[Ansteorra] buying recorders (was: iso dance)

[Zach Most]

The Yamaha 300s are great.   Most ensembles have an abundance of soprano recorders, and the over all sound of the group tends to be better with all the parts covered, and the lower parts double covered.  Because of the frequency response of our ears, tenor recorders in particular are pretty quiet.  Their parts tend to be easier too.  The tenor is an octave lower than the soprano, so you'd only have to learn one mapping for a fingering to a note if you'd like to hop to playing a lead line later.  For these reasons I'd nudge you toward a tenor if you can.  Altos are great too.  They tend to have a pleasant voice, they're a great compromise since you can play lots of harmonies and many lead parts if you'd like, and they fit better for folks with smaller hands than a tenor does.  Alto and sopranino are an octave apart.  
  Gaston



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 From: Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] buying recorders (was: iso dance)
 
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 8:24 AM, ledonna mcgowan <ledmcgowan at gmail.com> wrote:
> BTW:  If you took my recorder class at the last King's College I need to
> warn you that Lyons has changed the way they make their recorders and they
> are no longer in tune through out the registers.  Not worth the money any
> more.

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Delphina,

Would you agree with the recommendation for the Yamaha 300 series
then?  And to all of you, if one was just wanting to tip one's toe
into things (and not buy the set of four recorders), which recorder
would be the best to start with?  Something like this C-Soprano?
http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-3-Piece-C-Soprano-Recorder-Brown/dp/B0002EB5U8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329324910&sr=8-2

--Antoine
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