hi its a long time since my beginners school and i came to back to soprano recorder after +- 10-15 years. still using the same cheap 10€ instruments btw. and one thing i am struggling during my self studies is how to freakin play from c# to d# on soprano flute so it sounds ok. take for instance c# major scale. thx a lot :) is there some finger trick or just lot of sweat and exercise to do?
Thanks for the link Sarah. I have a quick question. Do you have a recommendation of an equivalent of The Daily Lesson' for alto recorder, by Hans Ulrich Staeps for the Soprano/Tenor recorder? TIA! (I'm lower intermediate but want to continue to improve.) Thank you for all of the wonderful videos you produce.
@@dusshan1 helllliiooo, sorry for answering this 3 years late, you'll probably not see this and have already figured it out, but for me it just took a lot of sweat and practice :)
Hi! As a little kid in primary schooI used to play soprano recorder. I loved the instrument, it's the one I chose myself after all! Sooo I played it for about 3 years and then my teacher told me I have to switch to a more advanced instrument. I had few options: concert flute, saxophone, or clarinet. I didn't want to play any of these. Parents chose clarinet for me and it was fine. For few months. I loved how clarinet sounded- but only when someone else played it. To me it was more of a chore than something I'd enjoy. So I dropped out of music school, which was kinda upsetting, because it felt like throwing those 6 years away. I didn't play anything for 2 years and then I found your channel! I took my old recorder, old notes and started playing. Now I'm switching to an alto recorder and I'm so so glad that I found the passion for music I used to have before.
The channel twosetviolin made a video about the recorder vs the violin. My problem is that they are experienced violin players but have 0 recorder skills so the video is a short comparison about what violin can do and recorder can't like vibrato glisando and other techniques.they also made fun of professional recorder players. They didn't put a disclaimer so one can't really know if it's a joke or not. It would be nice if you made a friendly response video doing all those things they do with the violin like vibrato and glisando and more (also the range of notes). A short video like theirs just showing all the stuff you can do with it. They have many many subscribers so if it's a joke they didn't let us know. In the comments people talk about you and a guy named recorder legend. We need you to defend the recorder' s honour 😁
Well when you enter their youtube channel you know they only make jokes about other instruments, they just use memes and clichés to make funny videos, it's just entertainment, nothing to worry about ^^. They should definitely do a Pro vs Amateur with the recorder to do it justice tho :D
Yes, I was very annoyed with TwoSetViolin----the first time I've hit the thumbs down button. I replied with some suggestions for videos of superb recorder playing. Maybe in other countries where recorder is considered a "real" instrument, this video would have been OK, but not here in the US where recorder is an elementary school "pre-instrument" and no one has any idea what professionally played recorder sounds like.
Ever since this quarantine, i was thinking about getting back to playing my recorder just ti make good use of my time, This channel really helped me alot, thanks a lot
I bought an alto recorder 10 years ago to play a song for the conservatory. and now I picked it up and started practisiong. problem is I have no techinique, I am a musican but I have no idea the tricks and the techinique for alto flute :D
As a university bassoonist who is trying to tackle more baroque repertoire in quarantine, thank you for your videos! Your excitement for baroque is pumping me up to tackle my Bach suite! :)
I've only recently found your channel, but you've now topped my favourite channels list. ( Ew this comment might get long and sobby) I grew up learning the clarinet and while I loved the instrument I had to stop due to some lung problems and some really unhelpful teachers. I haven't touched classical music since I stopped and seeing your channel and passion for recorder and music has just made me want to pick it right up again. Your channel has just brought be so much happiness is this pretty awful time. Yeah. Thanks :) I've gained a new appreciation for the recorder and just music as a whole.
Hello Sarah! Really thank you from what you do! Your work is one of the reasons why I went back to the recorder and rediscover it! Greetings from Belgium ❤❤
I lent my flute dolce book to a student. Bruggen was my favourite player until I discovered you and Piers Adams. Telemann is my favourite recorder composer.
#1 From the 25 actually sounds like the inspiration for a piece from Dragon Warrior/Quest. They use 10-20 second loops for different scenes. The particular descending part of it sparked my memories.
