Ask students to look at their fingers and find the pads of their fingers. It is surprising for your students how gently they have to blow into their instrument. A few ideas to share with your students include:. Consistent Rules and Procedures: During the first class, teach and practice the three positions for the recorders. Rest Position — On your lap. You are not playing, just listening to the teacher.
Practice Position — Students rest the recorder on their chin and can practice making the fingers for the notes. Playing Position — This is when they play their instrument.
Cover the Holes Completely: Ask students to look at their fingers and find the pads of their fingers. This also helps to separate the notes with their tongue. Repetitive practice moving between notes will help train your fingers not to move. If your fingers are sealing the holes tightly and you are still squeaking, you may be blowing to hard.
Remember, you want to blow softly, almost like whisper, when you are playing. You may also want to check that you do not have too much of the mouthpiece in your mouth. The tip of the mouthpiece should be in-between your lips, not touching your teeth! Occasionally, a small condensation bubble may become trapped in your mouthpiece.
These squeaks typically occur after you have been playing on your recorder for awhile, usually longer than 15 minutes. It is important to control the breath. In a wooden recorder, red cedar is used for the block. This is high-grade, eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana , and is the same material used for the decks of boats because it is less susceptible to rot.
Recently it has been used to produce sweet-smelling, circular-shaped insect repellent. Red cedar mellows the sound, but if played for a long period it can become saturated with moisture to the extent that it is unable to absorb any more , and the quality of sound produced deteriorates. This is the reason the sound quality becomes poor if the instrument is played for many hours in one day.
Water droplets also accumulate in the grooves, so it's best to remove moisture diligently. Recorders made from ebony, left, and Japanese boxwood Buxus microphylla var. The blocks in both recorders are made from red cedar.
The most popular recorder performances are, as one might expect, those by ensembles. In particular, quartets featuring soprano, alto, tenor and bass are most frequently seen.
When playing in an ensemble, even though the song is the same, the degree of difficulty varies according to the part being performed. For beginners, how about choosing a simpler part and giving it a try? By playing in an ensemble alongside those with more developed skills, it's possible to improve one's own level of skill and enjoy performances a great deal.
Musical Instrument Guide. How to Play the Recorder Familiar but challenging recorder performances. Easy to produce high-pitched tones The block of the recorder makes it easy for anyone to produce sound using the instrument. How to hold the instrument correctly In a position where one can breathe comfortably, and considering the whole body as a resonator, support the instrument while maintaining the posture you might visualize if imagining a circle that touches the sternoclavicular joint, the shoulder, the elbow, the wrist, and the fingers.
Breathing tips Visualize releasing the breath steadily.
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