- General Music - 2nd Grade: Beginning in November, all 2nd grade students will receive weekly instruction on the recorder. 2nd graders will develop their ability to read and write standard musical notation as they play multi-cultural folk songs on the recorder. Students will also play special Orff instruments which include xylophones and glockenspiels (bells). Students work with a limited number of pitches to practice playing and singing. Our Recorder Band gives advanced students perfomance opportunities in the spring semester.