TOP 10 RECORDER MISTAKES! | Team Recorder
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- These are the TOP 10 RECORDER MISTAKES to avoid! These tips and tricks are going to make your playing a zillion times better :)
This video is absolutely NOT meant to poke fun at or shame anyone! These are rather the small technical issues I see cropping up a lot in beginner/intermediate students, and I've done them all myself... They are relatively simple to correct, to ensure you don't face problems further down the line!
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- Mollenhauer boxwood 442 soprano
- My new 415 Steenbergen alto in ebony by Thomas van Ginneken
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I'm a professional musician and I play all sorts of wind instruments from saxophone to bagpipes. I really enjoy improvising on my recorder along with the choir for mass and have been doing it for many years, and thus thought I knew everything I needed to know. Your channel is quite informative and showed me many things I did NOT know. Thank you! Worth mentioning is that #9 is prevalent among clarinet and sax players who pick up a recorder since biting is part of their normal embouchure. I'm guilty of this one!
Another good reason to use a sock is that you always have lots of single socks after the other was eaten by the tumble dryer.
Socks are not usually eaten by dryers. They get teleported to Sock World after they have worked hard enough in supporting your feet. Consider it the process of karma; eventually, they earn enough to be spirited away to SW. Sometimes, they use up their karma there and reappear in another room in the house.
If your socks match, you would normally only have one extra sock at most.
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@@fvremoblas Be careful that your curiousity doesn't make you reborn as a sock to experience this directly.
@@stephanieellison7834 _Aslan needs socks in Narnia!_
My fix for leaky fingers: I get them to press their fingers into the holes for a moment and then inspect them to see which one doesn't have the imprint of a complete circle on it.
Hi Sarah, I’ve been enjoying your lessons so much. My plan for today was to write all the fingerings for the alto recorder into a list I could refer to easily. Unfortunately I lost your description on the sceeen and haven’t been able to find it again. Can you help me to find it please. Sarah D.
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that could lead to excessive tension, and a stronger grip that would be needed. a better solution its to let go off all the tension, to the point of the flute almost fall to the ground, then work on the fingers one at the time. i like to use pedal points from the low pitched Eb (all the holes uncovered) all the way down, that contrast between no fingers and all the fingers really helps the note accuracy
@@arthursouza420 Well, if the student continued to play with that grip what you say would be true. But to do that briefly with a class of eight year olds is much quicker and easier to direct than what you describe - which would suit a private student or older class much better. A brief squeeze doesn't need to lead to a permanently impaired grip. It will just point out to them which finger is the culprit when they can't get the right note.
Tip I give all wind instrument players: don't blow INTO your instrument- blow THROUGH it. So simple, so much difference!
Laura Klaassen Minnick how do i exactly do that?
@@CKayh It's more a mental thing than anything else. But it opens up your throat a lot. Much like voice placement for singers, you visualize the air passing though- like, imagine you are warming something that is at the end of your instrument. Even just thinking it, I can feel my throat open.
Haha
So true 😂
How ?
@@Liutgard Thank you so much for this! Visualisation is so valuable in so many things.
Take care, Sarah.
Here in Japan, Facebook for the recorder players(I think it's for Japanese player or the ones who speaks Japanese) has opened, and you and your You Tube is introduced. Many fans of yours are here in Japan!
Watching your videos I realize that I never learned to play the recorder properly as a child. That is probably why I decided to quit. Frustrated about it, always out of breath it was always a struggle and I did not want to struggle any more. Right now I have decided to buy a recorder and start again! (At age 62!!) thank you so much for your lovely, fun and informative videos!! 😘
As I've only had my recorder since yesterday, I'm hoping to avoid bad habits by watching these videos. I practiced for an hour this morning to your beginner tutorial. First goal, develop a constant good tone. Possibly, I'll be able to move to the next step in a month or so. Wish me luck on my attempts to play "Skye Boat Song".
