Coach: Carol Leibman

Coach: Karen Snowberg

You will enjoy the Intermediate A Ensemble if:

• You have never played in an ensemble before
• You need experience learning to accurately count dotted rhythms
• You need experience learning to play accurately in cut-time
• You need experience learning to play accurately in 6/8-time
• You are learning to play up an octave on the alto
• You are learning to play the bass recorder
• You already play the C recorders and are learning alto or vice versa
• You have difficulty playing the full range of their instrument
• You wish to learn to play at a faster speed

Anyone who does not meet these requirements may attend meetings and play along as much as possible or listen but should be taking individual or group lessons to improve basic skills.

• Is able to produce a reasonable tone at a correct pitch

• Comfortably plays soprano, alto, and tenor recorders.

• Can play comfortably in keys up to two flats or two sharps

• Can play in cut-time and 6/8 time

• Can comfortably play up an octave on the alto (including notes below the staff)

• Can play at a reasonably fast speed

• Can vary articulation styles

• Can play the upper range of each recorder without difficulty

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Intermediate Ensemble B people should never get lost and not realize it (when they are in one spot and the ensemble is in another).  If this is a frequent occurrence, they will be asked to move back to Ensemble A.

There is always a certain amount of shifting between the two intermediate groups – people advancing due to improvement of their playing skills, and people going back a group for the more relaxed atmosphere, or if their skills have slipped somewhat due to lack of time to practice their recorders, or for experience while learning to play the bass.