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The Essential 18th-Century Unaccompanied Repertoire for Alto Recorder. A must have book in any recorder player's collection!

58 Very Easy Pieces for Renaissance Lute edited by Christopher Goodwin, John H. Robinson, and Jeanne Fisher, with left-hand fingerings by Lynda Sayce. 58 very easy pieces for 6-course lute, in a variety of styles, chosen from English, and Italian sources, approximately graded in order of difficulty for the beginner, or those wanting something genuinely easy to play, for a change! 40 pages. Also available and often bought in conjunction with this book: Jacob Heringman: Blame Not My Lute - Accompaniment CD for 58 Very Easy Pieces

A simple, easy-to-follow tutor book for learning the renaissance lute. Suitable for 6-8 course instruments. The perfect tutor for complete beginners!

Victoria Schultz takes you through learning to play the harp in simple, easy to follow steps. The perfect harp tutor for the complete beginner!

Jacob van Eyck's Der Fluyten Lust-hof is the largest work in European history written for wind instruments. With themes and variations of the day, it is essential repertoire as well as being excellent study material!

About this tutor book In this modern tutorial, Clare Salaman introduces the Hurdy-Gurdy with a progressive selection of 30 easy arrangements accompanied by technical notes and pictures. The mystery of this instrument is uncovered with a light exploration into its history and is further demonstrated with live recordings of all the included pieces available on a free audio download. Introducing... Series Designed as an introduction, this series provides a solid foundation in a clear and easy-to-read format. Essential for all beginners seeking a practical start to their instrument. The Author Clare Salaman (1966-2022) was a renowned multi-instrumentalist and founder of The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments. She lectured and directed at the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music.

Recorder for Beginners: The Tudor Way! by Paul Harris – the brand new recorder tutor from Jaywood Press. “If you’d like a method from the beginning, but really firmly in the early music tradition, then this is a very nice place to start” – Sarah Jeffery, Team Recorder "The recorder has, for centuries, been one of the world’s most popular instruments. It was born in medieval times but was extremely popular in Tudor times — King Henry VIII was a very keen player! So, in keeping with the recorder’s popularity in those times, here is a new and fun tutor set (almost entirely) in those wonderfully colourful Tudor times. It takes the recorder player from absolute beginner to about Grade 1 standard. Along this engaging journey, players will meet many characters and experiences from Tudor times and a number of works by contemporary composers (and some maybe just a little bit later, too). The book is written to be for individual, group or class teaching and for all ages. If you’re about to begin this book, I hope you’ll find it most entertaining and enjoyable and I also hope it will initiate an exciting new experience for a great number of new recorder players." – Paul Harris Click here to view the accompanying Teacher's Book. Downloadable backing tracks and demonstration recordings are included Educational Discounts! When ordering 20 or more Triebert soprano recorders, Triebert alto recorders, or 'Recorder from the Beginning: The Tudor Way' books, a 10% discount will automatically be applied to your cart. Best of all, you can mix and match as much as you like! Click here to see all items available in this offer.

Following the success of Baroque String Playing 'for ingenious learners' , Judy Tarling's second book strikes at the heart of musical performance with a study of the relationship between music and rhetoric, which was much remarked upon during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Revised edition 2013 now with enlarged index and references. Comparisons between oratory and the performance of music are to be found from the beginning of the 16th century and continue until the late 18th century. Thomas Mace (1676) asks the musician to show as much wit and variety as an orator. Geminiani (1751) compares all good music to a discourse, and recommends that the musician should use the same effects as an orator. Quantz (1752) requires the musician to use the skills of an orator to become the master of the hearts of his listeners.The absence of further detail implies that the musicians of the day knew what this meant in practice. Using the works of the classical rhetoricians Cicero and Quintilian as a framework for the book, their ideas are traced through the Tudor classroom and popular Renaissance eloquence books through to the late 18th century. Concentrating on performance techniques that aid communication of musical ideas to an audience, historical source material is used to demonstrate how to hold the attention of the listener and at the same time move and delight him, as in the classical oration. Quotations from the rhetoric manuals, Shakespeare and the Bible are complemented by over one hundred musical examples, drawn mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries, which illustrate the connection between speaking and playing in the rhetorical style. Subjects covered in the book include: A survey of the sources from ancient times, Renaissance educational method, the iconography of eloquence and persuasion, the audience, decorum, stage manner, style, imitation, affect, 'the passions', word painting, allegory, speech-based delivery, tone quality, dynamics, length of notes or syllables, exclamations, emphasis, humour, nerves, sprezzatura, articulation, rests, sighs, surprise, silence, tempo, structure, rhythm, ornamentation, figures, repetition, and rhetorical schemes. This is a must have book for Early Musicians and Early Music lovers!