So my sightreading fun for awhile were the Bousquet. My kind of thing. Double bonus, I guess, was several of the Etudes where they were like, “yeah, this key wasn’t difficult enough. Let’s do it in THIS key too!” Now will work up a few I really liked. The Bruggen and Monkemeyer are in my to-read pile. Thanks for the etude recommendations!
Grazie, ho trovato molto utile questo video. Con l'esecuzione di alcuni studi di ciascun autore mi sono fatto un'idea su cosa andrò ad acquistare. Perfetto
Wow! I'm currently on Mode 4 of Onse Vader in Hemelryck in der fluyten lust-hoff and now I suddenly have the urge to get the ebooks form of some of the books you've recommended.
In the mail today came the Bousquet and Brüggen. What have I gotten myself into? Oh, Hauwe Modern Recorder Player 3 and Charlton. Lots of time to practice... Thanks for introducing me to music I hadn’t seen yet!
Speaking of Etudes and specifically soprano etudes---I've written 27 Etudes which are available on American Recorder Society Facebook page---just join and go to Files and find them in PDF form and print them for use. They are titled "Recorder Etudes Number 5" (or 7 etc etc). facebook.com/groups/americanrecordersociety/
It's better not to start a youtube argument since it never ends well. you'll end up waking up the radicals and cause the whole bunch of unnecessary complications. it's already stupid enough to compare musical instruments as each will have its weak points.
Sadly I bought the Keuning book based on this but it is not something I would describe as intermediate -- perhaps "confident beginner" or "upper beginner". I wish it were standard practice for publishers to share the first and last pieces in a book like this, so that people could know the difficulty range! I also need to continue working on my listening skills because you did demonstrate the first and last pieces so I should have realised from those that the book was not what I needed right now. The Bousquet studies are a bit beyond me but I shall push ahead with them anyway.
This is great Sarah. Definitely something we can sink-our-teeth into. I really enjoy your playing. Even on the "dryest" of these pieces you find ways to present them musically. Bravo!
Ohhhh... I do like Bousquet 20! I also liked the jazzy piece by Davies though part of its charm was that thing you did of dragging the last note of the phrase. A thing I'd like for you to explain in a video? Perhaps together with some other technical ways of sounding more "jazzy" and less classical? Pretty please?
Hey Sarah,I really enjoy all your videos.I have a decent alto with german fingering but I don't know any proper notes on it.I am dying to get one with baroque fingering but the lockdown and cost...so can you make a video on all the notes on german fingering or can you give me a way out of how I can get a baroque recorder in the current situation. Lots of love.. :)
Nice! I’ve been looking for some etudes! Found the Bruggen ones online for free. (Don’t know if they’re still under copyright buuuut...) 😬 Lol. . I hope I can amazon some of these!
Krähmer actually wrote his studies for the csakan, a very interesting variation of the recorder, popular in the first half of the 19. century. Have a look at the short text on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csakan I just thought to mention that as a interesting detail.
Hi Sarah, getting ready to start on Rooda's Dexterity Exercises. I assume you worked on these at some point in your career. How long did you spend on them? Did you go straight through? Any suggestions for integrating them into one's practice? Thank you! John
hi, Sarah. I bought a roland ae01 myself last month, which make me have more fun than my old plastic one. do you ever have any thought of trying any electric recorder? All music instruments are or will be electricalized, so does recorder.
I hope you don't mind Random questions: years ago I played Soprano recorder, and enjoyed it a lot. For some reason I got away. Years later I was hoping to begin again. Since, for all practical purposes I am beginning anew. Would you encourage learning Soprano OR Alto. Is one easier than the other? Which is more versatile? I have been watching your video constantly since I found your channel.
I think it's easier to play soprano for someone who has never played alto before (because the fingering is different. I mean it's the same but shifted by like 3 notes. The alto is an f recorder). But as someone who plays all recorders I don't have an opinion on which is easier, really, I think I just prefer alto. I know someone who didn't play for 40 years and they got into it again relatively easy, so good luck!
Do you think possible to transcribe Chopin étude n.1 op 25 for a recorder ? (only rignt hand and transposing eventually). It's not a project just a question. Bonjour de France !
