For quite some time now, I have enjoyed using Ode To Joy as a teaching piece for students learning high C and high D on recorder. However, the original dotted quarter to eighth note rhythms have always been a challenge. The link below offers a modified rhythm that will be more easy for students to perform. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzshsl6W45K9N1RKOWs1Smx2c1U/edit?usp=sharing