Hauwe: The Modern Recorder Player (Volume 2)

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 2 focusses on scales and arpeggios, trills and articulation technique & advanced breathing and vibrato.

Complete your collection with Volume 1 & Volume 3.

Volume 2 Contents:

Part I: About Scales and Arpeggios: Intervals
Major Scales
Interval Scales
Minor Scales
Church Modes
Chromatic Scales and Other Variations
Speeding Up
Arpeggios Appendix for Advanced Players

Part II: About Trills: The Function of Trills
The Basic Movement of the Fingers
How to Blow During a Trill
The Measured or Chain Trill
The "Rubato" Trill
With or Without a Turn
On or Before the Beat
Alternative and Special Fingerings for Trills
Trill-turn Fingerings

Part III: About Vibrato: How to Produce Vibrato
The Larynx
Vibrato Technique
The Position of the Cheeks and Lips
Tempo Variations of the Vibrato Wave
Vibrato Used to Suggest Dynamics
Finger-Vibrato
Some Practical Examples

Part IV: More About Articulation: "Hidden" Articulation
Articulaton as the Main Element
Articulation and the Limitations of the Recorder
Some Notorious Articulation Problems
Some Special Early Music Articulations
Articulations on Different Types of Recorder