#Simple recorder solo professional#

Composers who have written for the recorder include Monteverdi, Lully, Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach, Hindemith, and Berio. It was revived in the 20th century as part of the historically informed performance movement, and became a popular amateur and educational instrument. The recorder is first documented in Europe in the Middle Ages, and continued to enjoy wide popularity in the Renaissance and Baroque periods, but was little used in the Classical and Romantic periods. tapering towards the foot) to cylindrical, and all recorder fingering systems make extensive use of forked fingerings. The recorders' internal and external proportions vary, but the bore is generally reverse conical (i.e.

#Simple recorder solo professional#

Modern professional instruments are almost invariably of wood, often boxwood student and scholastic recorders are commonly of molded plastic. Recorders were traditionally constructed from wood or ivory. The sizes most commonly in use today are the soprano (also known as descant, lowest note C 5), alto (also known as treble, lowest note F 4), tenor (lowest note C 4), and bass (lowest note F 3). Recorders are made in various sizes with names and compasses roughly corresponding to various vocal ranges. It is the most prominent duct flute in the western classical tradition. A recorder can be distinguished from other duct flutes by the presence of a thumb-hole for the upper hand and seven finger-holes: three for the upper hand and four for the lower. The recorder is a family of woodwind musical instruments in the group known as internal duct flutes: flutes with a whistle mouthpiece, also known as fipple flutes.