PLAYING THE RECORDERS - online tutorial

How to Play The Descant, Treble, Tenor and Bass Recorders.

By F. F. RIGBY, Published by ST MARTIN'S PRESS INC., Circa 1950

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THE vast literature that the recorder has gained since its revival thirty years ago still has not adequately covered every aspect of this deceptively simple musical instrument. There are, for in­stance, many textbooks and 'tutors' which give the mechanical basis of recorder playing in terms of elementary notation and fingering. But these are really meant to be used under the supervision of a teacher, who will enlarge on the finer technical and musical points upon which good playing of any instru­ment depends; and not every lover of recorders can procure a teacher or wants to attend classes. This is where Mr. Rigby steps in. With twenty years' experience behind him, he has planned this admirable work, which is something quite new: a really suitable book for the unattended beginner, giving a full and up-to-date account of recorder technique and of its precise musical significance at every point, 'Up to date' is also important, because so much has been re­discovered during recent years about ways of performance during the classic periods of recorder music. Here the reader will be grateful to Mr. Rigby for the way he has invoked his scholarship, like his musicianship, to lead straight to the prac­tical side of things. His directions for 'period' trills and orna­ments will be valued by teachers and players with some experience. I have met nothing to compare with this book, and I am sure that it will receive a wide welcome.

PLAYING THE RECORDERS, Index Page Deduct 100 from the numbers show to get the original page numbers from the book.

Title Page Acknowledgements Contents Foreword by Anthony Baines The Recorder: some Historical Landmarks - 0113 Page - 0114 Page - 0115 Page - 0116 Page - 0117 Page - 0118 The Instruments - 0119 Page - 0120 Page - 0121 Page - 0122 Page - 0123 The Descant recorder - 0124 Page - 0125 Page - 0126 Page - 0127 Page - 0128 Page - 0129 The descant (2) - 0130 Page - 0131 Page - 0132 Page - 0133 Page - 0134 Page - 0135 Page - 0136 The Descant (3) - 0137 Page - 0138 The Coventry Carol - 0139 Page - 0140 Page - 0141 Page - 0142 The Treble - 0143 Page - 0144 Page - 0145 Page - 0146 Page - 0147 Page - 0148 The Treble (2) - 0149 Page - 0150 Page - 0151 Page - 0152 Page - 0153 The Tenor - 0154 Page - 0155 Page - 0156 The Bass - 0157 Page - 0158 Page - 0159 Page - 0160 Page - 0161 Page - 0162 Ornamentation - 0163 Page - 0164 Page - 0165 Page - 0166 Consort Playing - 0167 Page - 0168 Page - 0169 Page - 0170 Page - 0171 Page - 0172 Page - 0173 Music Available - 0174 Page - 0175 Page - 0176 Page - 0177 Page - 0178 Page - 0179 Page - 0180 Instruments Available - 0181 Page - 0182 Page - 0183 Page - 0184

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