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Table of ContentsPage Full/Tracks

It’s All About B Reproducible Student Part........................................................ 2 13/24

ABAcus Reproducible Student Part.......................................................................... 3 5/6

Au Clair de la BAG Reproducible Student Part .............................................. 4 7/8

Aunt BAGgy’s Roadie Reproducible Student Part ........................................ 5 9/0

Hot Cross BAGs On Safari Reproducible Student Part ............................. 6 -/=

If I Only Had A BAG Reproducible Student Part ......................................... 7 q/w

Merrily We BAG Our Groceries Reproducible Student Part ................. 8 e/r

Starship BAG Reproducible Student Part............................................................. 9 t/yu

Teaching Notes for BAGALOPOLIS .............................................................. 10Guide To Tracks on the Compact Disc .................................................... 11Survey.................................................................................................................................. 12

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It’s All About BJohn Riggio

© 2002 Plank Road Publishing, Inc.International Copyright Secured • All Rights Reserved

CD Full Performance - tracks 1 & 3;Accompaniment only - tracks 2 & 4

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CD Full Performance - track 5;Accompaniment only - track 6

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Aunt BAGgy’s RoadieCD Full Performance - track 9;Accompaniment only - track 10

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CD Full Performance - track 17;Accompaniment only - tracks 18 & 19

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In BAGaLoPoLis, we’ve created a collection of newresources to help make the first lessons for recorder moreinteresting for teachers and students. All pieces feature aguide melody on the accompaniment tracks, so studentswill be able to follow along.

It’s All About B“Write us a recorder tune that uses only the note B,

John! Make sure it has an interesting chord progression,and while you’re at it, make sure it has a good beat andyou can dance to it!” “No problem!,” I said, choking backthe tears...

OK, it didn’t come down quite like that, but the powersthat be did want an all B tune. “It’s All About B” is a fun,techno rock piece, and as you may have guessed by now,only has the note B in the melody. We’ve done twoversions of it – fast and slow – to make the song more usefulas students improve. (Two printed parts are not needed asthe same one works for both.) If the rhythms are still a bitmuch at the fast level, you might try letting your studentsplay whole notes instead of the quarter notes.

ABAcus“ABAcus” features only the notes B and A. While the

recorder part is very simple to play, it is a very busy pieceand you should probably conduct your students until theypick up the melody. Again, we have provided a guidemelody track to assist in your endeavors to keep youngplayers with the audio tracks.

Au Clair de la BAGThis melody should be familiar to some of you as “Au

Clair de la Lune.” It’s also the first piece in this collectionwith all three notes – B, A, and G. I took a jazz approachto the arrangement, which adds a bit of pizazz to thisclassic piece.

Aunt BAGgy’s RoadieI remember taking piano lessons as a wee lad and

learning to play “Go Tell Aunt Rhody” early on. This isthat piece, with a bit of Appalachia thrown in. (I did growup in West Virginia, you know.) Note that with this andother traditional tunes, you can sing them as well as playthem on recorder. We didn’t provide lyrics as we didn’twant to distract the players.

As a side note, you might mention to your studentswhat a roadie is (the person who lifts all the heavyequipment for traveling musicians).

Hot Cross BAGs On SafariThis is a very simple arrangement of “Hot Cross Buns,”

complete with various drum sounds and animal effects toenhance our safari experience. Young students may need tobe cued when to come in, as the beat on the intro may notbe obvious for some.

If I Only Had A BAGI grew up during the 80’s, so I enjoyed writing this in

the style of rock ballads from that era. Although the notesare still BAG, the melody skips around more so than otherpieces in this collection. It’s also the only piece in thecollection to introduce eighth notes, so this piece may beslightly more difficult than some of the others.

Merrily We BAG Our GroceriesThis is an arrangement of “Merrily We Roll Along.”

The melody is mostly quarter notes, so it should be veryplayable. The tracks feature fretless bass, plus some verynice jazz guitar, and our drummer has some wonderfuljazz/Latin rhythms throughout.

Starship BAGI picture this vast starship cruising along at faster-than-

light speed, stars and planets whooshing by. Passing througha nebula. Chasing a comet around a red giant. Warpingthrough a black hole and arriving on the far side of thegalaxy. You get the idea.

Starship BAG begins with space effects. The eightmeasures of rest at the top of the piece begin with the highsynth part that comes in amidst the intro effects. There isnothing too difficult about the melody. It’s mostly halfnotes, dotted half notes, and whole notes. For performance,you might consider having special lighting on this piece,such as black lights with a spacey background usingfluorescent paints.

Note that we have included a bonus track for this tunethat has no melody guide.

The entire rhythm section outdid themselves on thisone. It features some nice sequenced synth parts, severallayers of guitars, and some incredible drumming. Theguitar solo is simply exquisite – he really wails on this!(You go, Sandy!)

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Special Thanks...

As usual, our wonderful musicians did a superb job onthese tracks. They are versatile and very talented guys,and we are thankful to have them on our studio sessions.Here’s the skinny on our recording instrumentalists:• Dane Clark - Drums• Jim Farelly - Recorder• Randy Melson - Electric Bass, Fretless Bass• John Riggio - Keyboards and sequence programming• Sandy Williams - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, plusother stringed things

A very special thanks to our good friend and engineerDavid Price. You always give us 110%. Thanks, bro.

Recorded at Aire Born Recording Studios, June 2002.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Production CreditsCover: Jennifer VulpasOur Production Team: Nancy Belongia, Paul Jennings,

Teresa Jennings, Bob Joyce, Bruce Kling, Betty Petersen,John Riggio, Mark Riggio

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COMPACT DISCINFORMATION SHEET

1 It’s All About B (slow version - Full Performance)................. 1:562 It’s All About B (slow version - Accompaniment only)............ 1:563 It’s All About B (fast version - Full Performance) .................. 1:464 It’s All About B (fast version - Accompaniment only) ............. 1:465 ABAcus (Full Performance).................................................. 1:456 ABAcus (Accompaniment only)............................................. 1:457 Au Clair de la BAG (Full Performance) ........................... 1:468 Au Clair de la BAG (Accompaniment only) ...................... 1:469 Aunt BAGgy’s Roadie (Full Performance) ....................... 1:300 Aunt BAGgy’s Roadie (Accompaniment only) .................. 1:30- Hot Cross BAGs On Safari (Full Performance) .............. 1:20= Hot Cross BAGs On Safari (Accompaniment only) ......... 1:20q If I Only Had A BAG (Full Performance) ....................... 2:27w If I Only Had A BAG (Accompaniment only) .................. 2:27e Merrily We BAG Our Groceries (Full Performance) .... 1:15r Merrily We BAG Our Groceries (Accomp. only) ........ 1:15t Starship BAG (Full Performance)....................................... 2:25y Starship BAG (Accompaniment only).................................. 2:25u Starship BAG (no melody guide) ........................................ 2:25

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by John Riggio

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