[Ansteorra] buying recorders (was: iso dance)

[ledonna mcgowan]

Most people don't transpose with recorders like they do with say clarinets
and trumpets.  You just learn a different fingering for the alto/bass
recorders and everyone reads in C ... just like voices would.

I transpose for my kids because I want to focus on making music rather then
them learning a new fingering system.  Musicality is more important to me.
We talk about why we have the extra notes on the music and how if they
really want to be good they will learn the other fingerings and I have a
few that can transpose parts but not many.

Delphina

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Derek Harris <eats.bugs at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wouldn't think it would matter so much what sort of recorder you use if
> you can sound good (good tuning, balances, no one louder than another). If
> you have an alto recorder when the music calls for soprano, you may need to
> transpose. But it really just means you need to know what your music calls
> for. If all the key signatures look the same, you have like instruments
> and/or singer. If its different, you're probably looking at mixed voices.
>
> Derek Harris (via iPhone)
>
>
>
> On Feb 15, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Several people have recommended a recorder other than a soprano, when
> being used in a group of people playing.
> >
> > But I've seldom seen more than one or two recorders being used at an SCA
> event. What about when you have a single recorder player and perhaps a
> singer, making the rounds of the bardic circles? Which type of recorder
> would you recommend for them?
> >
> > Thanks for the interesting thread.
> >  Stefan
> >
>