Advanced Recorder Technique is a must-have 2 volume collection for all recorder players! Volume 1 focusses on Finger and Tongue Technique: Finger Movements Articulation Scales / Arpeggios / Chromatic Scales Scales and Arpeggios in chromatic sequence Scales in Thirds Smooth Double Tonguing Virtuoso Technique in all Keys Broken Chords Trills Finger Vibrato (flattement) Double Tonguing with "did'll" Fingering Chart These books include musical examples for the alto (treble) recorder, but the tonguing and ornamentation techniques are for all sizes of recorder! Volume 2 on Breathing and Sound Technique

Jacob van Eyck's Der Fluyten Lust-hof is the largest work in European history written for wind instruments. With themes and variations of the day, it is essential repertoire as well as being excellent study material!

All you ever wanted to know about performing early music, but were afraid to ask. Well, fear no more. Subtitled . . . for ingenious learners . . . . this is a landmark publication that sets out in meticulous detail the many varied skills required for playing string music from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It will be required reading for amateurs and professionals alike. In a lucid and practical style, Judy Tarling has distilled 30 years of experience in playing chamber and orchestral music of the period, and her brilliantly researched book sets out all the finest points with copious quotations from dozens of historical sources. All bowed string instruments are dealt with; there is extensive information about playing basso continuo and a host of other important topics. Subjects discussed in the book: Affect, articulation, bow vibrato, bow-hold, bowings, buying Baroque equipment, the 'cello, chords, consort style, continuo instrument choice, dance, dissonance, divisions, dotted notes, double bass, double stopping, dynamics, editions, ensembles, facsimiles, figured bass, fingering choice, harmony, holding the instrument, identifying French & Italian style, inequality, intervals, messa di voce , ornamentation, pitch, position changing, publishers, range, recitative, repeats, rhetoric, rhythm, rubato, rules, scordatura, signs, slurs, speed, staccato, strings, temperament, tempo, time signatures, treatises, tuning, the viola, vibrato, violone. Musical examples by: L'Abbé le fils - Bach - Biber - Bonporti - Caccini - Castello - Cima - Corelli - Corrette - Couperin - Feuillet - Geminiani - Gibbons - Handel - Leclair - Locke - Lully - Marais - Mattheson - Matteis - Mealli - L. Mozart - Muffat - Ortiz - Piani - Playford - Purcell - Quantz - Rameau - Schmelzer - Simpson - Tartini - Walther - Westhoff - Veracini - Vivaldi - Zanetti.

These 5 studies by Frans Brueggen are essential for any serious recorder player. They are well composed and can be used as performance pieces as well as for technical study.

50 Graded Studies for Recorder brings together a broad range of repertoire spanning three centuries. Placing pieces by de Boismortier next to specially composed pieces by Sally Adams and Paul Harris, the book is progressive and studies are arranged in order of difficulty spanning from a preparatory level to Grade 5 standard.

