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Recorders

Author: SantiandCo
Date: 2010-09-20 01:24

i bought 2 recorders yesterday. I bought them with the intention of showing my little brother, who is 6, how to play an instrument. I've played my clarinet for more than 3 years now and i consider myself a fairly good player. as ive been learning how to play some of the notes and learning how to play fairly simple songs ive noticed that the amount of air needed to get a sound out of the recorder is very low compared to the clarinet. Because of this i've been squeaking constantly when playing a piece because i am use to blowing a lot more air. Can this "squeaking" be solved by simply practicing and getting used to the mechanics of the recorder or should i simply apply a looser embochure around the mouthpiece? Another question is when it comes to the mouthpiece of a recorder should my mouth be placed in the same place youd put your mouth around the mouthpiece of a clarinet or should i apply my mouth somewhere lower or higher in the mouthpiece of the recorder? Final question is how do you toungue with the recorder? In general what i want to know is how do you transition from playing a clarinet to a recorder. I never learned how to play the recorder, even though many young children whose parents wish for them to play the clarinet sometime in the future start them off with the recorder. My intentions are to teach my little brother how to play the recorder and learn how to read basic notes and music, so that 2 or 3 years from now he can start playing the clarinet.

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