A beginner's guide to playing and improvising with the soprano recorder. Eleven tightly integrated lessons introduce the student to repertoire and technique in short exercises that partner the teacher with the student in a collaborative process that develops musical and technical skills by actually making music. From the beginning, there are songs for the student to play, improvisations to nurture the musical imagination, and ensemble materials to deliver the excitement of rhythmic layering and patterning. This fourth edition teacher and student book retains the contents of the third edition with the addition of expanded reference and resource materials.