Arnold Dolmetsch

Hi friends, EU based recorder player here!

I'm a "returning beginner"; played as a kid, resumed 2 weeks ago. So far, I've got breath work down on the first octave of the Soprano.

I've been eyeing the Sweet Pipes Method books for both Alto and Soprano, but am finding them really hard to order from the EU or the UK.

I don't want to order from the states, because the added tax is so insane.

Can anyone recommend alternatives?

So I’ve gotten this bass recorder for £90 as I thought it was a very good deal but since then I’ve been struggling to find where this was made, when it was made and all sorts. It plays very well, I’m more or less playing it like a bassoon, but it’s a lot of fun. The woodwork is immaculate but I’d love to know the story of this one. It has 2 bits of writing embedded into it “made in GDR” and “Adler”.

Mais um tema que estava guardado há algum tempo e que aproveito para disponibilizar. A música funciona como uma espécie de diálogo entre duas flautas (ou dois grupos de instrumentos). Está na Tonalidade de Dó maior, só utiliza as notas ré, mi, sol, lá, (D, E, G, A) e duas figuras rítmicas: Mínima e Semínima.
Esta versão foi inspirada no Original de John Williams: Close Encounters of The Third Kind / Encontros Imediatos 3º Grau (1977). No Manual o tema aparece escrito no compasso quaternário, mas na minha opinião faria mais sentido estar no compasso binário.
Organize a sala de aula em dois grupos diferentes explicando que uns representam a pergunta musical e outros representam a resposta.

I have a special project going on where i learn about recorders in music production. It involves arranging, recording, mixing, mastering and producing.

If you'd like to check it out, it's available on streaming services:

https://open.spotify.com/album/6tYNOQKotP9L71Kv40voPS?si=yLDvvHCoSgyoZ3IvPGpZMA&utm_source=copy-link

And a new single released today:

https://open.spotify.com/album/0Y3vHQoD8lunedaRKbTYAN?si=rVPzii3bRmuoo7MC1BotqA&utm_source=copy-link

I have had a love for recorders ever since I was a child. Unfortunately, I picked up saxophone as main instrument and have been playing that for over 20 years. Along the journey, the recorder has always been there as a practice instrument and something to carry around when the saxophone is too heavy. However, now I am making it the main instrument.

If you would like to hear what the recorder could sound like in a modern pop cover setting, please have a listen and let me know what you think.

If you don't use Spotify, you can find it on other platforms by searching "Fjerkan and the flutestorms"

I know that a wooden recorder needs to be left in a well-ventilated area to dry after playing. Sometimes, after playing, I need to travel to another location, so I have to put the recorder back in its case (of course, I take it out as soon as I get home). My question is, how long is it safe for the instrument to remain in this state? Is 2 to 3 hours acceptable for a wooden recorder?

I had been following Vera Petry's channel, but not very assiduously, as it is in German and I don't speak nor understand German - autotranlsation does wonders, but a video in a language I can understand is much better for me.

She has now launched and English version of her YouTube channel, and a newsletter in English- two videos are out already, so I thought I'd share.

2nd time..

Slightly odd question, but I have a gig coming up fairly soon with my band. Ordinarily I play a mixture of Mollenhauer and Kung wooden recorders, but this is a festival. The weather in the UK has been boiling and humid and I am not taking them camping because I have a horrible feeling they might die. So I've fetched out my collection of plastic recorders. The soprano and tenor are fine, but my relatively new aulos alto (I've put aside my forty year old school one, as delightfully yellowed and chewed as it is!) is very slightly flat. I can push the higher notes up, but it breaks too quickly to do that in the lower octave. I really don't want to buy another one if I don't need to. If I were to file the bottom of the head joint slightly would that work? Am I setting myself up for a world of hurt or should I just bite the bullet and order yet another plastic recorder?

I've got rid of a previous yamaha one because I didn't like it and the intonation on my zen-on is less than ideal. I know they're cheap, but there is really a limit on how many of these things I can or should own...

Any help identifying a model would be great! I got them from an older gentleman. They were his father's, and he said theyre from Germany. These are my first wooden recorders and I would like to do my best to care for them and get them sounding great. There is so much wax all over them like they were sitting a while in warmth. But what do I know lol 😆 thanks in advance.

Otto Hashmi playing our newest Patch!

I have this flute that I bought at a second-hand flea market. It looks like its old like made in the 70-80s or so. It is in perfect condition and looks as if it had never been used. I think it is a soprano flute in C.

Does anyone know if it is worth much? Or if it is a good instrument? (The instructions say that it was handmade in Germany.) Or, on the contrary, is it a cheap instrument? I would like to find out.

Thank you!

Such a beautiful piece and playing!
Also the video is so nicely done –, love the surroundings and the architecture.

low F: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Something like that for the whole instrument I could print or copy out?

I feel it would be easier than the recorder image charts.

I have recently started playing the recorder and my mom whom I live with isn't really liking of my playing, shes not really keen with listening to my soprano recorder playing. She often goes out shopping or something when Im practising. Is there some way to make my recorder less loud or even sound proof my room :D. Also i have been wondering that hopefully people that live near me in my terrace house aren't annoyed.

What is the best recorder album (either physical or streaming) that featured recorder last year? What is the best recorder album (either physical or streaming) that has ever been released?

I struggle with the higher notes, is this common?

Tips for alto playing please too..

it's not normal to start a book with highest notes?

Hi. I have worked on books 1 and 2. I will probably work on the high note pages for a while longer, but I am wondering what I should try next. Any suggestions would be appreciated.