The recorder - woodwind instrument

[bass_dinger]

2 hours ago, Rosie C said:

Much of the tone is from the instrument

Oooh, just like the electric bass guitar,  then!? 

 

I feel another Tier 2 fail coming on... But first, let me exhaust the possibilities of my current instrument. 

 

My daughter's orchestral violin teacher used to joke, seriously, with people, when they said his fiddle had great tone. He would hold it up, and put it to his ear, unplayed, and shake it. "I can't hear the violin's tone...".  His point was, the tone was only released by the player. 

[bass_dinger]

15 minutes ago, Richard R said:

 

Let's get the inevitable of the way and never revisit it again:

Jaco would have only needed four holes.

 

...indeed.   However ...

 

On 06/02/2025 at 09:15, Rosie C said:

Let's go back into the midsts of time to Pythagoras... he made an instrument with one single long string on it - much like a bass guitar

 

.... Pythagoras only needed one string...

Edited Friday at 11:27 by bass_dinger

[tauzero]

On 06/02/2025 at 09:15, Rosie C said:

If this is interesting I can recommend "How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony" by Ross Duffin: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0393334201/ 

 

 

"Temperament" by Stuart Isacoff explains the history.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Temperament-Stuart-Isacoff/dp/0571234461

[zbd1960]

8 hours ago, bass_dinger said:

Yamaha have a good resource  - a Web page that allows one to select a note on a stave, which produces a diagram of the relevant fingering

https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/recorder/play/play002.html

 

As for this video, 

...that pure tone is what attracted me to the instrument - sweet, woody, dry (very few overtones and no vibrato). 

 

However, I am struggling to get that sound.  My fingers don't cover the holes consistently, my breath control gives  wavering notes, and my playing doesn't feel as in-control as yours.

 

I have a friend who teaches recorder, so, I will approach her for a couple of technical lessons.  But first I must learn (memorise) the fingerings, so that I better understand what my difficulties are. 

 

I am encouraged to play more.

 

PS where can I find the sheet music for that Tielman piece of music?

The Early Music Shop stocks a lot of early music for all sorts of instruments. 

 

https://earlymusicshop.com