Recorder shenanigans

 Been playing my altos over the last couple of days. Today I did a comparison of my cheap Gunter Wunderlich wooden alto with my Aulos Haka. Its hard to say which I prefer. The Gunter has some tuning issues and the foot is loose, but it has a lovely warm tone, whereas the Aulos has a brighter, strident tone, piercing at times but tuning is spot on. 

Ronde by Susato

 A Ronde by Susato from the Brian Bonsor alto book I've been working through forever! Played on my Aulos Haka alto. Practising playing high A properly, changing a bad habit where I would lift the thumb and just overblow. Also I must look for more of Susato's music.

Ronde by Susato

 From the Brian Bonsor book

Aulos Haka alto

2 recorder pieces

 Learned 2 pieces today, one for soprano, one for alto.

Brian Bonsor double

 Two pieces from the Brian Bonsor book From Descant to Treble, book 1

Go Tell it on the Mountain and Suzie Little Suzie 

Exercise 51 on the Haka

 Played on my new Aulos Haka alto.

Definitely a better instrument than the Yamaha!

Playing the EWI

 There is an exercise in the Brian Bonsor alto recorder book that was quite tricky to get to grips with, so I was  using my Carry-On EWI to practise silently.

After I'd got the piece under my fingers I thought I'd unplug the headphones and record what I was playing. I had the volume down low so as not to disturb my autistic son, who was in the next room.

Couple of recorder pieces

 Two short pieces from my Brian Bonsor tutor book. They're excerpts from larger works.

Mein Verlangen by Susato, and The Little Wood Bird, a German tune. 

A trio of recorder pieces...

 ...on my Yamaha alto, a couple from the first Brian Bonsor book and Morning Has Broken, played by ear. 

The Cradle on tenor

 Seeing as its a slow piece I had to try it on the tenor,using the same fingers as the alto, so its transposed.

Couple of recorder pieces

 A couple of pieces I learned from the book 'From Descant to Treble' by Brian Bonsor. The second piece is in 6/8 time and was hard at first; I could not get my head around the rhythm. Well I practised it and I nailed it! Nice piece of music!

Yamaha YRA312BIII

French tune, recorder

A little French piece called C'est un petit oiseau (its a little bird?).
From the Brian Bonsor book "From Descant to Treble" book one.
Took a few attempts to get it right!

Playing in parts, with a rhythm

I recorded a rhythm in triple time using the kids' tambourine, then I played along to it with my alto recorder. Finally I recorded over the whole lot using my soprano recorder.

And then I learned a new piece from the Brian Bonsor book I'm working through (From Descant to Alto book 1)
It's called the Bogeyman and uses a low G, which requires careful breath control to avoid cracking.

Le Roi Dagobert

A French tune in my recorder method book, in 6/8 time. Following advice from a member of the facebook recorder group I set the metronome to 80bpm.

Couple of short pieces

Following lessons in From Descant to Tenor book 1 by Brian Bonsor. I am improving on my music reading!