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Easy Consort Music for Recorders
features 74 duets, trios, quartets, and quintets using the nine easiest notes as learned in The Nine-Note Recorder Method. The pieces are presented for a variety of combinations of
sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Table of Contents shows the voicing for each selection. See a page from this music book. |
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Learn soprano and tenor recorders by using The New Nine-Note Recorder Method
. Learn sopranino and alto by using The Nine-Note Recorder Method: Alto Edition.
To learn to play bass recorder, first learn alto. They are both F instruments and use the same fingering. Then go through the 24-page appendix, The Nine-Note RecorderMethod for Bass
, found in the back of Easy Consort Music for Recorders, to learn to read bass clef. This program may be used in junior and senior high schools as an inexpensive fine arts credit for those students
who do not wish to commit to band or orchestra and who do not want to sing. The Recorder Consort program should include the basic nine note method for both soprano and
alto. It may be expanded by using the Beyond books for
both soprano and alto
. Another volume will be added for consorts using the additional notes learned in the Beyond books. |
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A consort is a mix of various sizes of recorders. It can include other instruments. For example,
in a quartet you could have mandolin or psaltery on the top line; then alto recorder; harp or tenor recorder on the 3rd line; and bass recorder or viola da gamba or cello on the bottom. Add percussion, if
you like. |
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