Why can't I cover the holes on my recorder? | Q&A Team Recorder

[@ornleifs]

You were talking about how recorders are sensitive to humidity which reminded me that once a classical music critic lost his job in Iceland cause he reviewed a concert and one of the pieces was a recorder concerto by Vivaldi and he said that the performance was something quite special . . . . but the thing is, that part of the concert was cancelled cause the performers recorder snapped in the cold and low humidity of Iceland so it was quite clear that the critic wasn't even at the concert.

[@Quitscheräupchen]

Thank you Sarah, for your videos. I love them. They are such a big inspiration to me. You showed me that the recorder is not just a simple instrument for children, but so much more!! After 2 years of self-study I am still at the beginner level. But you arouse my ambition to go on with it. You are such a cheerful woman, full of energy. It's always fun to see your videos. I wish you and your family a Happy Christmas!! Health, luck and all the best for the next year!

[@robertnoblitt518]

This video and many others have been so helpful to me that I am today signing up to support Team Recorder on Patreon. Thanks Sarah!

[@Team_Recorder]

Thank you so much, and welcome to the patreon! ☀️

[@PCole-wn8jo]

Thank you, Sarah, for all the videos you've made! I can't thank you enough. I started teaching myself the alto recirder last April. (I play and have taught piano, and understand music theory fairly well, which helps.). But really i consider you my recorder teacher! So much insight, hot and cold air, etc., i would not be this far along with out your videos. My husband was forced to retire early (company closed), and I thank all those who support team tecorder, as I dont have the extra funds for lessons. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@rowandarko4563]

You are a fantastic teacher. Your way of speaking, expressing, and explaining concepts is extremely well articulated, engaging, and easy to follow along with. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience!

[@Team_Recorder]

Thank you ❤️

[@christinamariamichaelsen3494]

I always looking forward to yours videos. Thank you for posting them. And merry christmas

[@NomeDeArte]

This one of my fav musical channel and I don't even play the recorder, but love the way Sarah talk and explain music and art in general, and find it so useful. Thank you very much for all the hard work you put on the channel, best wishes from Argentina!

[@Team_Recorder]

Thank you so much!

[@GenWivern2]

Thanks Sarah, The bit about cold churches brought back memories - definitely been there and done that! Merry Christmas, one and all. 🙂

[@HadridarMatramen]

Aaaaaah! Thank you so very much for answering my question, Sarah!!!! I'm the one with the tenor holes question. If you don't mind, may I ask if you have any advice at all on what to do if the holes ALL OVER the tenor recorder are too large for my fingers, or feel like they are? Because I.... Sigh. I feel like I have to hit them 110% accurately in order to cover them at all, and that's for all of them. Even if I just try to cover one single hole at a time so there's no stretch anywhere. Admittedly, my two tenor recorders are both rather OLD, and the holes are visibly worn, so I don't think they were this large when the instruments were NEW.... Is there anything I can do to make up for the worn holes? I wonder if part of my difficulty isn't TECHNICALLY the size of them, but that since they are so WORN, I think maybe I am having trouble "filling" them completely, because there's a dip around them, kind of? Am I making any sense? I also want to jump in here and tell you that I had a drama/music/arts performance assignment at my college, just for the three teachers in those subjects, and I was playing a melancholy little tune on my alto recorder as the introduction. Just while walking around and seeming lost in thought. So like, it definitely did NOT have to be perfect! But god, I was nervous..... It was about -12 degrees Celcius that day, and I did NOT have time to warm the recorder up properly once I came to school, because I had to set up the room, create the stage, get everything ready - and the recorder kept falling out of wherever I put it to try to warm it up! I had to give up and just wrap it in my scarf and put it on top of the piano while fixing everything. And then the teachers arrived, and sat down, and I had to start. Just had to cross my fingers and HOPE that my recorder would be okay. It felt cold against my lips and fingers, so I was very nervous... It was... Not having a great time that morning. So I opted out of playing more than just the small introduction, and as soon as my character noticed the audience and started interacting with them, I put the recorder down and did not pick it up again, even though I had originally planned to. The assignment went extremely well, but I just wanted to share this with you, because I felt so sorry for my poor, darling alto.

