At 9:08 PM +0200 6/5/07, shirling & neueweise wrote:
Treble (Alto) recorder when used in an ensemble score uses treble
clef with 8 above, ... as a solo instrument, it uses the treble
clef and plays at pitch
everything i've seen online suggests to use normal treble clef...?
When alto reads from vocal scores (common in renaissance music), it's
notated an octave lower and needs to be read up an octave. Just one
of many complications for recorder players, which include having to
read from movable C-clefs!
have i understood right that descant and soprano are notated
identically (but have different ranges)?
No. Descant and Soprano are the same instrument. Descant is British
terminology, Soprano is American. Same with the alto: Treble in
Britain, Alto in American. Other languages have their specific terms
as well.
is this <http://www.savefile.com/files/783414> correct then (all
with C5 indicated for comparison)? click on download (orange at
bottom right) to see the file.
Could you please identify "C5"? Is it middle C or the octave above.
(Thanks to Yamaha, I think, there are two different systems in use.)
And are you indicating absolute sounding pitch?
Recorder Quartet should be added to the ensemble choices.
would that be descant alto tenor bass then? or sop ATB? or are both
quite common?
They are identical. And yes, this would be the "normal" SATB
recorder quartet. There is also a large consort sounding an octave
lower: tenor (in C), bass (in F), greatbass (in C), and contrabass
(in F). A gorgeous sound.
The thing to remember is that the recorder skipped the 19th century
and the notational conventions that were established in the 19th
century, including writing transposed parts. They are always notated
at concert pitch, but the specific octave sometimes has to be figured
out. And that means that recorder players who play more than one
size generally need to learn two sets of fingerings, one for
recorders in C and another for recorders in F. Not all that weird,
actually. Think of the clarinet. The lower register is "in F" (that
is, the 7-fingered note is written F, sounding Eb) but the upper
register is "in C" (the 7-fingered note written C, sounding Bb).
John
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