[Ansteorra] buying recorders (was: iso dance)

[Jeffrey Clark]

There is a while array of techniques on the instrument that rely on being able to shade a hole to varying degrees without fully covering it. It just takes practice and familiarity with the instrument, and an instrument that is well-made enough to respond.

It's not a dumb question, there are many facets of recorder playing that aren't commonly talked about in modern method books. Shading is usually done to control intonation for one reason or another, it is also more common on earlier recorders. 

--AS Zorzi

On Mar 1, 2012, at 15:19, Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> Okay, yes this may be a stupid question but are you saying that you get some notes by only partially covering some of the holes on the recorder? Sounds rather imprecise and tricky, and difficult to do consistently.
> 
> Stefan
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> On Mar 1, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Jeffrey Clark wrote:
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>> 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
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