Jelly Belly
Resources to teach recorder improvisation using a silly little rhyme
Jelly Belly bit with a big fat bite.
Jelly Belly fought with a big fat bite.
Jelly belly frowned with a big fat frown.
Jelly Belly fought ‘till his house came down.
Improvisation with E-G-A
I teach recorder using the sequence E-G-A-B, which is a sequence growing in popularity. As I got to the note A, I created this play along video to help students improvise using E-G-A, the notes they had learned so far. There is an optional Orff arrangement below to create a little performance out of it.