ProudGrandma Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 or is it acceptable for adults too?? Yes, I know of course an adult CAN play a recorder...but when people think of recorder players do they mostly think children....and if an adult plays does that seem "below" them? Does any of that make sense??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Last night a guy was playing a recorder with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, so I vote it is OK. But they do have to sound really good ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 To answer your question check out. or Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 nice! Wonder where one goes to REALLY learn how to play....I mean...I can pick up a recorder and play the notes, but I don't sound anything like the links just posted...I am sure it has to do with the instrument too....hmmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 *shudder* A recorder is right up there w/the musical saw for me. Both sound like the wailing of the damned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 This is a child's instrument. Something like this is an adult instrument with a much different sound quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 wow...for only $400 I can have that instrument...I am thinking food on the table might be a little bit more important, huh?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I know a man who goes to a recorder camp every summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 wow...for only $400 I can have that instrument...I am thinking food on the table might be a little bit more important, huh?? You can usually start by renting a beginner's instrument and trade up as you get better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I have quality wood recorders. If you have an Early Music Guild where you are, try to attend a meeting. You will hear wonderful music that is very complex! Here - you can go the first time for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenneinCA Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 It can be an adult instrument, but since it is usually taught in about third grade in public schools most people don't think of it that way. My dd14 has taken recorder lessons from a professional musician for several years. Dd just switched to piano this year, but the recorder was very nice. She didn't have to buy a $400 instrument. The teacher does have some that expensive, but doesn't suggest them for students. I think the one she had me buy was about $25. I can look up the model numbers if you are interested. My ds12 started alto recorder with the same teacher after many many years of piano. I like the sound of the alto much better. He didn't need to buy an expensive instrument either. I think his was about $30. I can look up the model numbers for that one too. I like it because the recorders are portable and when played correctly sound very nice. In the great someday, I may take lessons too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 It can be an adult instrument, but since it is usually taught in about third grade in public schools most people don't think of it that way. My dd14 has taken recorder lessons from a professional musician for several years. Dd just switched to piano this year, but the recorder was very nice. She didn't have to buy a $400 instrument. The teacher does have some that expensive, but doesn't suggest them for students. I think the one she had me buy was about $25. I can look up the model numbers if you are interested. My ds12 started alto recorder with the same teacher after many many years of piano. I like the sound of the alto much better. He didn't need to buy an expensive instrument either. I think his was about $30. I can look up the model numbers for that one too. I like it because the recorders are portable and when played correctly sound very nice. In the great someday, I may take lessons too. i would love to know which ones you have. I tried an alto recorder, but I am a small, petite gal and my hands hurt after just trying to play a scale...it was just too big for my hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 The Yamaha plastic recorders are good for beginners, and can sound quite nice once you know what you are doing. It won't sound like a Moeck, but it will sound miles above a flutophone. I have this one http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/winds/recorders/yra-302b/?mode=model#page=2&mode=paging and really enjoy playing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 For most people, yes it's a beginner, easy to play instrument for children. At the Lutheran School, we began children on recorder in 2nd grade - those cheap pieces of plastic that are so shrill sounding, take nerves of steel to endure - and then in 4th grade began easy handbells. In 5th grade, the kids could join band and those two years of recorder really gave them a "leg up" compared to children who came to us from PS, other private schools, or homeschools where they had not had instrumental instruction and musical notation practice prior to that. As a result, we had to form three bands...beginner band which ended up being for or transfer students and 5th graders that wanted to play but hadn't been motivated to learn recorder well much less applied themselves in handbell and choir class, intermediate band - for our "in house" kids who had really taken to their recorders, applied themselves in handbell class, and were ready to fly, and then advanced band for the really talented middle schoolers. Now, for those that really want to study recorder - my MIL is one of these people - one can move beyond the nasty, cheap instruments, and into medieval recorders. Soprano, tenor, bass, and alto, plus I believe one that is called contra-bass (similar in range to a bassoon). These are very expensive and are made of beautiful woods. They have a much more mellow tone...maybe not quite as sweet as an antique wood flute, but much closer to that. The shrill sound is not prominant and the bass recorders are truly beautiful. Graduates of the 8th grade band (the school I taught at was K-8), could move into the adult recorder choir. This was a select group directed by the Minister of Music of the church. The music was complicated and at times, some of the players so advanced, that actual Renaissance music written for recorders was played during Advent and Lent. The music was exquisite. Some of the recorders cost multiple thousands of dollars...very much like a sterling flute for an accomplished flutist or a high end clarinet or oboe, etc. However, it is very unforunate that the only exposure most people have to recorders is the nasty, cheap, plastic, yamaha things used in music classes. If you could hear my MIL play her alto recorder made of some rare wood found in Israel, you would feel differently. She took up the recorder after a bout of bell's palsy that left her with some permanent damage. She was a highly accomplished clarinetist, but unfortunately, no longer had the facial muscle control to play a reed instrument. Recorders, even the best and most difficult to play, do not require the tight embouchure that her clarinet does. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 The Yamaha plastic recorders are good for beginners, and can sound quite nice once you know what you are doing. It won't sound like a Moeck, but it will sound miles above a flutophone. I have this one http://usa.yamaha.co...e=2&mode=paging and really enjoy playing it. Absolutely, this is where I recommend people start. Then if you or your child has a passion for this, you can move up later. This is much cheaper than starting band instruments, where a decent used flute or trumpet is going to cost several hundred dollars at the outset (but you can rent first). I love recorder for certain music, but can only take it so long as its dynamics are so limited. I like it far better than solo harpsichord, clavichord, saxophone and clarinet (from worst to least worst to my ears). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 If you could hear my MIL play her alto recorder made of some rare wood found in Israel, you would feel differently. My wood recorder is from Israel too. I have no idea what kind of wood it is made from, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I think most people don't go beyond the basic level of recorders and that's why we don't think of it as and adult instrument. I played descant and treble recorder for a long time and played in a recorder group for a while. I would totally go back to playing again. Treble recorders sound lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I play in a renaissance consort as a winds specialist, and believe me, recorder is NOT just a kid's instrument. Having said that, it's one of those instruments that's easy to play and hard to play well, and good recorders are a significant financial investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kertie Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I've had a nice wooden recorder for years. Granted, my dad bought it for me when I was a teen;), but I still play it sometimes and love it:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I talk to the trees Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I play in a renaissance consort as a winds specialist, and believe me, recorder is NOT just a kid's instrument. Having said that, it's one of those instruments that's easy to play and hard to play well, and good recorders are a significant financial investment. Ditto! Oh, yes. Recorder is very much an "adult" instrument. Need more information? http://www.americanrecorder.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I play in a recorder consort and as part of a baroque orchestra. In fact, last night we performed selections from the Messiah with the orchestra. It is clearly not for children only! The recorder is easy to play as a beginner and very difficult to play with advanced music. I encourage you to follow up with this.You will be pleasantly surprised. Look up American Recorder Society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 or is it acceptable for adults too?? Yes, I know of course an adult CAN play a recorder...but when people think of recorder players do they mostly think children....and if an adult plays does that seem "below" them? Does any of that make sense??? I used to play in a recorder ensemble. I play Soprano which is what people think of when they thing "recorder." There are alto, tenor and bass recorders though, and we made lovely music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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