Well this was helpful 😃👍 i was interested in the Kung tenor but this is my first serious tune as a beginner player. 6 or so months in and still not quite up to tempo with this on. but this helped me, to spot one or two bits that I’m not getting quite right. So all in all, the EXACTLY perfect review for me to stumble on. (Really enjoy all your videos though anyway). Thank you!
6:47 made my day……I chose this as my first Proper piece to learn. 6 month in, I Can play it all, in bits. but never made it through perfectly yet, always get one note wrong. I feel just a bit less subhuman now ……thanks for leaving it in ;) of course I’ve been practicing it solid not sight reading so it’s not much of a comparrison. But……just……..let me have this 😢😂 Actually in performance I think it’s nice to see a mistake or two in a concert. Maybe that goes more for modern music, but first it shows it’s definitely live, and second, the musician is operating close to the edge of their envelope, so maybe playing spontaneously. I think live music can be too perfect. It’s a high bar to pass to get there, but it does exist. ;)
Arwen, The Kung Olive has an amazing sound. Seems like it uses a lot of air. I love that Bouree from J S Bach. I think for guitar it is written in E minor, use to play on guitar. All very nice sounding I think my favorite is the Kung Olive.
Interesting that you consider having to close 2 keys most frequently the „right way“ vs. 1 key the „wrong way“. I am just looking on effort required in frequency. As bottom c# is comparatively rare vs. bottom c and f I would give this the less effort way and keep the c# hole closed by default. Yes it contradicts the logic of double holes in shorter recorders, but so what? My old Moeck Tuju Tenor still has the default-closed c#, my new Moeck Ehlert modern Tenor does not, nor my Mollenhauer and Aulos- and I loath the effort of always operating 2 keys, which makes it also noisier if I would just release the keys. Sound-wise I like all of your presented 3 Tenors, and I appreciate a big tessitura on Tenors as it gets not as shrill as might be on a Soprano.
Well, it is the same way around as when there are no keys which is logical and I like that logic but mainly it is my short little finger struggling. I have to have the pair of keys quite far the the right in order to work both C and C# effectively. This means whichever key is on the right of the pair is quite far to the right and I don't mind that occasionally for C# but to have to have my little finger that far to the right for C and F is annoying for me and feels wrong. So the effort is the opposite way around for me. I'm glad you like all 3 recorders.
Well this was helpful 😃👍 i was interested in the Kung tenor but this is my first serious tune as a beginner player. 6 or so months in and still not quite up to tempo with this on. but this helped me, to spot one or two bits that I’m not getting quite right. So all in all, the EXACTLY perfect review for me to stumble on. (Really enjoy all your videos though anyway). Thank you!
6:47 made my day……I chose this as my first Proper piece to learn. 6 month in, I Can play it all, in bits. but never made it through perfectly yet, always get one note wrong. I feel just a bit less subhuman now ……thanks for leaving it in ;) of course I’ve been practicing it solid not sight reading so it’s not much of a comparrison. But……just……..let me have this 😢😂
Actually in performance I think it’s nice to see a mistake or two in a concert. Maybe that goes more for modern music, but first it shows it’s definitely live, and second, the musician is operating close to the edge of their envelope, so maybe playing spontaneously. I think live music can be too perfect. It’s a high bar to pass to get there, but it does exist. ;)
Well done, those who practise and don't let the inner critic put them off, tend to succeed.
Arwen, have you ever tried FEHR recorder(s)? Their sound is SO great and lovely
Yes, they are nice, sweet and rounded, model II and III absolutely ideal for students as well.
Arwen, The Kung Olive has an amazing sound. Seems like it uses a lot of air. I love that Bouree from J S Bach. I think for guitar it is written in E minor, use to play on guitar. All very nice sounding I think my favorite is the Kung Olive.
It is my favourite too but it is always nice to have a change!
Interesting that you consider having to close 2 keys most frequently the „right way“ vs. 1 key the „wrong way“.
I am just looking on effort required in frequency. As bottom c# is comparatively rare vs. bottom c and f I would give this the less effort way and keep the c# hole closed by default. Yes it contradicts the logic of double holes in shorter recorders, but so what?
My old Moeck Tuju Tenor still has the default-closed c#, my new Moeck Ehlert modern Tenor does not, nor my Mollenhauer and Aulos- and I loath the effort of always operating 2 keys, which makes it also noisier if I would just release the keys.
Sound-wise I like all of your presented 3 Tenors, and I appreciate a big tessitura on Tenors as it gets not as shrill as might be on a Soprano.
Well, it is the same way around as when there are no keys which is logical and I like that logic but mainly it is my short little finger struggling. I have to have the pair of keys quite far the the right in order to work both C and C# effectively. This means whichever key is on the right of the pair is quite far to the right and I don't mind that occasionally for C# but to have to have my little finger that far to the right for C and F is annoying for me and feels wrong. So the effort is the opposite way around for me. I'm glad you like all 3 recorders.