Klarinet Archive - Posting 000027.txt from 2001/02

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: question about recorders
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 00:00:28 -0500

And Yamaha makes a suprisingly good plastic recorder.

Stewart Kiritz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Takashi Kawai" <kawai@-----.jp>
Subject: [kl] Re: question about recorders

> Bobby Mac <BMcclel@-----.com> wrote:
>
> > the plastic recorders that many schools use for music classes. What key
> > are they in? is it C?
>
> I'm not sure what kind of recorders is used for musical education in
> your country, but I guess it might be soprano (descant) recorder. It is
> C, but sounds an octave higher as written. In Japanese elementary
schools,
> soprano (descant) recorder is used for small hand boys/girls. Some
> students study music with alto recorder (F, sounds as written) in junior
> high schools.
>
> Alto recorder is F, however the music for it is not written in F.
>
> > friend's daughter wants to learn it and was wondering what kind of
music
> > she could play
>
> Any kinds of music! However, I'd recommend Jacob van Eyk's (sp?)
> "Der Fluyten Lust-hof." Original works for recorder in the Barock era
> are usually written for alto, but these variations are written for
soprano.
>
> Takashi Kawai
> Takatsuki / Japan
>
>
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