@Daniel Gable: Re. "develop a constant good tone"; that point was impressed on me when I first started learning the baritone horn. My tutor pointed out that, if I created a good, musical tone, even if I was only playing 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star', it would sound very pleasant to listen to. If, in contrast, the sound I made was 'Blerrgghh!', then even if my sight reading, speed, fingering, articulation and dynamics were all spot on, WHATEVER I played would sound horrible!
FWIW, I think your 'first goal' is absolutely correct. And her'e luck to you, Daniel!
Regarding tonal constancy: yes, yes, yes!
That is the reason I quit violin as a youngster -- because my teacher (yes, teacher) told me I was "close enough" and to keep going whilst I grimaced and hated the ugly and irregular sounds I was producing.
After years of training in other instruments (including recorder, guitar and piano, each of which contributed to obtaining that exquisite constancy), I have returned to strings (vioal da gamba and cello) to enjoy that longed for sound.
Go for it and happy playing!!!
Can I just say that these videos are helping me stay mentally afloat in this quarantine season? Thank you Sarah, for your great teaching method, your quirky humor, and just a great channel. My commitment for these next two weeks is to work on my instrument for at least 10 minutes a day following your videos and some music theory (with kids around it's a whole different ball game... or orchestra? :D). Let's see how far I get!!!
Miriam Ngombe I hope you’re still going strong! If not, it’s time to get back to it! :)
Agreed!
I just took my recorder apart because she mentioned cleaning it... I will never take so long to clean it ever again. It was disgusting.
Also maybe don't eat while playing. I was at a class by a national level trumpet player, who thought he was finished as a player, until he washed out all that chocolate bar residue out of his trumpet.
Jerry Kitich hahaha!
Jerry Kitich gross lol
Delicious
I just started playing in order to stop smoking. I need help with not sounding off while in public. Help. czcams.com/video/YDSVgWvgMxE/video.html. Thank you.
Oh, he was finished! Any trumpet player eating and playing...finished!
This video brings my memory back when I played recorders in my teenage.
I know this is such an old video but I have to tell you, I am enchanted by your personality. I have randomly stumbled upon this video and it made me realize how much I loved playing a recorder as a kid, I could play things by ear and more than anything, it was bringing me SO MUCH JOY. Pure joy. It felt so good. But I was a goth kid so I settled on an electric guitar and ended up hating it which made me give up on playing music. I just thought I'm bad at music and should give up. You made me realize my mind was in the wrong place. I chose something 'cool' and 'show offish' instead of choosing something that brought me joy. To some extent I didn't even know that a recorder was a legit instrument... I wish someone like you were around back then. Also, I am awkward and queer(bisexual man) and weird like you (please don't take this the wrong way, I mean that as a compliment, haha.), also from a small village near a small town in Poland so I just vibe with your videos so much, you feel like such a similar soul. I am trying to learn how to play a bass guitar currently but after watching your videos I decided to also purchase a recorder (maybe a bass! I just love bass sounds... bass makes me so happy) and start learning how to play. I want to thank you for inspiring me. You are so amazing, I truly am enchanted by your energy, it made me realize so much and inspire me to change my life for the better... I know, super cheesy. But it's true.
This was really useful!!! I always thought that the recorder was a dumb instrument when I was young, since in music class no one (not even the teacher really) could play it well, and it was super high pitched. I had NO idea until I watched your videos that it was actually a soprano recorder we were using, and that even then it could sound good if you knew what you were doing. So for the last few weeks I've been practicing the recorder and it's coming along pretty well!! Annoyingly I can't yet not bite with my teeth on it though, because I'm a tenor saxophone player and have braces. But I've been playing on this recorder for YEARS biting down on it and there's not even a scratch. This is one resilient little bugger :O
Also this entire time I've been half-covering holes to play flats and sharps i DiDN'T KNOW THERE WERE OTHER WAYS TO PLAY THEM AAH ;_;
haaa yay welcome to the recorder world!
I presume this revelation about half notes means that, in addition to listening to Sarah, you located and downloaded a fingering chart? LOL?!?
