Somewhere Duet

[rrayner]

Hi Jane,

Thank for your kind words, and welcome aboard!

Originally Posted by JaneLewis

I am ...just beginning to learn tenor recorder which I think/hope is your alto line.

I have never tried a tenor recorder, but (perhaps your daughter can confirm this) I believe it is a concert (non-transposing) instrument like the soprano. The alto recorder is an F instrument, similar to the French Horn and the English Horn in that it transposes up a fifth from concert. But, a very powerful feature of the Notation products is that you can easily switch the alto part to concert and/or transpose it for the tenor, if the tenor is not a concert instrument.

I've seen a tenor in the stores, and the sales clerk mentioned that he plays one. He said he has a problem with reaching all of the holes (and keys?). My piano teacher at Berklee played a bass recorder when we got together for a Handel "Water Music" Jam Session.

I wish you good fortune with your endeavors. You will find a very wide selection of pop/folk/classical/jazz duets with considerable variation in level of difficulty in this "Learning and Teaching" forum.

Additionally, if you transpose the alto part to concert, you and your daughter could play a soprano recorder/violin duet. Neat!

Ralph Rayner