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Contrabass (lowest note F below bass clef).ĭo not write for these instruments unless you have checked that they are available!.Great Bass (lowest written note C below bass clef but sounds an octave higher).Sitting next to someone playing this instrument can be like having nails driven into your head. Garklein Flautlein is an octave higher than the descant.

Several other instruments are occasionally available.

Bass (lowest written note F below the bass clef but sounds an octave higher).

Treble (or alto) (lowest note F above Middle C).

Descant (or Soprano) (lowest written note Middle C sounding an octave higher).

Sopranino (lowest written note F above Middle C sounding an octave higher).

Do not use slurs to mark phrases! Types Of Recorder And Ranges Unless specified with a slur a recorder player should tongue everything but this covers a very wide range of articulations. Since most players will use a range of articulations quite normally it is probably unnecessary to overdo the articulation marks: only show those that really are important. As a general rule keep the number of dynamics down.Īccents are usually done with the tongue and should not imply a sforzando which is likely to be out of tune. Dynamics written into a score will be interpreted largely as indications of sound quality. Recorder players will give the illusion of dynamics through articulation.

As a consequence long flowing passages with crescendos and diminuendos (which sound really good on flutes for instance) are not very idiomatic for the recorder. This is a problem particularly if you are using more than one instrument and/or playing with instruments with more stable pitch. If you try to play it very loudly or very softly it tends to go out of tune. The recorder does not have a great range of dynamics. Music that works well on other wind instruments may not work as well on the recorder (and of course vice versa). When writing for the recorder (as for any other instrument) it is important to remember its strengths and weaknesses. A Composer's Guide to Writing for the Recorder Written by Benjamin Thorn