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Sopranino Recorder
The sopranino recorder is the second smallest recorder of the modern Recorder (musical instrument), recorder family, and was the smallest before the 17th century. This modern instrument has Scientific pitch notation, F5 as its lowest note, and its length is 20 cm. It is almost always made from soft European or tropical hardwoods, though sometimes it is also made of plastic. Historically there were several sizes of recorder in this Register (music), register, named differently in different periods and in different languages. In his ''Syntagma Musicum'' (1619), Michael Praetorius describes this size of recorder, only a Major second, whole tone higher, with G5 as its lowest pitch. He calls it ''exilent'' (highest) in Latin, and ''kleine Flöte'' (small flute), ''klein Flötlein'' (small little flute), or ''gar klein'' (really small) in German. According to Praetorius, it is the smallest of eight sizes of recorder in a complete "''Accort'' oder Stimmwerk" (set of all voices), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recorder (musical Instrument)
The recorder is a family of woodwind musical instruments in the group known as ''internal duct flutes'': flutes with a whistle mouthpiece, also known as fipple flutes. A recorder can be distinguished from other duct flutes by the presence of a thumb-hole for the upper hand and seven finger-holes: three for the upper hand and four for the lower. It is the most prominent duct flute in the western classical tradition. Recorders are made in various sizes with names and compasses roughly corresponding to various vocal ranges. The sizes most commonly in use today are the soprano (also known as descant, lowest note C5), alto (also known as treble, lowest note F4), tenor (lowest note C4), and bass (lowest note F3). Recorders were traditionally constructed from wood or ivory. Modern professional instruments are almost invariably of wood, often boxwood; student and scholastic recorders are commonly of molded plastic. The recorders' internal and external proportions vary, but the bore i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