Very useful, thank you for these tips. I retired my trumpet after high school and decided six years later to fill the musical hole in my heart. Hoping recorder is what I need! Recorders seem like a beautiful and somewhat misunderstood family of instruments.
Your videos have been helpful in getting started, like having a personal online tutor!
Luke Hebert cool B)
Thank you very much for your videos. For contributing a little, as a thank you, I add a link to the errors ...
0:58 - 1. Wonky recorder
1:49 - 2. Leaky fingers
2:47 - 3. Bad posture
3:56 - 4. New note, new breath?
5:36 - 5. Not blowing enough
6:34 - 6. Leaky nose
7:32 - 7. Banana notes
8:34 - 8. Tongue twisters
9:46 - 9. Biting!
10:29 - 10. Sloppy wet recorders
Wow, your tips on a "steady stream of air" reminds me of what I learned in voice class as a teenager! My first teacher was very classically-oriented so this was a big deal for her.
Thank you! I'm loving this rediscovery of music on the recorder---and, as a Soprano II/Alto singer, it's great to have access to range that isn't so easily accessible via my vocal register!!
Wow, this lesson solved all of my problems with the tenor recorder. Thanks Sarah.
OMG! I am a self-taught recorder player and have been trying to find a teacher near me in the USA. I have had no luck, so have just soldier on the best I can with a few tips from other self-taught (but more musically proficient) players. This have been SOOOO helpful! I just discovered you (Nov. 26, 2017). I can't WAIT to see how many of these I can fix. I am guilty of most of them, I think. I do clean my recorders (plastic and wood) as best I can, but not well enough, I am sure. I no longer bite my recorder (as I got better, I stopped biting). Leaking fingers, unsteady airflow, I know are problems. I will be more aware of my posture from now on, so some of those problems will go away. I am really looking forward to watching more of your videos and I am now subscribed!
I'm self-taught as well in the USA. I feel like there is hardly anyone in our country who plays the recorder.
Where are you guys from? I'm near Omaha
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They showed us this in music class
Are you still playing?
Cool
Wow
That's nice, but very vague... Who are "they", who was "us", and where was did you go for "music class"?
Thank you Sarah. I took up the recorder again in April 2020, after decades gap and only very little learning as a child, thanks to recorders my mum bought back then that I retrieved from her house after she died. I have been accumulating tunes I already know and love figuring out the notes. I can give pleasure to friends on the doorstep or down the telephone, sometimes with amazing reactions from listeners. I found your fab instructive videos via something else and I have learnt so much, especially how to articulate with the tongue rather than separating notes by stopping the breath. Along with the well paced and informative instruction, you have a delightful manner that really engaged me. It's very gracious of you to put these videos out free. I can see your passion for this amazing instrument, cutting through the prejudices about it being a 'toy'. It's a great thing to do during this pandemic, for so many reason. We need more home-made music, now we can't go to concerts! Thank you thank you.
Thank you so much. Your videos are a fabulous tool. I share them with my recorder classes. The students love learning from you!
Great video! I've shared with my students in my Music for Children Class.
I'm a celtic harp player and new to recorders (felt in love with the alto and tenor ones). Thanks for the tips, it's very helpful! :)
I love this I even learned a new song
I had my mom buy a plastic recorder (despite me being a pianist) so when I got it I was wondering what a certain little stick was for. No. 10 really helped me realise the obvious ^_^
Hi Sarah, thank you very much for a very enjoyable and informative series! Could you please do video guiding us on difficult trill fingurings? Thank you again!
you are so awesome! we bought the recorder you've recommended for the beginner kids, and these lessons made things so much easier!!!!
I’m watching loads of your videos since I have a band concert approaching where my director gave me a recorder solo unexpectedly. The part is pretty simple and straight to the point, but I know something is gonna go bad, maybe I’d lose my recorder, forget it. Or maybe even just play a Bb instead of B#
i love to play the recorder since i was in the school and i keep playing with no much develop of my technic but with you im going ahead.
now i refall inlove with this instrument and im falling in love of you !!!!!!!!