[@BeccaL-p6b]

I just picked up recorder again after 10-15 years and so enjoy this channel! Thank you!

[@Team_Recorder]

You are very welcome! ❤️

[@davidpower3102]

The sound quality has gotten so much better over the years. The sound of your voice in this video is brilliant. You have such a great, expressive voice so it's lovely to hear it clearly. I don't play the recorder but I enjoy music and playing other wind instruments and all your videos are relaxing and well explained.

[@christopherhorn5274]

I recently found a recorder in a drawer and decided to try and learn it. Who knew that there was a special KZbin channel all about it!

[@mantistoboggan2676]

Not caring about being seen as cool is one of the coolest traits!

[@alessandrozanino4879]

Thank you for this useful video! You highlighted two issues that i'm facing these days. When you recomend playing-in the recorder for a week after a long period of inactivity (in my case 5/6 months), how should we manage this ultra-fast-playing-in ? How long should we play the recorder each day during that week ? Should we start from lower notes and getting higher day by day like in the first playing-in ? You talked about the stretching required to cover the holes in a tenor recorder. What about the correct rotation angle of the foot joint ? I can't find anywhere (books, web, etc..) a rule of thumb for this important topic and i feel being able to play my keyless tenor only with a significative rotation but i'm not sure i'm doing the right thing. Thank you very much for your work!

[@theresa8558]

You are such a wonderful teacher!

[@Team_Recorder]

❤️❤️❤️

[@rexhowells7015]

Thank you, Sarah, for your great videos . I taught myself the descant recorder when I was in primary school, a cheap plastic toy one . And now I am 72, and bought a second hand Moeck tenor recorder , has one key , lovely sound , but very challenging. Specially gir older finger's. I thought of moving the mouth piece section to the right,a bit , to make it easier to reach low d. Could you please let me know what the correct alignment is ? Thankyou again for encouraging videos, Rex

[@lunaticondatra]

You *_ARE_* cool ! 👍😎

[@edfriday7709]

I’m going to use the stretch thing with some of my pupils. I’ve told them many times but perhaps someone else saying it might convince them that I know what I’m talking about!

[@mattdp846]

Hey I just subscribed. Thank you for all of your informative content in this channel.

[@Team_Recorder]

Thanks for the sub!

[@mrsenstitz]

MY Bernolin needs warming up.once it is warm it is perfect and in pitch.i love your videos. In fact that this is why i have a Bernolin.ilove it.

[@ГеоргийКондратов-п8с]

About down (our right hand) I never know. Thank Sarah on next playing I teach and try it.

[@jamesgossweiler1349]

I have on heck of a time getting a seal over the lower holes...even on an alto!

[@steve3150]

You are a cool lady. Always makes me smile.

[@societiescrazybreed]

I probably will never play the recorder, and I will still watch you talk enthusiastically about the recorder. Go on then, mate, take my subscribe!

[@Team_Recorder]

aww yay!

[@professoraviva4628]

Hi Sarah! I've been enjoying your videos so much! Any recommendations for a player who has peripheral neuropathy? I'm returning to recorder after many years, but it's really hard because neuropathy makes it hard to feel the holes. Any suggestions? I'm a multi-instrumentalist who has already pretty much given up on violin now. I might just have to settle on piano being my only instrument, because I can see my hands while I play. Sigh.

[@gillchatfield3231]

Have you thought about Paetzold instruments - finger placement is not crucial. I had basses before a stroke, but bought a tenor for a similar reason.

[@priestessofkek2406]

A Nuvo recorder might work. The holes have little silicon pads that do the actual blocking when you press on them, so precise finger placement isn't a big deal. I bought one for my daughter-in-law who lost most of the fine motor skill in her left hand after brain surgery.

[@professoraviva4628]

@@gillchatfield3231 Thanks SO much! I will definitely look into that. I really appreciate you taking the time to reply.

[@professoraviva4628]

@@priestessofkek2406 This sounds great. I'll definitely explore the Nuvo. Thanks so much for sharing the info!