Various: 70 Easy to Intermediate Pieces for Renaissance Lute

The Modern Recorder Player is a 3 volume collection by famous recorder teacher Walter van Hauwe. All musical examples and fingerings are for the alto (treble) recorder, but the principles and techniques are essential for playing on all recorders! Volume 1 focusses on correct posture and breathing, fingering and tongue technique. Get the complete collection with Volume 2 & Volume 3 . Volume 1 Contents: Part I: How to Hold the Recorder 1. the Right Hand 2. The Left Hand 3. The Lips 4. The Fair Distribution of the Weight Part II: How to Move the Fingers 1. The Movement Itself 2. The Right Hand 3. The Left Hand 4. The "Half-holes" 5. The Left Thumb 6. Which Fingers Do What? 7. Table of Fingerings 8. Exploring Combinations of Fingers Part III: About Breathing 1. Inhalation 2. Exhalation 3. How to Hold the Air Part IV: About Articulation 1. The consonants 2. The Position of the Tongue with Single T and D 3. double Tonguing with T and D 4. Double Tonguing with More than Two Syllables 5. Legato-Portato-Staccato 6. The Consonants K and G

Crum (ed.): First Solos for Bass Viol by Alison Crum A reprint (with some additional new material) of the original OUP edition of Alison Crum's essential work for beginner's technique on the viol. The perfect starter collection for any viol player!

Jacob van Eyck's Der Fluyten Lust-hof is the largest work in European history written for wind instruments. With themes and variations of the day, it is essential repertoire as well as being excellent study material!

About this tutor book In this modern tutorial , Clare Salaman introduces the Vielle — also known as the ‘Medieval Fiddle’ — with a progressive selection of 30 easy arrangements accompanied by technical notes and pictures. The mystery of this instrument is uncovered with a light exploration into its history and is further demonstrated with live recordings of all the included pieces available on a free audio download. Introducing... Series Designed as an introduction, this series provides a solid foundation in a clear and easy-to-read format. Essential for all beginners seeking a practical start to their instrument. The Author Clare Salaman (1966-2022) was a renowned multi-instrumentalist and founder of The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments. She lectured and directed at the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music.

Advanced Recorder Technique is a must-have 2 volume collection for all recorder players! Volume 2 focusses on Breathing and Sound: Physical Sensitivity Becoming Aware of Breathing Diaphragm Awareness - Breathing Exercises (without the recorder) Breathing Exercises (with the recorder) Breath Support ("flexible Tension") Exercises for Sound Vibrato Phrasing and Breathing Suggestions for Note-Shaping in Examples from the Repertoire These books include musical examples for the alto (treble) recorder, but the breathing and sound techniques are for all sizes of recorder! Volume 1 on Finger and Tongueing Technique

40 Easy to Early Intermediate Pieces for Renaissance Lute edited by Christopher Goodwin, with left-hand fingerings provided by Jessica Gordon, typeset by Peter Lay. A sequel to 58 Very Easy Pieces for Renaissance Lute, containing 40 pieces from Cambridge University Library MS Dd.2.11, Negri’s Le Gratie d’’Amore (1602), and Judenkünig’s Utilis et compenditaria introductio of c.1519, graded according to difficulty with left-hand fingerings throughout. Progresses to barré chords.

A collection of 50 Old Airs from Scotland and Ireland, compiled by Constance Mullins. This delightful collection is for the descant/soprano recorder and works excellently on the tenor recorder. Contents: Skye Boat Song Highland Laddie Aiken Drum O can ye sew cushions For a that and a that Turn ye to me Fisherman’s Song This is no my ain plaid Glenlogie Ho ro my nut brown maiden Joy of my Heart Kilt thy coat Maggie My faithful fond one O Boatman Thi Irish hautboy Shule Agra A Trumpet Air The unfortunate Rake The nut The White Cockade Corn Riggs Meg Merrilees Glen Lyon Fairy Dance Mrs. McLeod Werna ma hert licht I wad dee Leezie Lindsay John Anderson my Jo My love is like a red red rose Through the lang muir Come o’er the stream Charlie The Lea Rigg Willie was a wantan wag The Oysterwives rant Apple Praities Lango lee The moon and seven stars The rakes of Frishmen The humours of Comer Judy O’Brallaghan The rollicking Irishman The Gobbie-O The Haymakers The Flowers of Edinburgh Petronella The Mulindhu Miss Stewart of Fasnacloich Lady Doune The Duke of Perth Sweet Molly

24 Pieces from the 13th-15th centuries for 2- 3 recorders