Wow! For a beginner, like me, this video was filled with loads of tips and encouragement to learn to play the recorder in the right manner.
Thank you! This video was super helpful! My recording playing improved massively after watching this!
I learned the soprano and alto recorders (and most of these 10 pointers) from my parents; they were into Renaissance/Baroque music (not Renaissance Fairs, lol) and, simultaneously with piano and music theory, it was part of my earliest musical education... I'm so glad I had the exposure, because all of that made learning the transverse flute (and later, the bagpipe) A LOT easier.... I have recently returned to the recorder, and it's like riding a bike, except for the bad (recorder) habit that I acquired from years of practice-chanter, ie "resting the end of the instrument on the table".
It is good to point out the difference between a new breath every note and the tonguing for the staccato, some people may mix that information when learning.
Thank you so much for your tips, I have an Grade 1 exam coming up and your tips will come in handy!
Cece Unicorn Hope you did well!
I can't tell you how much I love your station! I'm passing this along to all my general music students.
I'm a new music teacher who actually never learned recorder in my education (but I was a clarinet player, so that goes a long way!) who has been using your videos this week to start practicing now before I have to teach the instrument next year. Thank you for putting these together for your viewers! So much help!
(also as a clarinet player I'm so glad you mentioned not biting the mouthpiece--that's what you're SUPPOSED to do on a clarinet lol. It didn't feel right on a recorder so I was only using my lips...but it still felt Wrong. Thanks for confirming!)
You're welcome! ❤️
Very useful! Thank you so much for posting.
Great video, hilarious and really helpful! I just discovered this week that I breathe out through my nose while playing haha. And yes I do feel like I'm drowning so I'm heading straight over to your Breathing warm up video lol.
Thanks! i was doing the throat articulation thing. i was aware it was happening (it hurts a bit), but wasn't sure (until now) how to fix it. The posture, i can't do that much about (bedridden), but I'm doing my best.
I love your videos, Sarah. I recently de-dusted my recorder and gave it a go and your videos are helping me a ton. I bought the daily lesson and the first of the modern recorder technique book of van Hauwe and work my way through them. So I have a question concerning a problem I always have: how to avoid that the recorder gets wet during playing…. What am I doing wrong here? Love from Belgium
Thank you! I teach recorder to little kids, before they are old enough to start on the flute, but it is not my main instrument, so this is very very helpful! ☺️☺️☺️
Great and entertaining video, thanks ! I had to replay the "breazing in and out" illustration, was so funny :) My little girl is interested in learning so these pieces of advise are quite useful. Greetings from France
Thanks for making the video in spite of your cold! I've added Italian subtitles, hope they will be useful!
P.S. what did you say at 5:17? That was the only spot I couldn' get right.
She said: "Uhh! Just so much better!"
I learn a lot from you. Your videos are great. Thank you very much indeed!
Hope your cold will go away soon, and thanks for all this good advice!
Beauty and talent - pure pleasure! Thank you for your vids!
I play the recorder and this channel really has helped me a lot especially this video
Question from a beginner -- if you are supposed to maintain a constant amount of air throughout the note, then how do you make it grow softer (diminuendo)? Thanks for the videos; I love them.
Dynamics aren’t used as much on recorder as other instruments. Sarah did another whole video on dynamics.
MHHH WOW.. YOUR REALLY GOOD IN THIS🌼WELL THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR PLAYING AN ANGEL RECORDER...SO I WOULD LYK TO THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME ALL THESE THINGS ... ITS REALLY HELPED ME .... AND MY 2021 WISH IS TO MEET YOU SO THAT YOU CAN TEACH ME HOW TO PLAY THIS INSTRUMENT,CAUSE I REALLY WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL LIKE YOU ONE DAY ,ACTUALLY YOU ARE MY ROLE MODEL🌜🌸🌛
great video! i love your personality!
Hey Sarah. I am a beginner recorder player. Thank you for the tips. I wanted to ask a question concerning cleaning a plastic recorder. Is it advisable for someone to remove the small part of the mouth piece as you are wiping the head of the recorder?
