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Post by princessmoose on Aug 5, 2006 20:12:08 GMT
Ok, I'm just buying one, don't ask why, I just felt like it . What books can I get that would help me learn it and have some good pieces of music in? I've no clue as to the fingering so I will get a chart from somewhere!
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Post by katyjay on Aug 5, 2006 20:41:59 GMT
Excellent choice of instrument! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
I'll have a think and see what I can find for good getting started stuff. There might be a thread on TOP where Jo.Clarinet suggested some stuff for Sarah-Flute yonks ago, but searching for it will be a bit of a pain after the database went dodgy.
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Post by neilclarinet on Aug 5, 2006 21:05:18 GMT
It's the same as a descant exept a 5th lower, so all fingers down gives F on the first space. Similar to the first register of the clarinet, except Bb is all fingers except 5. (if you get the Baroque fingering. NEVER EVER EVER buy a German fingering recorder.)
However, it's best not to think of it as a transposition of the descant, but as a different instrument altogether. That way you are less likely to get confused. Actually I find the biggest problem switching is not so much fingering but the greater stretch on the treble.
As to books, there are threads on TOP for grade 1 to 4 or 5 but finding them will be hard. At a more advanced stage you have to look at Handel, Telemann and Sammartini.
Thanks for your email btw
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Post by princessmoose on Aug 5, 2006 21:06:40 GMT
Ok, if it is similar to clarinet, maybe I'll be ok for a few weeks. Then it might get harder lol.
I'll have a look around, emailed a few people too, hopefully get some replies and ideas.
Np, hope it was useful.
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Post by neilclarinet on Aug 5, 2006 21:31:00 GMT
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Post by princessmoose on Aug 5, 2006 21:33:39 GMT
Thanks, this is already proving expensive.....
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Post by neilclarinet on Aug 5, 2006 21:38:47 GMT
That's the thing with multi instrumentalists, so expensive. I have more clarinet pieces than I can justify, and I'm looking for even more especially advanced studies. God help me. I always want more piano books and there's just so much, I'm looking for more flute, sax, recorder music, and I would love more playalong thingies for each. Eh.....and I want wooden recorders in Moeck or Mollenhauer, or handmade Dawson (feeble attempt to stay on topic), and a Selmer sax, and a good flute like Altus or Myaz........ (one I can never spell)
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Post by princessmoose on Aug 5, 2006 21:49:33 GMT
Miyazawa? I'm getting a new sax next year, probably a Selmer - nobody understands why I need 3 alto saxes . I'll just have to watch it, I knew buying a treble recorder wasn't one of the best ideas I've ever come up with..ah well.
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Post by anacrusis on Aug 6, 2006 16:11:15 GMT
One of the other problems with recorders is that one is never enough . If you do decide to go ahead, there are a few books which do not consist of baby colours and ghastly ickle tunes which drive you nuts - I got one by Hans-Martin Linde, though mine is in German, so I'm not 100% sure of the English title; and one by Alan Davis called, I think, "Treble Recorder Technique". Fingering charts can be got on line - resources include Nicholas Lander's recorder website, which is incredibly comprehensive, but has a few outdated links now. He's at www.recorderhomepage.net/index.html . For music, Mr Everingham at Saunders Recorders is very helpful, website www.saundrecs.co.uk/index.html . It sounds as if saxes have to be collected in the same way as recorders....
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Post by princessmoose on Aug 6, 2006 20:15:21 GMT
I think it comes with a fingering chart, and I've ordered some random books, so lets see what happens in a week or so when I've got everything. No money now .
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Post by princessmoose on Aug 15, 2006 14:54:21 GMT
Grr, I ordered it from Chamberlain who are experiencing huge delays in getting their stock and they don't expect it to be in until at least September, grr!
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Post by katyjay on Aug 15, 2006 21:25:17 GMT
Grr, I ordered it from Chamberlain who are experiencing huge delays in getting their stock and they don't expect it to be in until at least September, grr! I had no end of trouble with Chamberlain - giving me different stories each week for why they hadn't sent my recorder. In the end I cancelled my order with them and bought my treble from Saunders Recorders - but then I had to threaten to sue Chamberlain's to get my money back. I wish I'd known before you ordered that you were thinking of using them - I'd have warned you to avoid them like the plague! Sorry!
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Post by princessmoose on Aug 15, 2006 21:29:10 GMT
It's ok, I ordered a book with them too, they have already charged me too. Hmm, not sure if to cancel the order or not now.
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Post by katyjay on Aug 15, 2006 21:32:58 GMT
What I'd do would be to phone them in the morning and say how ill impressed you are with their customer service. Ask them exactly why there are problems, and decide from how they answer whether they are bull ting you. Then phone Saunders and see if they've got the instrument and/or book you want in stock. They probably will have, and if they do then I'd tell Chamberlain to get knotted. But you're probably politer than me in these things.
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Post by anacrusis on Aug 15, 2006 21:34:01 GMT
*wakes up suddenly, and realises she's been unbelievably SLOW*
Nat....you don't like baroque music, and a big chunk of treble repertoire is baroque... Are you going to learn all avant garde stuff, then?
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