Hi Sarah, I know this isn't your gig but maybe you could help me find a piece of music. It's a Christmas song we use to play (on record) when I was kid in Germany. I think the title is like "Suzzani" or something like that. Any ideas? Any input would be appreciated.
The tenor has the added problem of breath control. It's very tiring. Unless, of course, you already play another wind instrument and are already trained in the correct breathing techniques.
@@prostokiriuha you can train them, but be careful: you could end by injuring yourself! But if you do it properly, there's no problem. After all our Sarah plays the tenor and the various basses which are huge.
I use and recommend the following books: "95 Dexterity Exercises and Dances for Recorders in F" by Rooda, and "The Charlton Method of the Recorder" by Charlton. Both are available on Amazon.
Hi, I am so new, I literally know 4 notes. 😊. I would like to learn the song, “ I saw the light” by Hank Williams. I can not find sheet music for the recorder. What instrument sheet music would be like the recorder so I could learn to play that song. My daughter is learning the Ukulele and we want to play together. Thanks. COVID-19. Boredom. FaceTime practice. LOL! We have to connect some way. Thanks again.
A bit late, but here's my contribution: You can go on IMSLP and at download Bousquet's études for alto recorder: imslp.org/wiki/36_Etudes_pour_le_flageolet_(Bousquet%2C_Narcisse) Also, a little recommendation from me is 100 studies for Csakan (csakan is a cousin instrument of the recorder, from Austria), which fits well in the Soprano range. It has exercises ranging from basic songs to complex quick passages: imslp.org/wiki/100_%C3%9Cbungsst%C3%BCcke_f%C3%BCr_den_Csakan%2C_Op.31_(Kr%C3%A4hmer%2C_Ernst) Both are in public domain and are e-books
"Etudes" suck! I suppose that there is real music that might also do the job. Studying "etudes" don't help you with musical expression which in my eyes is the real purpose of music. The issue is critical for adults, if what you do does not have a direct application on a concrete musical piece that you are trying to play, it is really very discouraging. Some may quit. This is very basic adult learning psychology. Adults might not have 30 - 40 years before them to cope with "etudes". No way.
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hi its a long time since my beginners school and i came to back to soprano recorder after +- 10-15 years. still using the same cheap 10€ instruments btw. and one thing i am struggling during my self studies is how to freakin play from c# to d# on soprano flute so it sounds ok. take for instance c# major scale. thx a lot :) is there some finger trick or just lot of sweat and exercise to do?
Thanks for the link!
Thanks for the link Sarah. I have a quick question. Do you have a recommendation of an equivalent of The Daily Lesson' for alto recorder, by Hans Ulrich Staeps for the Soprano/Tenor recorder? TIA! (I'm lower intermediate but want to continue to improve.) Thank you for all of the wonderful videos you produce.
@@dusshan1 helllliiooo, sorry for answering this 3 years late, you'll probably not see this and have already figured it out, but for me it just took a lot of sweat and practice :)
Hi! As a little kid in primary schooI used to play soprano recorder. I loved the instrument, it's the one I chose myself after all! Sooo I played it for about 3 years and then my teacher told me I have to switch to a more advanced instrument. I had few options: concert flute, saxophone, or clarinet. I didn't want to play any of these. Parents chose clarinet for me and it was fine. For few months. I loved how clarinet sounded- but only when someone else played it. To me it was more of a chore than something I'd enjoy. So I dropped out of music school, which was kinda upsetting, because it felt like throwing those 6 years away. I didn't play anything for 2 years and then I found your channel! I took my old recorder, old notes and started playing. Now I'm switching to an alto recorder and I'm so so glad that I found the passion for music I used to have before.
Yay welcome back!!!
The channel twosetviolin made a video about the recorder vs the violin. My problem is that they are experienced violin players but have 0 recorder skills so the video is a short comparison about what violin can do and recorder can't like vibrato glisando and other techniques.they also made fun of professional recorder players. They didn't put a disclaimer so one can't really know if it's a joke or not. It would be nice if you made a friendly response video doing all those things they do with the violin like vibrato and glisando and more (also the range of notes). A short video like theirs just showing all the stuff you can do with it. They have many many subscribers so if it's a joke they didn't let us know. In the comments people talk about you and a guy named recorder legend. We need you to defend the recorder' s honour 😁
Well when you enter their youtube channel you know they only make jokes about other instruments, they just use memes and clichés to make funny videos, it's just entertainment, nothing to worry about ^^. They should definitely do a Pro vs Amateur with the recorder to do it justice tho :D
But there were sooo... many replies from recorder players. Lots recommending Sarah's videos.
