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Post by vikingblues on Aug 24, 2014 14:41:09 GMT
It's maybe all gone too far when the instrument gets a seat and the player has to stand!  |
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Post by scripsit on Aug 25, 2014 0:23:50 GMT
... And that's a medium quality recorder, only. They wear out, too, and need replacement every once in a while. Kym |
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Post by minorkey on Aug 25, 2014 9:11:16 GMT
Ive been watching youtube vids by this guy about choosing a recorder, and he's dead against buying a wooden instrument. Plastic is good and is closer to the original recorder material, ivory or bone. Wooden ones are difficult to clean and the wood swells up and goes soft when wet. The guy does hate baroque music tho :/
But I'm sure that professional players in top orchestras use plastic or false ivory instruments rather than wood.
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Post by scripsit on Aug 25, 2014 13:22:21 GMT
Ive been watching youtube vids by this guy about choosing a recorder, and he's dead against buying a wooden instrument. Plastic is good and is closer to the original recorder material, ivory or bone. Wooden ones are difficult to clean and the wood swells up and goes soft when wet. The guy does hate baroque music tho :/ But I'm sure that professional players in top orchestras use plastic or false ivory instruments rather than wood. Sorry, but that's rubbish. From the Renaissance on recorders were of wood, and that's what top players use today, with just as much argument about the mojo of particular species as guitar players would be familiar with. The main 'good' factory models are copies of wooden originals, and the top private makers also use wood. I'm sure you can find presentation pieces made of ivory, because it was always expensive, but that's the same as those sad little 19C guitars fossilised in Elephant tooth, which are not noted for their tone. By the way, the recorder doesn't cut it against modern orchestral instruments, mostly because of volume, so it's rare to hear it in a big combo out of baroque instrumentation. It actually is a baroque instrument. Kym |
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Post by creamburmese on Aug 26, 2014 17:08:30 GMT
I used to play the descant recorder in concerts at school in the previous century when I was young (even though my kids don't believe I could ever have been actually, you know, less than a century old). I recently picked up an all wood tenor recorder in a used bookstore ...thought after soaking the mouthpiece in peroxide a bit I would take it to a folk workshop I have coming up for when my guitar skills aren't up to it. However discovered my fingers don't reach the end so I can't play the lowest notes.... drat - I was never wonderful but could play a fair few tunes.... will have to soldier on with the guitar I guess.  |
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Post by Akquarius on Aug 26, 2014 17:31:09 GMT
We had the same instrument as a kind of starter for kids over here. The only thing I don't understand: why has an ordinary flute like that such a misleading name ?  |
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Post by creamburmese on Aug 26, 2014 21:56:30 GMT
I got this from Wikipedia....
the earliest use of the word recorder was in the household of the Earl of Derby (later to become King Henry IV) in 1388: fistula nomine Recordour.[6] The name originates from the use of the word ricordare especiale, which means "remember" in Italian.
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Post by minorkey on Aug 27, 2014 10:26:45 GMT
The guy in those videos calls them zen flutes
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Post by scripsit on Aug 27, 2014 10:43:15 GMT
Zen flutes are different instruments from recorders. Traditionally they're made from bamboo and they don't have a fipple (now there's a word you don't get to use too much).
This guy, who died earlier this month, was responsible for a major performance stream on the recorder. I love this music, too.
Kym
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Jo whoever he is.
