Hal Leonard – Recorder Method Book and Online Audio and Video

Winner of High Commendation at the 2026 Music and Drama Education Awards

A complete beginner-friendly recorder method with expert video guidance, 40+ Video Lessons and demonstration audio and backing tracks to make learning more engaging.

Recorder Type: Soprano or Tenor recorder in C.

The Hal Leonard Recorder Method is a comprehensive, easy-to-use beginner’s guide, designed for anyone just learning to play the recorder. Inside you’ll find loads of techniques, tips, and famous popular songs to play.

It also includes over 40 exclusive, online video lessons from author, and one of the world’s most foremost promoters of the recorder, Sarah Jeffery, providing practical instruction, making learning more accessible than ever before. This book also includes access to online backing tracks and demonstration audio.

Concepts include:

Holding and caring for your recorder

Breathing and blowing technique

Reading music: staff notation and symbols

Articulation and phrasing

Improvisation

Fingering charts and much more! The Hal Leonard Recorder Method can be used with a soprano or tenor recorder in C.

Songs Include:

• Ain’t No Sunshine
• Alla Breve
• Amarilli Mia Bella
• Amazing Grace
• Arabesque
• The Arrival
• Au Clair De La Lune
• Aura Lee
• Bali Ha’i
• Barbie Girl
• The Bear Dance
• Bergeslust
• A Bicycle Built For Two (Daisy Bell)
• Boffons
• Breton Dance
• Bright Eyes
• Can Can
• Can You Feel The Love Tonight
• Chaconne
• Chanson De Ma Patrie
• Chariots Of Fire
• Chatter With The Angels
• Come Again, Sweet Love
• Do You Want To Build A Snowman?
• Downton Abbey (Theme)
• Edelweiss
• Ein Madchen Oder Weibchen (Papageno’s Song)
• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade), First Movement Excerpt
• The Fairie Round
• Final Countdown
• Foxhunter’s Jig
• Game Of Thrones
• Greensleeves
• Hallelujah Chorus
• Heloisa
• Hey Ya!
• Hot Cross Buns
• Humoresque
• I Knew You Were Trouble
• In Dulci Jubilo
• In The Hall Of The Mountain King
• It Could Happen To You
• It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
• Jolene
• Jupiter
• Theme From Jurassic Park
• Kas A-Bahr
• Korobeiniki Tetris Theme
• La Bataille
• La Volta
• Le Onde
• Let It Go
• Li’l Liza Jane
• Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home
• Lullaby (Cradle Song)
• Madrigal
• Mazurka
• Minuet And Trio
• Minuet In G Major
• Mister Sandman
• Moon River
• A Morning Sunbeam
• My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From ‘Titanic’)
• My Lord Delivered Daniel, Op. 59, No. 18
• New World Symphony (Theme)
• O Fronde Care
• O Virgo Splendens
• Opus One
• Overture
• Part Of Your World
• Pase El Agoa, Ma Julieta
• Polka Petit Jean
• Questa Dolce Sirena
• Radio Ga Ga
• Rain, Rain Go Away
• Rochester Schottisch
• Rolling In The Deep
• Rondeau
• Row, Row, Row Your Boat
• Sailing
• September
• Sheep May Safely Graze
• Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
• Sonata Seconda
• Spring
• Summertime
• Super Trouper
• Take Me Home, Country Roads
• Waiting On A Miracle
• Water In The Moonlight
• We Are The Champions
• We Don’t Talk About Bruno
• Yellow Submarine
• Yesterday

From the judges comments at the 2026 Music and Drama Education Awards: The judges valued the Recorder Method’s accessibility, clear layout, and practical usefulness for both specialist and non-specialist teachers. It revitalizes interest in a declining instrument and challenges misconceptions, making learning engaging and offering a resource that supports today’s teachers, pupils and classrooms.