That video triggered all recorder players
@@gillchatfield3231 Not just recorder players. Those who simply love recorders and recorder music, too.
Yes, I was very annoyed with TwoSetViolin----the first time I've hit the thumbs down button. I replied with some suggestions for videos of superb recorder playing. Maybe in other countries where recorder is considered a "real" instrument, this video would have been OK, but not here in the US where recorder is an elementary school "pre-instrument" and no one has any idea what professionally played recorder sounds like.
Ever since this quarantine, i was thinking about getting back to playing my recorder just ti make good use of my time, This channel really helped me alot, thanks a lot
I bought an alto recorder 10 years ago to play a song for the conservatory. and now I picked it up and started practisiong. problem is I have no techinique, I am a musican but I have no idea the tricks and the techinique for alto flute :D
As a university bassoonist who is trying to tackle more baroque repertoire in quarantine, thank you for your videos! Your excitement for baroque is pumping me up to tackle my Bach suite! :)
I've only recently found your channel, but you've now topped my favourite channels list. ( Ew this comment might get long and sobby) I grew up learning the clarinet and while I loved the instrument I had to stop due to some lung problems and some really unhelpful teachers. I haven't touched classical music since I stopped and seeing your channel and passion for recorder and music has just made me want to pick it right up again. Your channel has just brought be so much happiness is this pretty awful time. Yeah. Thanks :) I've gained a new appreciation for the recorder and just music as a whole.
Hi, Ms Jeffery. You inspired me to get my Moeck soprano out of
Hello Sarah! Really thank you from what you do! Your work is one of the reasons why I went back to the recorder and rediscover it! Greetings from Belgium ❤❤
Ah thank you! Greetings back!
BEST UA-cam CHANNEL EVER! AMAZING VIDEO!
You play with great confidence. And my son and i appreciate the soothing sound you get, especially the soprano. Thanks, stay safe.
I lent my flute dolce book to a student. Bruggen was my favourite player until I discovered you and Piers Adams. Telemann is my favourite recorder composer.
Not the Hans Martin Linde Modern Exercises? My absolute favorites, very musical and fun.
I really enjoy how you bring in the full range of the recorder. Simplicity to extremely complex. Amazing and inspiring. Thank you!
#1 From the 25 actually sounds like the inspiration for a piece from Dragon Warrior/Quest. They use 10-20 second loops for different scenes. The particular descending part of it sparked my memories.
I can’t stop watching your videos :) They’re wonderdul.
My problem is that I'm spending more time watching your videos about recorders than I spend actually practicing! lol
Thank you for reminding me of studying etudes 😅 - I love the three by Kees Boeke and Staeps' 'The daily lesson'! 😊
You've got a great sense of humor.
Beautiful studies :) Very good Sarah :D super like!!!! 💙
Once more, here I sit and want to order a freakin' lot of books.
This is fantastic, Sarah, and perfect timing. Am ordering two of them online as we speak.
It's a pleasure to hear your practice. I loved the nerdy last one 😍🤓
So my sightreading fun for awhile were the Bousquet. My kind of thing. Double bonus, I guess, was several of the Etudes where they were like, “yeah, this key wasn’t difficult enough. Let’s do it in THIS key too!” Now will work up a few I really liked. The Bruggen and Monkemeyer are in my to-read pile. Thanks for the etude recommendations!
Great overview! Monkemeyer still my favorite, because of the link he makes with the best of the repertoire...which is great for motivation!
Oooh yhis was very useful! Thanks!
I enjoy playing Joannes Collette, Studies for soprano recorder. Very melodious studies!
The only one of these I have is the Monkemeyer. Now I have a shopping list.
My favourite is probably Bruggen's five studies.
