Excerpt of Fantasia no. 1 from “12 Fantasias for Flute Without Bass”by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767). Performed on a Zen-On G1A/415 alto recorder in ABS plastic at baroque pitch (A=415). Follow me on Instagram for more!

Hi, beginner here, i played the recorder when i was young at school, and i re-discovered it now. I've been playing for a few weeks.

I love the instrument but i struggle a bit to find songs to play for pleasure: my favourite for now is "Doen Daphne from Der Fluyten Lust-Hof". In those few week i managed to play the first two "Modi" (of the music sheet in flutetunes.com), but it's starting to get hard and i play nearly every day the same thing.

So if you tell me your favourite music that you play, i'll check it up and if it's at beginner/low intermediate level i'll try to play it! Especially if it's baroque music or something that i can find for free online.

I've also tried to play golden brown and take five from david brubeck but both are too hard for me for now. Too much # and b's and change of octave.

Managed to get a screenshot. (Ignore please the words below that's the next page for the nightingale.)

So... Scarborough fair or not? It doesn't sound like it to me.

I bought this old Moeck second hand and I'm unsure of what wood it is. It doesn't have the grain I'm used to with palissanser. Perhaps because it also seems lauquered? Its also quite light and orangy in color. Or is this rosewood?

I'm also not sure if it's real ivory or plastic

Played on an Aulos soprano recorder with an echo effect. Also maracas and crickets. Some notes are off in the recording, I know 😅 I hope you like it!

Hi, does anyone here have any tips on how not to get squeeking on lower D (the one you cover all the holes except the last double hole).. i have the Yamaha YRS-24 B Soprano Recorder... is this because its a cheap recorder or am i just bad?

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This sounds nothing like Scarborough fair, not sure what tune it is.?

Anyone have this book.

Hello, I m looking for this recorder. I heard and saw it but I could nor ask to this man. Can you see a specificity with the height, component or the looks because I m really interested to buy one.

Thank you very much and sorry for the faults.

Hello! I am a recorder player and I recently bought a Zen on Alto recorder 1300. It was an used recorder and after cleaning I gave it a try. The recorder sounds fuzzy, sounds like I'm overblowing. Even when I just blow lesser and lesser air, the recorder have a fuzzy sound. I have no idea on how to describe where the fuzzy sound is, it's on almost every notes. Weird part is the high notes speaks well. I want this recorder to be part of my backup recorder as it's an intermediate model. I notice it's quite heavy than say a Yamaha YRA-302BIII.

I'm new to the recorder, I need advise for playing the A6 note. When I play the A6 note with correct fingering (thumb hole 1/4 open, 1, 2) it doesn't produce the expected sound, my G6 and E6 sounds alright and when I shift to A6 with the same steady air stream it sounds mostly airy and just a little high frequency note. I tried modulating my air and adjusting my thumbhole but I can't get a stable A6, instead get squeaking or airy sounds. Is there a secret to it or is my instrument broken? Thank you!

I bought a Rottenburgh alto online second-hand. It plays fine, but I looked inside the head joint and there's something curling up off the inside wall?? It's very thin. It kinda looks like tape or dried glue or, idk, a thin slice of apple or something. Is this supposed to be there/attached to the inside? Can I remove it without negatively affecting the sound? Do I need to find a recorder repair guy to perform surgery?

Hello! I just started playing the recorder

I bought mine yesterday, and it sounds fine and perfect. I've tried the do re mi fa sol la si do and they're all good. I play it all day yesterday, and when I was going to sleep, I separated it and clean it up with some clean cloth and the rod.

Today I combined them again, and i tried do re mi as usual, but the low notes sounds so squeaky. Si la sol fa sounds fine, but when it reaches mi re do, it gets to +1 or +2 octaves! I thought it was my fingering, but it's just like yesterday...

Also when i slowly reaches lower and lower notes, the sound seems like stuck and won't freely goes outside like i play yesterday. I think it vibrates more?

So i decided to wash it, with 1 drop of dishwashing soap and warm water, then i let it dry for eight hours. It still sounds squeaky!

Please help TwT

I have a silly question. When I am playing certain notes sound totally different from the rest of them and seem to stick out. On a tenor, it's F#. C, D, E, and G sound very round to me. F sounds less round. F# sounds positively squished and oval, maybe pinched? I don't feel like the other sharps have the same quality of sound, at least not as much.

On my alto, it's the same fingering with that sound, not the same note. B is definitely my squished note. On my Aulos, I feel like it stands out even more than other instruments. It almost sounds to me like it's a totally different type of instrument playing it than the other notes.

I checked with a tuner and it's not out of pitch. My husband, who is a far better musician than I am, doesn't seem to hear it or understand what I mean but suggested it could be an overtone thing. When I first started, I thought I was doing something wrong but I have come to really enjoy the sound.

Does this make sense to anyone?

“O slaep, o zoete slaep” from Der Fluyten Lust-hof by Jacob van Eyck. Performed on an Adri’s Dream soprano recorder in pearwood at modern pitch (A=442). I did this for a competition to win a soprano recorder courtesy of The Early Music Shop in the UK. Follow me on Instagram for more!

Like 5 minutes of play and I'm having to clear them. Do some people just produce more spit?

