The Modern Recorder Player

(Schott). Contents: About Breathing * 1. Inhalation * 2. Exhalation * 3. How to Hold the Air * About Articulation * 1. The consonants * 2. The Position of the Tongue with Single T and D * 3. double Tonguing with T and D * 4. Double Tonguing with More than Two Syllables * 5. Legato-Portato-Staccato * 6. The Consonants K and G

A practical guide to the history, music and technique of the recorder.

This technical volume is addressed to advanced treble recorder players looking for repertoire that is suited for consistent work on the foundations of their instrumental and musical abilities. In accordance with the original literature for the treble recorder, the exercises are mainly tailored to this instrument. Some technical chapters can be practised on both the treble and descant recorder (with transposed fingering). The term 'technical' must not be misunderstood here: ultimately, the exercises aim at artistic expression, emotion, and tonal interpretation.

(Schott). The Recorder Player's Handbook is a comprehensive survey of the instrument, its history and its music and deals extensively with the following subjects: The instrument: its design, structure and mechanics with detailed information on historical models and materials; advice on the choice and care of the instrument * Playing the recorder: advice on breathing, tone production, fingering and articulation; practice and performance * Recorder music and its performance: a survey of recorder music from the early Middle Ages to the Baroque period, and with a valuable consideration of the recorder in the twentieth century.

Presents exercises for descant or tenor recorder players, covering revisions, trill charts, and ornaments and embellishments.

(Music Sales America). Denis Bloodworth. This highly practical guide to the bass recorder, by one of the leading specialists in the field, is both clear and succinct. Exploring a wide range of possible fingerings, it lays the foundation for a versatile technique and is well illustrated with charts and examples. In addition there are 14 solos and a duet by Telemann and his contemporaries which provide an attractive repertoire on which to build.