for the next level.

Three keys, one player. The point of a level is the player who emerges from it.

You have learned two cross-fingered accidentals (F# and Bb), two registers, rests, slurs, and dotted rhythms. Three pieces in three keys close the level — pick one from each category. Pieces, not exercises: the goal is to make music.

In C major

The first key. Stepwise motion, no accidentals.

Joy to the World

A scale dressed as a melody. Shape every descent.

Silent Night

Carol, slow and slurred — C major in this library's arrangement.

In G major

One sharp (F#). The second key.

Minuet in G

The famous minuet — uses the full range up to the high E from Lesson 18.

Yankee Doodle

March. Bright, tongued, running eighth pairs.

In F major

One flat (Bb). The recorder's natural key.

Deck the Halls

Carol in F — Bb throughout, bright scale turns.

Auld Lang Syne

Scottish air in F major. Long phrases over one flat.

Warm-up — three scales

When you have a recording of three pieces in three keys, played end-to-end without retakes, move on to Lower Intermediate.

For listening-back guidance, see preparing to perform.