Dr Downing's Recorder Technique Doctor will
show you how.
Written especially for parents and non-specialist
music teachers. With Peter Bowman's excellent method, you can use any
tutor book or primer for beginners yet still make sure your children
get the basics right.
Older children and adult players will find many useful
techniques.
Normal tutor books and primers concentrate on musical
notation. They also frequently 'dumb down' technique and often
get it wrong. With Dr Downing's Recorder Technique Doctor, you
can make sure that any errors in tutors are rectified. Click on sample
page.
Peter shows you the correct way to hold your
recorder, how to get a beautiful, full sound, how to play loud and soft
and together with his Professional
Recorder Fingering Chart, how to play in tune.
In addition to troubleshooting your problems, Peter
also covers embouchure techniques, thumb techniques, dynamics,
fingerings and tonguing.
Do you have problems like these?
1. I know that playing long notes is the best way
to develop a good sound but they're boring! Isn't there a more pleasant
way?
2. When I play slow music, my notes sound uneven
and strangled. Why?
3. I'm always having to stop for breath after a couple
of bars. How can I improve my breath control?
4. I often find the lowest notes impossible to play.
5. After playing for a short while, my right hand
begins to hurt and my shoulders feel stiff.
6. I can't get notes in the upper register cleanly.
Some notes sound very woolly.
7. When I play together with other recorder players
it sounds dreadful. Everyone's instrument seems to sound different,
particularly if they're in different registers like descant with tenors.
What's wrong?
 8.
I play the tenor recorder and find that my right thumb
becomes very painful after a short while.
9. Click on picture on the right.
10. My tenor recorder will not play notes above A
(1st ledger line above treble clef). What's wrong?
11. I can't get my fingers and tongue to work together.
This is an unsolicited E-mail from a customer in
Plymouth, MN, Dr Craig Humphries:
"I received the book in about 4 days
and I Love it.
It's the best thing I have seen and I am recommending to my teacher
and all his students."
Craig Humphries
 The
recorder is an often underrated instrument but played properly and well,
you will be amazed.
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