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Why learn to play the recorder?

~ Affordable.
~ Easy to learn and play.
~ Promote music literacy by learning to read music.
~ Good choice for beginning musician--child or adult.
~ Soprano recorder is a good size for children --
the holes are close together and easy to reach.
~ Perfect instrument for music education and for home.
~ Gain confidence and skills to learn other instruments.
~ A recorder class or consort is an alternative fine arts credit in junior and senior high school.

What is a good recorder?
Aulos brand is an excellent choice.
Very good: Aulos model 503
Best: Aulos model 703; model 703 in a wood grain look.

Tenor recorder has the same fingering as soprano but is an octave lower for a lovely, mellow sound. Children can play soprano or sopranino (see soprananino/alto page). But adult-sized hands are needed to play tenor. Here is a link to my favorite tenor recorder.

[The photos on Amazon are not correct.]
For a discussion of Baroque vs. German fingering, visit FAQ page.

Which recorder instruction book?
Try the Nine-Note Recorder Method
or the more affordable Quick Nine-Note Recorder Method.

Recorders in the Classroom. More info about recorders and about playing them.
Learn to play the recorder now with 5 pages to print from The Nine-Note Recorder Method. Free music to print.