You are such a wonderful teacher! So glad I found your channel! ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️🤩🤩🤩🤩
Thank you for videos, I adore watching them ) You are the best )
love your lessons and your English :) I am still learing but I am "old".... it takes some time to get it
So helpful, thank you !!!!!
Very clear and useful explanations! Contrats!
this video brought back some memories of school I remember always getting into massive trouble, just because I didn't put the instrument together straight, it didn't help not being able to see either
Absolutamente, nada se compara aos timbres das recorders: sopranino, soprano, alto e tenor fabricadas em madeira. O brilho e intensidade sonora é perfeito!
Thank you so much. I needed those tips.
This was very helpful to me. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this video! I started just playing recorder and I want to know all the mistakes before it’s too late 😂
This is new to me. Thank you so much for this video!!
Nice tips to keep your recorder working.
I have a question, when cleaning it with soap and considering a plastic recorder, do you recommend just to clean with a wet cloth (inside and outside) or do I literally leave it inside water for some minutes and then dry it?.
Thanks in advanced!.
I've got a new recorder and lm an absolute beginer . But the recorder l bought has a bumpy voice. Anyway l love the way to teach. I think you'll be a really good music teacher.😊👍👍
very interesting thanks for the great points! I enjoy your fun delivery, got me laughing all the way!
thank you for your tips. want to hear more from you soon.
Great video, wow i do lots of these and this just shows there is so much to the recorder i wish if people at my school saw this video and this channel they would all stop bullying me for playing the recorder (dont worry i shut them up in the end) i once had an arguement which instrument had more to it a bass guitar or a recorder and yes i won dw
Thank you sooooo much! Love how you play also.
Definitely guilty of biting my recorder. I guess I'm lucky I only ever had the $5 recorder I got from the school when I was in 4th grade; it's not like I'm ruining a _good_ instrument. Now that I'm looking into getting decent recorders (and a range, I'd like more than just the soprano), I have been trying to unlearn my biting habit over the last few weeks. On that note, thank you so much for making this channel! It is so nice having a _solid_ resource for an instrument that I loved as a kid but everyone around me wanted me to move on to "real" instruments!
Thank you for the upload. Get well soon. Xx
Hello! Congratulations for these amusing, informative and helpful videos. Could you please point me to a video where you address proper half hole technique? I've already watched the video where you talk about recorder registers and respective thumb positions. However, I could not find a video addressing half holes with other fingers (especially those other than the pinky and ring fingers of the right hand). Thank you in advance.
Then I've realised that there is no combination using half holes with fingers other than left thumb, right ring and right pinky... =|
My teacher told me to watch this video and it helps me a lot 💕❤️
Hoi! Het is erg leuk, om naar jou videos te kijken! Ik oefen nu meer met de Block Fluit en jou Videos zijn een grote Hulp! Jij bent echt een sympathiek mens!
*AT CHOOLS THEY DON'T TEACH 90% OF THAT*
At least at mine they didn't. Nothing about posture/articulation/cleaning... Only sometimes a friendly reminder about leaky fingers. And because of biting (my biggest sin, I'm so sorry for having doing it) my old recorder had it's wood scraped at the top (I have a new recorder now and I don't do that anymore). I was holding it so hard I didn't have to hold it in my hands ;-;
Thanks for telling me about the top 10 mistakes.I do omost all of those
I’ll be sharing this with my kids and their parents...I suspect that the increased amount of home practice due to school cancellation means families will be very appreciative!
very helpful tips! thank you so much :)
I just bought a recorder. I'll be followin these tips.
5 and 7 are some mistakes I make. I'm working on it, I have nearly 1 year playing the recorder! And I Iove it!
Thank you so much sarah , you are really awesome Teacher , Have a good time 💮✌
Hellow Sarah: tienes algún video que trate los preludios de Hotteterre para flauta dulce contralto sola y el tema de la inegalidad? Thanks.
Thank you for the tips, very supporting. ;)
Hello Sarah, that was another lovely and useful video for absolute beginners such as myself.