OH MY GOSH, WAS NOT EXPECTING A SKILL SHARE SPONSOR XD. IT’S LITERALLY IN EVERY VIDEO I WATCH
Tks a lot....very useful
Grazie, ho trovato molto utile questo video. Con l'esecuzione di alcuni studi di ciascun autore mi sono fatto un'idea su cosa andrò ad acquistare. Perfetto
Thank you ! I will look for those books!
Wow! I'm currently on Mode 4 of Onse Vader in Hemelryck in der fluyten lust-hoff and now I suddenly have the urge to get the ebooks form of some of the books you've recommended.
Wow Sarah, this is really interesting. Thanks!
In the mail today came the Bousquet and Brüggen. What have I gotten myself into? Oh, Hauwe Modern Recorder Player 3 and Charlton. Lots of time to practice...
Thanks for introducing me to music I hadn’t seen yet!
Speaking of Etudes and specifically soprano etudes---I've written 27 Etudes which are available on American Recorder Society Facebook page---just join and go to Files and find them in PDF form and print them for use. They are titled "Recorder Etudes Number 5" (or 7 etc etc).
facebook.com/groups/americanrecordersociety/
Would be interesting to see you make a response video about the video they made yesterday about the recorder.
TwoSet's video?
@@emilia1911 Yep.
oooh yes please
It's better not to start a youtube argument since it never ends well. you'll end up waking up the radicals and cause the whole bunch of unnecessary complications. it's already stupid enough to compare musical instruments as each will have its weak points.
Thanks for reminding me of the Monkemeyer! I broke it out and it is good stuff!
Hi Sarah. Can you do a session on explaining and playing the ‘green sleeves to a ground - 1706 - John Walsh’ That would be fab- thank you 😁😁
Excellent stuff!! Thank you 😁😁
Thanks for the excellent advice.
fell in love with davies right away :)
Sadly I bought the Keuning book based on this but it is not something I would describe as intermediate -- perhaps "confident beginner" or "upper beginner". I wish it were standard practice for publishers to share the first and last pieces in a book like this, so that people could know the difficulty range! I also need to continue working on my listening skills because you did demonstrate the first and last pieces so I should have realised from those that the book was not what I needed right now.
The Bousquet studies are a bit beyond me but I shall push ahead with them anyway.
This is great Sarah. Definitely something we can sink-our-teeth into.
I really enjoy your playing. Even on the "dryest" of these pieces you find ways to present them musically. Bravo!
Ohhhh... I do like Bousquet 20!
I also liked the jazzy piece by Davies though part of its charm was that thing you did of dragging the last note of the phrase. A thing I'd like for you to explain in a video? Perhaps together with some other technical ways of sounding more "jazzy" and less classical? Pretty please?
Hey Sarah,I really enjoy all your videos.I have a decent alto with german fingering but I don't know any proper notes on it.I am dying to get one with baroque fingering but the lockdown and cost...so can you make a video on all the notes on german fingering or can you give me a way out of how I can get a baroque recorder in the current situation. Lots of love.. :)
Nice! I’ve been looking for some etudes! Found the Bruggen ones online for free. (Don’t know if they’re still under copyright buuuut...) 😬
Lol. . I hope I can amazon some of these!
Krähmer actually wrote his studies for the csakan, a very interesting variation of the recorder, popular in the first half of the 19. century. Have a look at the short text on wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csakan I just thought to mention that as a interesting detail.
Hi Sarah, getting ready to start on Rooda's Dexterity Exercises. I assume you worked on these at some point in your career. How long did you spend on them? Did you go straight through? Any suggestions for integrating them into one's practice?
Thank you!
John
hi, Sarah. I bought a roland ae01 myself last month, which make me have more fun than my old plastic one. do you ever have any thought of trying any electric recorder? All music instruments are or will be electricalized, so does recorder.
I hope you don't mind Random questions: years ago I played Soprano recorder, and enjoyed it a lot. For some reason I got away. Years later I was hoping to begin again. Since, for all practical purposes I am beginning anew. Would you encourage learning Soprano OR Alto. Is one easier than the other? Which is more versatile? I have been watching your video constantly since I found your channel.