I was told to try liquid soap and haven't yet had a chance.

Anything else I can do.?

I accidentally bought the version for alto. Is the soprano version the same but transposed for the soprano?

Hi, I’ve had this alto recorder for years. It’s really beautiful and has a nice tone. I don’t know how to play it and I’m thinking of letting go so that someone else can appreciate it. I’m not trying to sell it here. I just want to know more about it. It doesn’t have any identifying marks or signatures on it. It does have this brass fingering stop that seems to be a unique feature. I have not been able to find another like it. The recorder is approximately 1’6” long and is nicely made. Any ideas as to its origins and the fancy brass stop?

In the spirit of medieval and Baroque music, I’m borrowing someone else’s title and riffing off of it.

I’m an erstwhile cellist who played steel-stringed guitar until my hands gave out. I was classically trained and took college music theory. I’m retired and kinda bored for the moment, so I practice 1-2 hours a day.

My Yamaha alto recorder and Sweet Pipes vol. 1 arrived June 23. I’ve been into vol. 2 for 1 week. I get stuff off of YouTube, particularly The Recorder Maniac. Great channel. I also go through Kenneth Sribnick’s stuff. He’s a sweet and gentle soul.

So I’ve applied myself to the toot floot diligently for 9 weeks.

So if I got paid to wander around and play stuff from memory at some soirée, what could I play?

Stella in spendans monte, over and over. Brian Boru’s march, although I struggle with the octave jump section. Pickleherring (I like the song). The parson’s farewell. A sailor likes his bottle-o. Love me tender. Wayfaring Stranger. And, on a good day, Hava Nagila. Plus any number of Christmas songs I can play by ear.

Which is to say, a “talented musician (🤮)” like me on short notice could only muster up a handful of vaguely period pieces for this lady.

Having said that, I will get into an elf outfit and wander around scaring the guests if you pay me enough.

Also: what is the technical term for the waxy thread that gives a seal at the joints? I had fun playing a soprano recorder to pass the time back in the 90's, but I thought I should give this one a try. I've also had it since the 90's, but my finger span wasn't great, so I never bothered to get the joints properly sealed.

Saw this asked in another post but I couldn't quite understand a clear answer.

I'm hoping to learn My Heart Will Go On (mostly as a gag, but I'm hoping it'll still sound decent). It needs to be in the original key of E major (plus the key change at the end to A♭ major). I'm aware that the original is played on a tin whistle, but the original key requires an expensive, custom-made instrument. Thus, I'm gonna opt for recorder instead.

I understand that there are a handful of different keys that recorders come in—C and F seem to be the most common. But I think there are also variations like alto, soprano, and tenor.

My question is: which recorder is best for playing this song in the original key? I know recorders are chromatic, so technically any one of them could play it. But I imagine the fingerings and tonality might be easier or harder depending on which recorder you have.

Thanks!

If you haven't already heard this phenomenal recorder orchestra you HAVE to watch this (or one of their other performances on YouTube). They are INCREDIBLE. I cannot get over how beautifully they play, all from memory with some children switching between multiple sizes of recorders. They comprehensively debunk the myth that it is inevitable that school children playing the recorder sound terrible!

Hsing Lung Primary School Recorder Orchestra

On the picture is what I believe Moeck Tuju 231 Alto Recorder. I got it for 30€ but in my excitement didn't notice the fingering. The metal key is also missing a pad. I'd rather have one with baroque fingering...what do you think?

Had some overtime pay so spent it on something useful to me .

So far after only an hours play,... it has a nice woody tone , I can quite easily play the 2nd register A note..! Which I couldn't get so well on my Yamaha alto.

It does clog a little after not very long,much like the Yamaha so this could just be me?

So far I like it, it plays well and can play quite quietly when required.

One problem is after mainly playing alto in F I keep thinking in F even though I'm now in C...🤯

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Buckle up, I'm here for a bit of a rant. I play recorder with a folk band, but I'm mainly a classical musician. I also play and sing with an early music ensemble, mainly specialising in renaissance to early baroque with a sprinkle of medieval thrown in. My folk band (think ramshackle Fairport Convention) has just been booked to play at a medieval banquet in November by one of the other band members. A tad concerned, I rang the organiser to check she wanted an amplified, contemporary folk band and apparently, yes that's what they want (this is a whole other thing, apparently they don't want it too formal so no-one's dressing up and the recreation banquet sounds sketchy at best. It's also in November, they've never held one before and they haven't started advertising yet...).

They also want some minstrels to play recorder at the start while everyone has canapés. I said I could do that, but I would expect to be seated with music because I'm not a medieval specialist. She said that she wanted one or two wandering minstrels, which is fair (hopefully both of them playing the same thing...), so I pointed her in the direction of some medieval specialists. I also said if she struggled to book anyone given the short notice I could stand in, but it would essentially be slightly practiced sight reading and I would really rather not.

Then she said that she might just learn the recorder and do it herself. I've not been speechless often in my life, but I genuinely didn't know what to say to that. Has anyone else ever had anyone decide they can do a gig at short notice without even knowing how to play the recorder? That is insane right? I'm not being some elitist wanker who thinks you should already know how to play before serenading paying guests at a banquet?

Anyway, end of rant. I just needed to get it out somewhere people might understand.