Alto Recorder Songbook - 30 Songs by Stephen C. Foster for the Alto Recorder in F

By Reynhard Boegl and Bettina Schipp

Songbook with 30 Songs by Stephen C. Foster - simply notated for the Alto Recorder in F.

Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) was an American composer and probably the best-known songwriter of the time. Many of his compositions - above all: Camptown Races, Oh Susanna, Swanee River and Beautiful Dreamer - are still known today and are an integral part of the US-American culture.

The tones of the melodies were prepared with fingering images for the Alto Recorder, the rhythm of the tones is given by the lyrics and / or the classical music notation.
The sounds of the songs (melody with accompanying band as well as accompanying band alone - "Playalong") are available online in a sound player with adjustable playback speed.
Videos explain how to read music, all datas are available online - web address and access data in the book.
For beginner and slightly advanced player.

• Language: English
• Publisher: songbooks.info
• Release date: Nov 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223837671

Reynhard Boegl

Reynhard Boegl - since 1984 live and studio musician (harmonica, guitar, vocals), music teacher, sound engineer, graphic artist and lyricist, song and textbook author. Lives and works in Linz / Austria and has published almost 100 song- and textbooks for various instruments.

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Table of content

The fingerings

Notes, note values & symbols

Sounds - Online

Ah! May the red rose live alway!

Beautiful Dreamer

Better Times are coming

Camptown Races

Down among the Cane-Brakes

Gentle Annie

Gentle Lena Clare

Hard times come again no more

If you've only got a Moustache

Jeanie with the light brown hair

Maggie by my side

Massa‘s in de cold ground

My old Kentucky Home

My wife is a most knowing woman

Nelly was a Lady

Oh Susanna

Old Black Joe

Old dog Tray

Old Folks at Home

Ring, ring the Banjo

Some Folks

Thats what's the matter

The Glendy Burk

The Song of all Songs

The Village Maiden

The voices that are gone

There are a plenty of fish in the sea

Thou art the Queen of my Song

Way down in Ca-i-ro

When this dreadful war is ended

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The fingerings

(1) Hole half closed

(2) Hole closed

(3) Hole open

Notes, note values & symbols

(01) Clef - the pitch of the five lines

(02) Accident - key of the song

(03) Time signature - beats per bar

(04)