 The Fingering Forum
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Author: TheBard
Date: 2003-01-13 01:41
Most look down upon the recorder family when in fact it was once a classical instrument (actually it still is). I personaly own a few sapranos and an alto, which I play on an intermediate level (which is being modest, most think otherwise when they hear me). I'd like a tenor... but that's of topic.
What are your thoughts on recorders? Are they worthy of jazz (I've seen a few jazz recordists)? Is tenor the best?
Does anyone still pick up there 5th grade plastic yamaha and move their fingers? Or should they all be melted down and made into plastic bags?
Please someone tell me I'm not the only nerd in this world who thinks recorders are cool.
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Author: d-oboe
Date: 2003-01-13 13:52
Well, they give the essential sound to a lot of Irish music; next to the tin whistle. Personally, I don't like using them:I find them too annoying to finger fast difficult passages on. I just happen to like woodwind instruments with a keyface, that's all.
D-oboe
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Author: TheBard
Date: 2003-01-13 21:11
Hmmmm... I find it pretty easy to play fast and trill and go from things like f to g and the second octave, but maybe that's just me...
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2003-01-13 22:05
I have loads of recorders (Three sopranos, an alto, a tenor, a bass and a sopranino). They are fun to play, particularly with other recorder players. But unfortunately, recorders are not really loud enough to play with any other instrument, so they are not suitable for jazz except for solo numbers.
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2003-01-13 22:08
Recorders are extremely rare in Irish traditional music, at least in Ireland. Only Douglas Gunn uses them, and then only for Baroque arrangements of Turlough O'Carolan's harp music.
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Author: TigerTenor
Date: 2003-01-13 22:42
I love recorders...when they are played well, and yeah, I do pick up a recorder and play on it from time to time. It's a simple instrument to learn and a good way to maintain musical skill without too much effort. The only drawback is that recorders don't do so well in keys with more than one or two flats or sharps unless the person playing them is <i>very</i> good.
So that's what I think.
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Author: Polar
Date: 2003-01-14 04:14
recorders sound so cool...just picking up my good ol' yamaha recorder and playing some random notes makes me shiver all inside =P
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Author: finlandia_flautist
Date: 2003-01-14 08:00
i suppose i don't really think too highly of recorders because of the good old 5th grade yamahas we've all played making the most annoying sound when the whole music class plays them at the same time...that sound of a recorder has kinda got stuck in my head. Even though i've heard other FAR FAR better, different recorders being played, I only really remember the squeaks and out-of-tuneness of the plastic yamahas so whenever i think of the word 'recorder' i think 'urgh'. But hey i'm sure they're all absolutely fabulous instruments once you get to play them fantastically
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Author: Carolyn
Date: 2003-01-14 21:03
I actually got a soprano recorder for Christmas (one of those cheap, 5 dollar ones my mom found at a music store). I just recently started playing around with it, and I love how many different fingerings there are for each note, so you can use the fingerings that are most like the instrument you originally play. After 2 days of short practice, I was actually able to play Minuet in G by Mozart, which I played for 7th grade contest a few years ago. Anybody know anygood places to find alto, tenor, bass, etc?
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2003-01-14 23:08
Courtly Music have a good selection of recorders.
Lee Collins does the best plastic soprano and alto that money can buy: he builds a wooden windway into a plastic recorder so that it has the advantages of both.
John Myatt has a reasonable selection.
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Author: TheBard
Date: 2003-01-15 19:58
I got my recorder from peripole: Bergerault inc.
and from yamaha. One group that plays jazz recorder is the Mysterious Barracudas. Also the Boston recorder society does jazz (that's where I first heard it). Naja Shubert also does jazz (in gemany)... O.K, I just searched for jazz recorder and am randomly selecting names. Also, who ever said recorder is to quiet for other instruments is wrong. Harpsichord for Baroque, harp also works (my mom plays harp). Guitar, in fact any small ensmble (with out brass) works. You probably are just used to quite amatures. Once you master technique and embochure playing loud is not that hard (just don't overblow). That's all.
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