![]() If your goal is to play a low (concert) A, then the obvious choice is to use a lower recorder. The recorder family is similar, being alternately pitched in C and F, but rather than transpose so they all play the same, they only transpose by the octave, so soprano and tenor play C4-C6 while alto and bass play F4-F6 with the same fingerings. They are alternately pitched in Bb and Eb, but always read the same. To go on a tangent for a moment, saxophones all transpose so that their standard range is (written) Bb3 to F6. J.S.Bach : Gigue, BWV 1006, alto recorder:įirst, be aware that recorders only transpose by the octave.Here's a link to a video of a musician playing the alto recorder, so that you can see its size and hear the sound: The final suggestion is to acquire an alto recorder: it's cheap, has a good range for playing popular music, can be switched back and forth with the soprano, it's not too big and it's able to play the desired note (A4). That's not possible, you'd need an alto, tenor or bass recorder.Ī picture with 6 recorders follows: from left to right, the bass, tenor, alto, soprano, sopranino and garklein recorders. Restating your question using scientific pitch notation, you have the soprano recorder, with the lower note being C5 and you want to play A4. Lower notes have lower frequency values (ex: A3 is 220 Hz, C4 is ~261 Hz), higher notes have higher frequency values (ex: C6 is 1046 Hz). Reference: pitch of A4 has a frequency 440 Hertz (may be slightly different depending on the recorder). Only low B is achievable by playing like the low C but partially covering the bottom recorder hole with your knees, but not well tuned.ĭue to the limited range and cheap price, recorder players should try to learn playing on recorders of multiple sizes.įor reference, here are many examples and the note ranges: ![]() Not on the soprano recorder, because it's tuned in C and going below it hits the physical limit of the instrument.
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