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Re: Recorders

Author: lllebret
Date: 2010-09-27 23:10

Although I haven't played one personally, Vincent Bernolin makes a resin recorder that sounds very nice on his website - it should be better than most factory instruments that sell at a similiar price. Aesthe instruments can be very good for the money also. All these instruments will vary in sound, response, tuning, etc. with the particular example so having an experienced recorder player helping with your selection might save you some heartache later. At the risk of seeming negative, it seems a little presumptious to think that one can learn a musical instrument in less than one year - I am a woodwind doubler (sax, clarinet, flute, traverso and recorders) and a serious recorder student and while many think recorder is the easiest instrument to play I will tell you that I think it is the hardest to play well (and my teacher, Pete Rose also agrees with this) - the very thing that makes it easy at the beginning (the sound being made by the fipple) makes it hard to play well - one doesn't have direct control over the sound production - dynamics and pitch are linked in a way unlike other woodwinds. Having said that, I wish you well on your recorder journey, its a instrument I've come to truly love and I think that playing the recorder has helped with my modern woodwind playing.

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Recorders new

beejay

2010-09-27 22:35

Re: Recorders new

lllebret

2010-09-27 23:10