Soprano Recorder

Soprano Recorder

It is very relaxing to play a musical instrument such as recorder, yourself, with another person or group. The recorder is an instrument Simple is easy to learn and play a tune. And it has been around for centuries. It is therefore very interesting to know a little background on the recorder to maximize your music experience on the subject.

You see what the recorder with its various dimensions, how playing the flute with examples of fingerings and the sound and history of the flute recorder with connections to four major historical figures.

1. What is the recorder:

The recorder is a wind instrument of old plastic or wood. It consists of a straight tube, 7 finger holes on the front, 1 inch hole in the back and a tip-shaped pullout.

The recorder formerly known as English Flute "or" fipple Flute "because it is derived from the Old English verb" to save what means " sing like a bird "and it has a fipple, which is the block of wood inserted into the end of the hose nozzle to create wind.

2. Recorders of different sizes:

There are a variety of different recording companies.

Here are five of them in order of size from smallest to largest:

- Sopranino in the key of F
- Descant (soprano) in the key of C
- Treble (alto) in the key The F
- Tenor in the key of C
- Bass in the key of F

They all use the same fingering, but are defined in two key different as mentioned above.

The lowest score descant recorders and C content and therefore they are in the key of C. The same fingers lowest score in the recorders sopranino, descant and bass is an F, and therefore they are in the key of F.

Recorders sopranino, descant and bass sound one octave higher than written music to avoid too many additional lines. The music is written at the same height for the tenor and flute soprano recorder.

The music is written in bass clef to the treble and bass flute for four other key loggers.

The range of notes played covers two octaves with the exception of the bass flute, which is slightly lower.

The descant, treble and tenor recorders are the most frequent

3. How do you play the flute?

The recorder is played by placing the lips on the mouthpiece beak-shaped mouth and directing the air through the small hole so that it passes over a sharp edge and vibrates in the main tube of the instrument.

Different sounds are created by placing fingers over the holes in different orders. Each name sound or note has a particular pattern, called finger dexterity. For example, you can start to say "the fingering of A is ........"

4. What is the history of the recorder?

The recorder was found to be in existence in the 12th century.

"Recorder" The word first appeared in a document 1388.

A tutor recorder was published in Venice in1535.

In the 15th and 16th century there were several sizes of the recorder, covering a wide range of notes. We played in these groups is known as a "wife" recorders. Thus the 200 years from 1500 to 1700 was popular for a time recorder with great game "accompaniment".

In the 18th century after Handel died In 1759, the registrant has begun to decline in popularity and almost died because of the growth of the orchestra. It was found that fuller tone of the flute better combined with modern instruments other than the calmer tone of the recorder.

From 1919 Arnold Dolmetsch and restarted the recorder is an instrument in favor of amateurs.

And now the recorder is a popular instrument for children primary schools to learn in the context of their music program.

5. Recorder Connections Four major historical figures:

a. King Henry VIII (1491 - 1547 and King, 21 April 1509) was an accomplished musician and noted recorder player. He was seventy-six recorders plus other instruments, including ten trombones, fourteen trumpets and five bagpipes.

b. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was a famous poet and playwright. He is recording in his plays on stage (Hamlet) as a reference (Midsummer Night's Dream) or used for stage music especially when a scene was calm, religious or sad.

Samuel Pepys c. (1633 - 1703) lived in London during the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London in 1665 and 1666 and was a director of the British Navy and member of Parliament. It is famous for his diary which recorded nearly ten years of his life between 1660 to 1669. The newspaper reported accounts of the Great Plague and Fire and the Second Dutch War and was published in the 19th century. He loved music, including noise from the recorder to the theater and decided to learn it. He also played other instruments and was a passionate singer.

George Frederick Handel d. (1685 - 1759): He was a famous musician and composer and was one of the great composers who wrote music for recorder.

Know what is a recorder with different sizes, historical links and an introduction to the production and mode of play is interesting recorder provides five basic facts that could influence the decision to play flute.

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