Meet Matthew Monkey and explore the recorder! This interactive virtual recorder lets you hear notes, learn recorder fingerings, create your own melodies, and play fun music-learning games right in your browser.
Whether you’re just starting to learn the recorder or practicing your music-reading skills, Matthew’s Recorder makes music practice interactive and fun.
Play the Virtual Recorder
Explore the notes of the recorder and discover how different fingerings produce different pitches. Hear each note as you play and use the fingering guide to help you learn where your fingers belong.
You can also use your computer keyboard to play notes, making it easy to experiment with melodies and practice at your own pace.
Compose Your Own Music
Have you ever wanted to write your own song? Use the song creator to add notes, insert rests, choose note durations, and adjust the playback speed.
Create a melody, experiment with different musical ideas, and save your song to revisit your creation.
Play Recorder Learning Games
Ready for a challenge? Choose from four activities to practice your recorder skills:
- Fingering to Note: Look at a recorder fingering and identify the note.
- Note to Fingering: Identify the correct fingering for a given note.
- Listen and Name: Listen to a note and identify its pitch.
- Read the Staff: Read a note on the musical staff and identify it.
Choose a beginner-friendly note set or challenge yourself with a wider range of notes, including sharps and flats.
What You’ll Learn
- Recognize recorder fingerings and their corresponding notes.
- Identify pitches by listening.
- Connect recorder notes to written music.
- Practice reading notes on the musical staff.
- Explore rhythm, rests, and note durations.
- Develop creativity through composing your own melodies.
A Fun Music Activity for the Classroom
Teachers can use Matthew’s Recorder for introductory recorder lessons, music centers, note-reading practice, listening activities, and creative composition exercises.
Students can explore the instrument, practice identifying notes, and experiment with melodies without needing to have a physical recorder in hand.
Ready to make some music? Join Matthew Monkey and start exploring the virtual recorder!