I think it's easier to play soprano for someone who has never played alto before (because the fingering is different. I mean it's the same but shifted by like 3 notes. The alto is an f recorder). But as someone who plays all recorders I don't have an opinion on which is easier, really, I think I just prefer alto. I know someone who didn't play for 40 years and they got into it again relatively easy, so good luck!
Alan Davis sounds like The Clangers!
Could you please make a list of the books in order of difficulty? (and when to start the first one)
The 'every combinations' excercize sounded like a John Glass composition. Lol
Do you think possible to transcribe Chopin étude n.1 op 25 for a recorder ? (only rignt hand and transposing eventually). It's not a project just a question. Bonjour de France !
Sarah, could you do a video on the easiest fingerings for a chromatic scale?
I like recorder in soprano.
I subscribed Aldo Bova.
What is the name of the song number 21 in the first book presented?
Hi Sarah, I know this isn't your gig but maybe you could help me find a piece of music. It's a Christmas song we use to play (on record) when I was kid in Germany. I think the title is like "Suzzani" or something like that. Any ideas? Any input would be appreciated.
I am a beginner on the alto recorder. Can you recommend anything for a beginner?
My cat didn't appreciate the Alan Davis - that's when he got off my lap and left the room! Bit too atonal for a feline?
😆😆😆😎Thanks!
isolation could be usefull! bought a tenor recorder yesterday ... uhh, it's harder than i thought
The tenor has the added problem of breath control. It's very tiring. Unless, of course, you already play another wind instrument and are already trained in the correct breathing techniques.
@@prostokiriuha you can train them, but be careful: you could end by injuring yourself!
But if you do it properly, there's no problem. After all our Sarah plays the tenor and the various basses which are huge.
She has such a passion for recorder. Does she do a online class does anybody know!
5:25 best shakuhachi recorder impression? :)
How do you do that..... wow... amazing...
Ok but do you know any for beginner tenor recorder?
How to play flurato on the recorder?
I use and recommend the following books: "95 Dexterity Exercises and Dances for Recorders in F" by Rooda, and "The Charlton Method of the Recorder" by Charlton. Both are available on Amazon.
Linda demais essa moça
Hi, I am so new, I literally know 4 notes. 😊. I would like to learn the song, “ I saw the light” by Hank Williams. I can not find sheet music for the recorder. What instrument sheet music would be like the recorder so I could learn to play that song. My daughter is learning the Ukulele and we want to play together. Thanks. COVID-19. Boredom. FaceTime practice. LOL! We have to connect some way. Thanks again.
PamolaJ Flute music usually works for me.
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!
Is there any available e-book???
A bit late, but here's my contribution:
You can go on IMSLP and at download Bousquet's études for alto recorder: imslp.org/wiki/36_Etudes_pour_le_flageolet_(Bousquet%2C_Narcisse)
Also, a little recommendation from me is 100 studies for Csakan (csakan is a cousin instrument of the recorder, from Austria), which fits well in the Soprano range. It has exercises ranging from basic songs to complex quick passages: imslp.org/wiki/100_%C3%9Cbungsst%C3%BCcke_f%C3%BCr_den_Csakan%2C_Op.31_(Kr%C3%A4hmer%2C_Ernst)
Both are in public domain and are e-books
I think I'd want to kill myself before playing from that last book. 😂😂😂
Eo no hablo Inglés, aunque me encantan tus vídeos, saludos desde Perú... me mandas un saludo?
Hola amigo, qué tal? Saludos desde inglaterra!
In Brazil we haven't books who teaches recorder.
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If you want a challenge...
Do the LING LING CHALLENGE.
Sent one to me please, I live in Brazil.lool
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Easy to twiddly. Lol
so many germans lol
Nunma business but if you ain't pregnant, your man needs to get working.
"Etudes" suck!
I suppose that there is real music that might also do the job. Studying "etudes" don't help you with musical expression which in my eyes is the real purpose of music.
The issue is critical for adults, if what you do does not have a direct application on a concrete musical piece that you are trying to play, it is really very discouraging. Some may quit. This is very basic adult learning psychology. Adults might not have 30 - 40 years before them to cope with "etudes". No way.
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