Soprano recorder

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Three-part soprano recorder, baroque fingering

The soprano recorder in c is the soprano instrument of the recorder family and usually plays the first voice, the soprano part , in four-legged ensembles (SATB = soprano, alto, tenor, bass) . Since it is often used as the first instrument to be learned in music education for children due to the suitable finger hole spacing , it is also known as the school recorder.

Pitch

The soprano flute is an octave above the height of the human soprano voice. Its lowest note is c 2 , the range is c 2 –d 4 (g 4 ). Pieces for soprano flute are usually notated an octave lower than they sound. The sound generation is similar to that in the labial pipes of an organ , which is why some organ registers sound similar to a recorder. These registers are also called the recorder or the forest flute . The soprano recorder would correspond to a 4 ′ recorder .

Fingerings

In addition to the traditional baroque fingering, there are also soprano recorders in the German fingering, which was introduced by Peter Harlan around 1926. In it, the “f” can be played with a simple move. The baroque grip technique requires a fork grip that is more difficult to grip. Instead, the “f sharp” is slightly easier there; this makes sharp keys easier to play. Even in school music, the baroque fingering is preferred again today, since the students in music schools usually use baroque instruments. In addition, the baroque fingering sounds cleaner. Nevertheless, many start with the German fingering because it is easier to grasp.

material

Flutes with a plastic head or with a complete plastic construction are widespread . Soprano recorders are made of different woods such as maple , pear , boxwood , rosewood , olive , grenadilla , rosewood or ebony , whereby the wood used influences the sound of the flute.

Other recorder types

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The music in past and present , Bärenreiter, Kassel 1955, ISBN 3-7618-5913-9 , p. 339.
  2. ↑ Erich Valentin: Handbuch der Musikinstrumentenkunde. Bosse, Regensburg 1980, ISBN 3-7649-2003-3 , p. 194.
  3. ^ Roland Eberlein : Organ register, their names and their history
  4. ^ Hermann Moeck : On the post-history and renaissance of the recorder