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Author: futureoboeplayer
Date: 2003-10-31 07:20
I don't hear much about this woodwind. Does anyone play the recorder (vertical flute)? Is it not "in" to play the recorder?
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2003-10-31 08:25
The recorder is not generally used in orchestral playing because it is too quiet, and it's certainly not suitable for bands. It is more suited to chamber groups. There are plenty of people playing recorder, but they don't seem to post on this forum.
My house is full of recorders. I have a full set of Bass, Tenor, Alto, Soprano and Sopranino recorders myself. Both my daughters are learning the recorder - one has two sopranos and two altos. The other has a plastic soprano.
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Author: Amanda
Date: 2003-10-31 11:29
The recorder is generally considered the oldest form of our modern transverse flute. Especially with the increasing popularity of period instruments, there are many people of all ages playing the recorder. Some people still have reservations about them, though, because they're relatively "unmusical." It's hard to play with different colours and basically impossible to play dynamics, simply because of the mechanics of the instrument.
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Author: richard
Date: 2003-10-31 14:09
People may be mistaken by the recorders' low price and the awfully sound made by young children in the junior schools when beginning to learn the instrument. Some people may even say that it is a toy. G
The recorder was originally a very old wooden instrument that existed long ago before the baroque period. It was much older other wind instrument of today, e.g.the Boehm system flute, clarinet, oboe etc.
Today there are still a lot of sheet music in the music stores written by composers in the baroque period, such as Vivaldi and Bach etc.
It is very difficult to play it well in the advance level as other wind instruments. I am impressed by the recorder music after hearing the CD recordings of Vivaldi's Recorder Concertos and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto.
In the olden days, recorders were made of wood. Nowasdays they are made of plastic to prevent cracking due to moisture. Yamaha and Aulos of Japan make very good recorders in plastic of reasonable low price.There are still many individual manufacturers making very good quality wooden recorders in France,Netherlands, Canada etc.
The price of wooden recorders are much expensive than the plastic Yamaha , of course. I am not qualify enough to commend if wooden or plastic instruments are better in sound quality.
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