[Ansteorra] buying recorders (was: iso dance)

[ledonna mcgowan]

I didn't try anything higher... The fingering chart here at school only
went that high...grin.  I'm just glad that the sound is so wonderful.

Delphina

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Jeffrey Clark <jmclark85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Glad to hear that you like it. It should be able to get up to high B, but
> I haven't quite gotten the c to speak (needed for one of the Telemann
> sonatas). I you can get up to a g (half of the thumb, 1-3|1-3 and a little
> of 4) you can play most of the SCA dance tunes where they lie.
>
> --AS Zorzi
>
> On Mar 1, 2012, at 7:34, ledonna mcgowan <ledmcgowan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Just got my new alto Yamaha 312B and it's wonderful.  Clear, clean tones
> > all the way thought.  Can get the very high notes (E2) without any of the
> > fuzz that the Tudor gets up there. Just went and ordered a soprano and
> > tenor.
> >
> > Delphina
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 7:46 AM, ledonna mcgowan <ledmcgowan at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> That is cool about Purcell!
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Jeffrey Clark <jmclark85 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> Choosing the right instrument can go a long way to helping tuning and
> >>> balance, and there is a reason most professional recorder players will
> >>> avoid playing soprano unless they absolutely have to. Unless you have a
> >>> very well-made soprano recorder, it is very hard not to sound shrill,
> and
> >>> it takes some seriouls control to play a soprano recorder in tune with
> >>> other instruments.
> >>>
> >>> Early instruments do not transpose. Everything is read at sounding
> pitch.
> >>> Actually, I was
> >>> looking at a facsimile of a manuscript for one of Purcell's orchestral
> >>> works, and I noticed that the "flute" part was transposed, after a
> moment I
> >>> realised why: it was so that someone playing on a soprano recorder
> could
> >>> play the part reading it as if they were playing an alto. So,
> apparently
> >>> Purcell's recorder player didn't play soprano that much....
> >>>
> >>> --AS Zorzi
> >>
> >>
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