Hole placement on a 8 note recorder5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() at the window* (with one finger splitting air at the windway’s exit while blowing through the windway works best on low instruments, especially Paetzold basses).across the window* (with all holes closed (also bottom hole!), or with closed head joint only).breathing in through the mouthpiece (with all holes closed wide windway works best).“granular tone” (distortion on certain pitches, especially in the highest registers and rather open fingerings works best with a wide block position). ![]() breathing out through the mouthpiece with a slightly opened windway and the tongue on top of the windway entrance (“white noise tone”, or “Rauschton” especially in the first two octaves).breathing out through mouthpiece with a closed windway (starting from “E2” sounds best with wide windway).breathing out with distance to the mouthpiece (variations through different consonants, e.g.breathing out at mouthpiece, opening the upper lip (transverse flute embouchure) and/or whispering a consonant like e.g.“s”, “sch” or “f” (this only works in the first two registers) breathing out through closed teeth and/or whispering a consonant like e.g.breathing in and out through finger holes (different consonants possible, e.g.breathing in and out at the window* (completely closed or at different angles different consoncants possible, e.g.breathing out through the mouthpiece (white noise window* closed with one finger of the right hand only left-hand fingerings possible).breathing in through the mouthpiece (with or without articulation).I have divided these playing techniques into four different categories, which should make everybody understand each individual technique better, especially its ways of manipulation. One can perform all of these playing techniques on every recorder model, but they will sound and work differently depending on the size, bore and voicing of each instrument. This list is hopefully as complete as possible, and it should give an overview on what is out there, waiting to be explored and developed even more. Through my musical background as professional recorder player and my big passion for contemporary music, I have worked on this list for many years, being inspired by other recorder players and modern instrumentalists. My focus lies on extended techniques of course, but I have included some general playing techniques, which are important for contemporary music as well. Conversely, when the hole is repositioned higher up the bore, it will be designed to be smaller.įor a wooden recorder, if the pitch is found to be very slightly out during the final tuning, the size of the hole will be finely adjusted using a knife.This blog entry is a long-sought article of mine and about the techniques of recorder playing, also containing special techniques on the Helder Tenor, which are marked in red colour. To give an example of the relationship between the positions of the tone holes and their size, if the position of the hole is moved farther down the bore of the recorder, the pitch of the sound can only be preserved by making the hole bigger. In accordance with the closely related pitch of the notes and size of the holes, the locations for all of the holes have been precisely adjusted so as to be easy to cover with the fingers. Therefore, for the position of the holes on a recorder, the space between holes covered by the middle finger and the ring finger is also minimized. If you try stretching your fingers, you will find that on the human hand, the middle finger and the ring finger are harder to stretch than other fingers. In fact, providing they are positioned at the same height in the bore, the same pitch of sound will be produced irrespective of where they are placed on a circumference of the bore at that height. The holes are not in a straight line because they are positioned so as to be easier to cover with the fingers. ![]() They are not at regular intervals, nor are they all positioned in a straight line. The tone holes of a recorder tend to be thought of as being positioned at regular intervals, but that is not actually the case.
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