[@dees3179]

Recently did a concert on clarinet in a cold church. We all had problems with water in the holes. No one could play A. Was interesting.

[@wernerblaser5565]

Dear Sarah, a few weeks ago, I bought a sopranino for my wife, after she fell in love with Vivaldi's C-major concerto. Now, she can get most of the notes quite well, with the exception of that low double-hole F. Very often, that pops up to some high overtone region. I can't give any advice to her, I don't play flute. Do you have an idea, how she could get that d... note?

[@IntoTheOutside000]

Not trying to be cool is the coolest thing ever

[@robertopalmigiani1090]

Ho già espresso più volte i complimenti per le lezioni che ci mostrate. Se avete scritto il libro sul doppio e triplo stacco, dove posso rivolgermi? Grazie!

[@davidc2077]

Hi Sarah, great video. It looks like the bell notification feature is turned off/disabled (in the US) because you videos are marked as being "made for kids." Apparently Google disables the bell notification feature if a channel is set to made for kids. So that is why we are not getting notified of your new videos anymore.

[@Team_Recorder]

That can’t be, I manually set every video, and my entire channel as ‘not made for kids’. Hmmm, I’ll ask the youtube helpdesk anyway! Thanks for the tip!

[@robertnoblitt518]

I'm in the U.S. and do not have the problem you described. I would bet it's a problem with your KZbin or Google settings.

[@philiphyland1762]

A simple question how tight should a joint be? I have some old wooden recorders which might have loose joints

[@victotronics]

F#/G#: finger F# with half *ring* finger, full pinky.

[@gerygamero745]

Do you know there is a book on Amazon "Learning Recorder with Video Lessons - How to play the Recorder". The 10 videos all point to your KZbin videos. I hope you knew about it. Take care and thank you for what you do.

[@Team_Recorder]

Oh! I… did not know. Will check that out. Would you mind posting a link?

[@HASCHUL]

Hi Sarah! A bit of a suggestion, could you please do a tutorial of the Händel Sonata in C Major?

[@Team_Recorder]

Good idea! I did a general Handel video, but the C major in particular is a good one.

[@owensmith7530]

Tik tok, Instagram and Twitter. Three platforms I have no intention of going anywhere near. Oh well.

[@luckybarrel7829]

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!!!

[@chrisgay4786]

We like you the way you are, keep saying embarrassing things.

[@st1mp0]

hello! im recently watching your videos and i wish to learn a specific song. (victors return). in 2 videos you have, the first showing every note and the number system you use all your notes are upper case. but in the video where you play "victors return" you have several notes in lower case. can you help me learn the difference between the upper case A and the lower case a. as i looked at your note video and cant find them? thank you in advance!

[@angelacherrington208]

I don't know fir sure as I haven't seen these, but I expect it indicates different octaves, "low" and "high" notes.

[@maggiedunne2267]

I have an old break on my wrist which I think in a bizarre way helps?

[@marcusmicksch]

:D You are cool, because you don't try to be cool!

[@funkykoval2099]

Merry christmas for whole family!!!

[@Team_Recorder]

Same to you! ❤️

[@soslothful]

How is your family? We have not seen them in a good while.

[@Team_Recorder]

They are great!! My daughter is thriving and husband is merrily collecting bicycles (number needed: n+1). I decided a while ago to not really have my daughter online so I mainly keep her absent from my channel. But all are well!

[@soslothful]

@@Team_Recorder I'm glad they are well.

[@bricelarie6527]

So, ... Three pieces set are way more "enjoyable" ??? That's quite a scaled opinion, ... if you don't mind ... Thanks . Merry Christmas . Enjoy the new eve, then . 🤔 🙄 😌 Very welcome, ... Like.

[@rph]

Anyone interested in doing a collab playing the recorder? Hit me up!

[@eksmous4943]

Thera de Clerk. One & only

[@eksmous4943]

Seven finger studies for alto recorder! Also a etude for seventh finger

[@charlieclark9552]

oh your not the one I was looking for

[@יהודי-ב7ת]

יפה מאד

[@julissarichard4426]

☺️ Promo*SM!

[@dreemwalka]

Labium.... 😂

[@alexandersumarokov5901]