soprano recorder
High wooden flute
A soprano recorder is the most common size of recorder, a wooden or plastic wind instrument with a whistle mouthpiece and finger holes.
It's the type typically taught in elementary school music classes.
The soprano recorder plays in a high register, sounding an octave above written pitch: Every kid in fourth grade had to learn "Hot Cross Buns" on the soprano recorder.
Ornamental upper melody
- bright toneClear, high-frequency sound quality
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- shrillHigh-pitched and harsh
- octaveEight-note interval
Baroque composer from Venice
- HandelBaroque composer of oratorios
- BachGerman composer surname
- PurcellDido's operatic creator
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
concerto · continuo · harpsichord · chamber music · ornamentation · trills · historical performance · da capo
Note-playing hand technique
- tonguingWind instrument note separation
- articulationClear vocal expression
- breath controlManaging exhalation deliberately
- embouchureWind player's mouth position
vibrato · overblowing · thumb hole · legato · staccato · slurring · tuning · intonation
One who lacks experience
- elementary schoolInstitution for young pupils
- sight-readingPerforming unrehearsed notation
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- group lessonTeaching several simultaneously
Yamaha · affordable · portable · note reading
descant
Ornamental upper melody
- bright toneClear, high-frequency sound quality
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- shrillHigh-pitched and harsh
Vivaldi
Baroque composer from Venice
sonata · concerto · continuo · harpsichord · chamber music · ornamentation · trills · historical performance · da capo · diminution
fingering
Note-playing hand technique
- tonguingWind instrument note separation
- articulationClear vocal expression
- breath controlManaging exhalation deliberately
embouchure · vibrato · overblowing · thumb hole · legato · staccato · slurring · tuning · intonation · covering
beginner
One who lacks experience
- elementary schoolInstitution for young pupils
- sight-readingPerforming unrehearsed notation
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
group lesson · Yamaha · affordable · portable · note reading
wooden
Made from timber
rosewood · fipple · windway · labium · bore · finger holes · thumb rest · block · voicing · joints
- beginner instrumentsxylophone, tambourine, triangle, maracas, kazoo
- flutesflute, concert flute, piccolo, bamboo flute, wooden flute
- wind instrumentsflute, clarinet, oboe, trumpet, bassoon
- fipple flutestin whistle, penny whistle, flageolet, ocarina, slide whistle
- recorderfingerings
soprano recorderbass
Deep pitch or fish
contrabass · bass clarinet · baritone · bass voice · low register
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