Author: kehammel
Date: 2020-12-16 03:57
Ha! When I read Matt74's post, I just had to chuckle. I play the recorder, certainly not with great skill, but well enough to cover a line in consort music in the renaissance band I played in for many years (my usual instruments there were double reeds). And now I'm trying to learn the clarinet, which I find pretty damn hard!
1. The thing is plain out of tune (OK, it's a 1920s Albert system horn, gotta be prepared to lip notes up or down).
2. You have to learn two sets of fingerings, and all on one instrument. OK, I just have to remind myself I'm playing F alto recorder in the chalumeau range, and C soprano/tenor recorder in the clarion.
3. So much resistance you have to push against for clarion B and C.
4. The low F/C and E/B are incredibly flat. Gotta get that tongue up to say even more "eee," plus lipping up like a demon. OK, it's a simple cylindrical instrument with no fancy corrections to the bore or keywork, so this is just the nature of the beast.
5. All that crazy sliding around with your fingers to get between certain notes. It's so much easier when you can pick some fingers up while you put others down and play lots of cross-fingerings. Fortunately, my Alberts are so primitive that I can pretend they are recorders for some notes.
However, Matthew's points are all perfectly valid. I guess it's all about what you're used to.
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