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The recorder is a very social instrument. Many recorder players participate in large groups or in one-to-a-part chamber groups, and there is a wide variety of music for such groupings including many modern works. Groups of different sized instruments help to compensate for the limited note range of the individual instruments.
Recorder, tenor (AM 1998.60.41-1) The tenor recorder is a member of the recorder family. It has the same form as a soprano (or descant) recorder and an alto (or treble) recorder, but it produces a lower sound than either; a still lower sound is produced by the bass recorder and great bass recorder.
One example of this is the set of finger holes that laterally pierce the body of a recorder and are opened or closed to change the length of the vibrating air column. The recorder can be used to illustrate further nuance in the design of duct flutes. By definition, the duct is formed by a channel carved into the body of the instrument, and the ...
A chart recorder which is part of a polygraph A circular chart recorder. A chart recorder is an electromechanical device that records an electrical or mechanical input trend onto a piece of paper (the chart). Chart recorders may record several inputs using different color pens and may record onto strip charts or circular charts.
A bass recorder is a wind instrument in F 3 that belongs to the family of recorders. The bass recorder plays an octave lower than the alto or treble recorder. In the recorder family it stands in between the tenor recorder and C great-bass (or quart-bass) recorder. Due to the length of the instrument, the lowest tone, F, requires a key.
Campbell–Stokes recorder used in a tropical region. A Campbell–Stokes recorder adapted for use in polar regions (The right sphere is facing south) The Campbell–Stokes recorder (sometimes called a Stokes sphere) is a type of sunshine recorder. It was invented by John Francis Campbell in 1853 and modified in 1879 by Sir George Gabriel Stokes.
The soprano recorder in C, also known as the descant, is the third-smallest instrument of the modern recorder family and is usually played as the highest voice in four-part ensembles (SATB = soprano, alto, tenor, bass). Since its finger spacing is relatively small, it is often used in music education for children first learning to play an ...
Recorder Garklein recorder: C 6: Sopranino recorder: C 5 /F 5: Soprano recorder: C 5, formerly G 4: B ♭ Soprano recorder B ♭ 4: Alto recorder F 4: Voice flute: D 4, formerly A 3: Tenor recorder: C 4, formerly G 3: Basset recorder F 3: Bass recorder: C 3: When notated in treble clef Great bass recorder: F 2: Contrabass recorder C 2: Saxhorns ...