Personally I'm very guilty of "leaky fingers" despite having very BIG hands and LOOONG fingers. I'm getting better, but the problem is still there.
Another problem is that I tend not to use the tongue at all. Luckily I don't use my throat, I simply forget to articulate. Ooops.
P.S. get well soon!
nice! this helped a lot and i will adjust my playing style to every thing on the list, i've found a random recorder in my home and i thought why not play it because playing the guitar is just hard rn lol, the blowing thing where u do the tongue trick helped a lot with breathing! thanks for the video, i will watch the rest and try become better at this as i'm only just beginning. i subbed bc u r awesome.
her:moves the pieces in the recorder
me: *grunts* trying to move the pieces in my recorder.
Have you lubricated the joints? :-)
Me: watches the entire video
Also me: quickly grabs my recorder to clean it because i haven't touched it in months
Sarah, I have a question. I like the sound of the Renaissance recorder. I’m looking for an instrument that would be best for sending a message over the hills! Lol. As a nurse I know that the higher pitches are the ones that we lose first with our hearing! I’m afraid that sound will be lost. I’m thinking an alto might be okay, but I would like to try a tenor. Which would you recommend?
Nobody ever replied to this so here's my suggestion: I have a Mollenhauer Dream Edition tenor. The Dream Edition recorders are made from plum wood, but there is a cheaper option available in pear wood (I think!) called Adri's Dream. They are all modelled on the Renaissance style of recorder but use standard Baroque fingering. I have the full set and they are quite loud. I absolutely love the sound of my Dream Edition treble - I have lots of recorders and this has been one of my favourites for years.
Beautiful new alto, Sarah!
As duas qualidades de recorders são incríveis, tanto as de madeira quanto as de ABS. Há uma harmonização nas duas qualidades de instrumento de sopro, eu tenho praticado muito nas recorders ABS, mas as de madeira é um verdadeiro sonho!
throat articulation ruins your voice'?? scary :-I I did not know that, you saved my voice.
Well, I don't think it is that serious, really. There is no reason to articulate with your vocal cords when playing the recorder, but if you whistle, then your tongue is otherwise engaged, and you have to articulate with the vocal chords if you want to articulate at all. I have, logged between four and five thousand hours of whistling with this technique, and my voice is still OK, for singing as well as for talking.
new subscriber 😘 love your videos.. it really helps.. A LOT!😘
When you say the recorder should be pushed together in mistake 1, I have read that pulling it apart is so you can tune it accurately when playing with other instruments. Using a chromatic tuner, you can pitch the recorder perfectly by adjusting the gap.
Adjusting it on purpose for tuning purposes is not the same as not properly assembling your recorder in error. . She was addressing those who don't have it assembled properly in error.
You rock, as usual, Sarah! ❤️💕🎶🥳🎉
THANK YOU!! You help me discovered that my bad "hand posture" was the responsible for my "leaky fingers" (sorry for my bad English)
And... you do it again. Great video, awesome channel. Cheers!
Zvika Dror luv da afro
Agreed
I am so guilty of most of the problems mentioned :D. The curse of the beginner musician, LOL!
"If you're recorder is like a car, then your breath is like the petrol or the gas"
Air Filter/Intake, Carburetor: Aight I'mma head out
A mistake all my students do is having their hands the wrong way around. So i put little pieces of washitape on the side of the holes to memorize from which side the finger is coming. Within one week, everyone had it right:-)
Maya Adler well I am a professional with the hands the „wrong way around“ if you look back in history both was possible. Of course best way is to lorn left hand up. But everything is possible
Just got my Alto today. Now the practice.
2:27 i use leaky fingers like an octave key on a saxophone. I usually do it on the back hole, but the middle key is also an option
I actually think I know why people do Number 9... Maybe they're past clarinet players or saxophone players that use their top teeth to create that "embouchure" they're so used to making when playing similar instruments.
Yes! That would be the reason why I would put my teeth on the recorder. From playing clarinet and sax.